Instant Immersion Chinese (Chinese Edition) [Audio CD]

Topics Learning (Author)

Book Description

Series: Instant Immersion | Publication Date: January 2006

From Mianyang to Macau, now you can join the conversation with Instant Immersion Chinese Mandarin, the dynamic audio language learning system on 8 compact discs. CD 1: Pronuciation; Four tones, finals and initials CD 2: Common expressions; Greetings; Introductions CD 3: Numbers; Time, date CD 4: Weather; Families, Hobbies; Jobs CD 5: Making friends; Schooling; Banking CD 6: Making phone calls; Scheduling appointments CD 7: Shopping and bargaining; Dining and Chinese food CD 8: Directions; Traffic; Traveling

Product Details

• Audio CD
• Publisher: Topics Entertainment; Unabridged edition (January 2006)
• Language: Chinese
• ISBN-10: 1591507855
• ISBN-13: 978-1591507857
• Product Dimensions: 7.7 x 5.3 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,641,867 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good for the price: lots of material covered, but some weaknesses, March 14, 2006

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Fyrdrinc - See all my reviews

This review is from: Instant Immersion Chinese (Chinese Edition) (Audio CD)

So far in my Chinese studies, I've used Pimsleur, New Practical Chinese Reader, Learn in Your Car, and Instant Immersion. The closest comparison to Instant Immersion is Learn in Your Car as they are both listen-and-repeat courses.

The strength of Instant Immersion is clearly the breadth of material covered for a very low price. The pronunciation practice, especially regarding the tones, is also very helpful. The biggest weakness is a lack of a transcript, which would be very helpful for learning the pronunciation of the characters and reviewing and clarifying what you hear in the audio. Also, I find the female Chinese speaker's voice to be grating.

Learn in Your Car has a beautiful transcript with different colors for new words and both the pinyin pronunciation and Chinese characters for each phrase. Its main disadvantage versus Instant Immersion is that they have only released Level I so far, so it does not cover the breadth of material that Instant Immersion does.