Learn In Your Car Chinese: Mandarin (Foreign Language)(Level 1) (Chinese Edition) [Audiobook] [Audio CD]

Hank N. Raymond (Author), Henry N. Raymond (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 1591253683 | ISBN-13: 978-1591253686 | Publication Date: February 2005

Three 60-minute CDs plus a full text listening guide. Level 1: Introduction to key words, numbers, phrases, sentence structure, and basic grammar.

Product Details

• Audio CD
• Publisher: Penton Overseas (February 2005)
• Language: Chinese
• ISBN-10: 1591253683
• ISBN-13: 978-1591253686
• Product Dimensions: 7.5 x 5.1 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.5 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #724,982 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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33 of 35 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great review and practice!, March 8, 2006

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Fyrdrinc - See all my reviews

This review is from: Learn In Your Car Chinese: Mandarin (Foreign Language)(Level 1) (Chinese Edition) (Audio CD)

In my Chinese studies so far, I've used Pimsleur, New Practical Chinese Reader, Learn in Your Car Chinese, Instant Immersion Chinese, and a live tutor. The most direct comparison is Instant Immersion as it is also a low cost listen-and-repeat course.

At this point, since Penton Overseas has not yet released Level 2 and 3 of Learn in Your Car Chinese, Instant Immersion covers more. The materials seem to be logically organized in both sets. However, Learn in Your Car is much better in my opinion. It comes with a beautiful transcript, including different colors for new words to make it easy to follow. The script includes the English, the Pinyin pronunciation, and the Chinese characters. Instant Immersion does not come with a transcript. Further, Learn in Your Car's speakers seem to have a more authentic accent and pleasant voices (I've found the female Chinese speaker's voice in Instant Immersion to be grating).

Overall, it has been very effective in reinforcing words and sentence patterns covered elsewhere and in introducing a few new words as well. Can't wait for levels 2 and 3!

22 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Behind the Wheel Chinese is Far Better, June 2, 2006

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veronica (Tuscon, Arizona) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Learn In Your Car Chinese: Mandarin (Foreign Language)(Level 1) (Chinese Edition) (Audio CD)

Learn in Your Car Chinese is a good basic course but it has several major defects.
What bothers me about the course is the obvious lack of sentence building techniques.
It is not bad with vocabulary and 'canned sentence' learning.
I must recommend you try Behind the Wheel Chinese in addition to or in lieu of Learn in Your Car Chinese.
The presentation is far better, you learn to speak your own sentences and you get a lot more vocabulary for the money.

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Very Effective Series, June 30, 2007

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Bert M. (Japan) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Learn In Your Car Chinese: Mandarin (Foreign Language)(Level 1) (Chinese Edition) (Audio CD)

I have used Level one for a year and Level two for six months and have found them to be excellent. The language is clear and sequential, often recycled, with ample pauses for repetition, and the compact guide book is well done, too. (I have been an ESL teacher for 28 years and speak fluent Japanese, so I know a little about language learning.) I don't know how this series would be in isolation since I study Chinese twice a week with a native speaker and focus only on conversation, as do the CDs obviously. Also, I have not tried other "In your car" Cds. One thing for sure, when I am going from point A to point B in my car, it is not time wasted; these CDs help me greatly to learn a difficult but important language. I am more than satisfied with my purchase and look forward to Level three.