COLLOQUIAL CHINESE 2 - THE NEXT STEP IN LANGUAGE LEARNING

"Colloquial Chinese 2" is designed for people who already have some knowledge of the language but want to progress a stage further. It is the ideal way to refresh your knowledge and to extend your skills, either in preparation for a visit, or to brush up on the language for work. Structured to give you the opportunity to listen to and read lots of modern, everyday Chinese, it has been developed to work systematically on reinforcing and extending your grasp of Chinese grammar and vocabulary.The key features include: revision material to help you consolidate and build up your basics; Chinese texts presented in simplified characters and pin yin romanization throughout lessons based on practical everyday topics and supplemented by useful cultural notes; lots of spoken and written exercises in each lesson for practice and consolidation; a grammar summary; detailed answer key; Chinese-English glossary; supplementary exercises; Chinese web-links; and 120 minutes of audio material is available on both CD and cassette to accompany "Colloquial Chinese 2". Recorded by native speakers, this material includes scripted dialogues and texts as well as interactive exercises and will help you perfect your pronunciation and listening skills.