TY  - BOOK
AU  - Kubler,Cornelius C.
TI  - Elementary Mandarin Chinese: the complete language course for beginning learners 
SN  - 978-0-8048-5124-4
AV  - PL 1129 K83 2019 
U1  - 495.1 23
PY  - 2019///
CY  - Tokyo
PB  - Tuttle Publishing
KW  - CHINESE LANGUAGE
KW  - TEXTBOOKS FOR FOREIGN SPEAKERS
KW  - ENGLISH
KW  - SELF-INSTRUCTION.
KW  - SPOKEN CHINESE.
KW  - STUDY AND TEACHING.
KW  - CHINESE CHARACTERS
KW  - DIALECTS
KW  - MANDARIN
KW  - Instructional and educational works
KW  - fast
KW  - Self-instruction
KW  - Textbooks
KW  - for English speakers
KW  - lcgft
N1  - "Learn to communicate easily in everyday situations -- Authentic dialogues with practical vocabulary and expressions -- Romanized Chinese (pinyin) and Chinese characters for easy access -- Native speaker recordings for listening and pronunciation practice"-- cover; "Free online audio & video" -- cover; Orientation to the study of Chinese -- Common classroom expressions -- Greetings -- Meeting people -- Asking about name and nationality -- Introductions -- "How many students in your class?" -- Buying things -- Numbers, dates, and time (I) -- Numbers, dates, and time (II) -- Review of lessons 1-12 -- Conversation with a six-year-old -- Chat at the Chiang Kai-shek Memorial -- Biographical information -- More biographical information -- "How do I get to the Beijing Hotel?" -- Calling for a taxi to the airport -- Lost in Beijing -- By bus and street car to the Summer Palace -- A weather forecast -- Talking about the weather in your hometown -- Review of lessons 14-23 -- Chinese-English vocabulary
N2  - The 24 lessons in this book are meant to be used in 3 hours per week of class instruction over one academic year. Students will need another 2-3 hours of outside practice and review for every hour of class time, using the materials in the Elementary Mandarin Chinese Workbook
ER  -