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Barron's Learn Chinese: Hanyu : The Fast and Fun Way (Chinese Edition) (Hardcover)

by Lifei Ji (Author)

2.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)

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Hardcover
Publisher: Barron's Educational Series; Book and Cassette edition (April 1998)
Language: Chinese
ISBN-10: 0812084519
ISBN-13: 978-0812084511
Product Dimensions: 11.5 x 9.8 x 1.5 inches
Shipping Weight: 2.5 pounds

Average Customer Review: 2.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)

Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,866,968 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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1.0 out of 5 stars Don't waste your money or your time, August 1, 2002

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It's astonishing that anybody could find this item useful. From the first lesson, inconsistencies abound. After learning to count to ten, one gets an illustrative dialog featuring an alternative form of the number "two", not yet introduced. In fact, alternate forms appear without comment seemingly at random. Much of the enunciation on the tape is quite difficult to hear, especially that of the unfamiliar phenomes. The writers & editors seem to have simply put together a package that they could justify calling "teaching Chinese" without any thought to whether it would benefit a beginning student.

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1.0 out of 5 stars waste of time, August 16, 2003

By	Hal W. Snyder MD "drxyzzy" (Chicago, IL USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This text was used in a local community college class in
beginning Mandarin, and even the teacher was dissatisfied.
It seems not very clearly laid out, a phrase book with tiny
snippets of grammar that don't give enough background.

Have a look at Yong Ho's Beginner's Chinese, or the
Practical Chinese Reader (new or old editions) - you may
like them better.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Learn Mandarin, August 9, 2008

By	Joe Taxable (Texas, USA) - See all my reviews

I use this book to supplement my language tapes and find it very helpful......more so then most other books....

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3.0 out of 5 stars Simplified
This is a great tool if you are headed to Mainland China. If you plan on coming to Taiwan you need to find something with traditional characters. Read more

Published on January 23, 2003 by Jeff G

2.0 out of 5 stars Strange progression
Although speaking four languages fluently, I did not make good progress in Mandarin learning by using this book.

The initial chapters feature complex dialogs. Read more

Published on November 23, 2002 by Philippe Petot

5.0 out of 5 stars Fun and Practical Way to Learn Chinese
The author presents this book in a way that makes it easy to understand how the pinyin letters and words are pronounced, even without tapes. Read more

Published on April 7, 2001 by Kimberly Perkins Cheng

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