Behind the Wheel Chinese (Mandarin), Level 1: Learn to Speak Mandarin Chinese Quickly and Easily! (8 One Hour CDs) (Audio CD)

~ Mark Frobose (Author)

Editorial Reviews

Review

I learned more from Behind the Wheel Chinese for $69.00 than from two courses from Pimsleur for $400.00. -- Fred Ginocchio / Engineer

Language Dynamics courses are a 'Great Value' compared to Pimsleur and Rosetta Stone. -- Men's Health Magazine, September 2003

This course is so simple that I was speaking basic sentences in Chinese within a half hour. -- Tina Booth / Teacher

Product Description

At last a Mandarin CD course which requires no reading and which teaches you to actually speak Mandarin Chinese in a minimum of time and effort. Designed by the experts at Language Dynamics, 'Behind The Wheel Chinese For Your Car' takes the learner from basic to intermediate level Mandarin without the guesswork and pain usually associated with language learning. An expert English speaking instructor talks you through these tapes in English while 2 trained professional native Mandarin speakers teach you Chinese the way it is really spoken! Behind The Wheel Chinese For Your Car is the ideal way to learn Mandarin Chinese while you drive because there is no confusion, no reading, no looking up meanings, and no guessing. It's all on the CDs. Use your commute time to effectively learn Chinese with this delightful course whose method will have you speaking your first words in Mandarin within minutes of receiving your course, and enjoying it. The product has superb clarity of voices and exudes a spontaneity which makes learning Chinese fun. You'll be thrilled with the fast and easy to learn design of the course, beginning with the immediate gratification you feel when you conclude your first one half hour session with the CDs speaking sentences in Mandarin that Chinese speakers understand 10 minutes later on the street. You'll be amazed at the 'natural' way you just seem to pick up Chinese without having to learn grammar or reviewing. No need to go back. It's all 'built in' the course. Just imagine the thrill of being able to express what you really feel in Mandarin in 100 different ways because you know own a Chinese linguistic blueprint, a template that you can manipulate over and over again in different and personal ways while increasing your fluency in Mandarin. What' s more, you will also learn to speak in the past, present and future along with idioms all in the same course.

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Product Details

• Audio CD
• Publisher: Language Dynamics Inc. (October 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1893564452
• ISBN-13: 978-1893564459
• Product Dimensions: 7.3 x 5.6 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #636,338 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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31 of 35 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great course, February 13, 2005

By	drshivas (Maryland, US) - See all my reviews

This is exactly what you think it is. An audio CD course for learning Chinese while driving. This course builds your listening skills as well, because the the English phrase spoken by the English speaker is repeated at least twice by the Mandarin speaker, in Mandarin. So not only do you get to learn vocabulary, your listening and speaking skills get exercised as well.

If you are serious about learning Mandarin, you won't be disappointed by this audio book.

33 of 38 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fast and Easy to Learn , February 12, 2005

By	Maven "Maven" (Florida) - See all my reviews

I bought Behind the Wheel Chinese two weeks ago and am delighted with the results I am getting.
Mandarin can be diifficult because of the accent and the tones. This course makes learning to speak Mandarin easy because the two native speakers (one male and one female) go to great lengths to prounouce everthing slowly first and then at a regular pace.
I LOVE the sentence building techniques. I learned how to say 'I want to eat' within the first half hour session. The tone of the words convey meaning, and I am well on my way to speaking this language.
The folks at our local Chinese restaurant can't believe what I can say to them in Chinese in such a short time and frankly, I can't either.
This course is a 'must buy' if you want a fast and very easy way to learn a very difficult language and enjoy the process.

25 of 29 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Intentionally and Intelligently Designed, December 12, 2005

By	Faith (Nashville, Tennessee) - See all my reviews

It is truly wonderful to happen upon a foreign language course that truly performs above the industry standard.
What most impresses me about Language Dynamics courses is that they are so intelligently organized that even a very small fund of vocabulary easily produces an enormous amount of meaningful communication and serves as a solid base for future learning in the target language.
My expectations for this course were exceeded by the flawless design of the course,
the simple and straightforward method, and the wonderful and professional presentations.
I wish to go into a bit more depth about the method because I think that the novice learners out there may need to read this.
1. Far from being a simple 'listen and repeat' language course, Behind the Wheel courses use a dynamic 'sentence building' technique.
2. The basis of this technique is not simply random words but rather 'high frequency vocabulary' which are words which are used most frequently in any language. In this case, Mandarin Chinese.
3. To these frequent words and 'modal' or mood verbs such as 'I want' 'I like'
and so forth, the course proceeds to build the listeners' ability to form original yet simple sentences which later form a foundation for future communication in the language.
All of the material I reviewed in a number of Behind the Wheel courses can be immediately applied to effectively communicate in the target language.
This happens not by accident but by the intentional and intelligent design of the course by its developers.
Faith Pierce/Ph.D. Candidate/Applied Linguistics