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- Publication Year
- 2019
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- Language
- English
- Book Title
- Foundation Mandarin : Learn Mandarin Chinese with the Michel Thomas Method): Beginner Mandarin Chinese Audio Course
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Genre
- Foreign Language Study
- Topic
- Miscellaneous, Celtic Languages
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Experience significant results in a remarkably short period of time thanks to the unique Michel Thomas Method, perfected over 50 years by celebrated linguist Michel Thomas. The method works in tune with how the brain prefers to receive, store and then retrieve information. You'll stick with it, because you'll love it.* Pick up Mandarin Chinese naturally and unforgettably, without strain* Learn from listening and speaking, without the pressure of writing or memorizing* Build up your Mandarin Chinese in manageable steps by thinking out answers for yourself How does it work? During this eight-hour live course, you will learn the language along with two students, hearing both their successes and their mistakes to keep you motivated and involved throughout. Within the first hour you will be able to construct simple sentences, learning a revolutionary method that will enable you to effortlessly recall tones at the right moment. By the end of the course, you will have the confidence to understand and speak basic Mandarin Chinese. You will learn at your own pace, pausing and repeating where necessary, and complete the course in about 20-30 hours. Why is it so successful? 'What you understand, you know; and what you know, you don't forget.' - Michel Thomas Michel Thomas believed that the greatest barrier to any form of learning was stress: stress from worrying about remembering what you are being taught, stress from being afraid to make a mistake, stress from failing.With the Michel Thomas Method, all the attention is focused on removing stress and tension from the learning environment. The teacher takes on full responsibility for your understanding, and therefore your remembering, of what is being taught. In fact, the Michel Thomas Method forbids you from trying to memorize. There's no writing, no books, no homework.The Michel Thomas Method works by stripping away all inessential language and breaking down the most important language into its component parts. Crystal-clear building blocks are then presented, and only when they are absorbed and understood is the next piece of the puzzle introduced, enabling you to reconstruct the language for yourself - to form your own sentences, to say what you want, when you want. What's in the Course?* FOUNDATION MANDARIN CHINESE comprises nine audio CDs. The booklet is available to download from www.michelthomas.com.*Note that the course content is the same as the previous TOTAL MANDARIN CHINESE edition. Learn anywhere Michel Thomas Method audio courses let you learn whenever you want: at home, in your car, or on the move. The audio CDs are MP3-compatible. What learners a
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Hodder & Stoughton
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1529325765
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9781529325768
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Publication Year
2019
Topic
Miscellaneous, Celtic Languages
Book Title
Foundation Mandarin : Learn Mandarin Chinese with the Michel Thomas Method): Beginner Mandarin Chinese Audio Course
Language
English
Genre
Foreign Language Study
Format
Compact Disc
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0.5in
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9.2in
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8.2 Oz
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6.1in
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Unabridged Edition
Table of Content
: Introduction. How to use this course. Background to Chinese languages. : Tones in Mandarin : The form of the verb in Chinese languages doesn't change: e.g. shì ('to be') also means 'am, are, is, was, will be' : wo = 'I' and also 'me': form of pronoun doesn't change in Mandarin : There is no word for 'a' or 'an' : ni = 'you' : ta = 'he, him, she, her, it' : Words for nationalities : Add men to pronouns ('I, me' etc.) to form plural (more than one): women = 'we, us ' etc. : ma = question marker, to change a statement into a question' Goes at the end of the statement. : ne added to mean 'how about ...?' : Adjectives, such as 'busy', in Mandarin, are also verbs: máng means 'to be busy' : To form a negative, put bù = 'no, not' in front of the verb : Add hen to fulfil the two-syllable meter rule (also means 'very') : Greetings ni hao and ni hao ma ('hello' = 'you good', 'how are you' = 'you good (question)' : In Chinese the character/word has the same form for both individual and plural form : In front of another falling-tone word, bù (falling tone) becomes bú (rising tone)('trampoline' rule) : Question with a question word, such as 'why?' : Use zài to emphasize 'now, at this very moment' : Word order in Chinese: who--when--what is happening : xiang = 'would like to' : néng = 'can' : Add de to pronouns 'I' etc. to form 'my, mine' etc.: wode : Words for languages : xiang = 'would like to' in Mandarin can only be followed by a verb : Word order in Chinese: who-when-how-what is happening : Demonstrative pronouns 'this' and 'that' : Answering 'yes' and 'no' without repeating the verb in the question: shì = 'is', bù = 'not' : Chinese construction 'too...to do' is 'too...no can do' : Question word 'what?' : How to answer 'What is this?', and 'What is that?' : shuo = 'to speak, say' : huì = 'to be able to' : Question word 'who?' Use of universal 'classifier' gè in 'this book' (zhè ge shu), 'that man' (nà ge rén);: 'a, an, one' ( : yí ge) : zài (= 'at' etc.) in Chinese can be used as and functions as a verb, so zài jia = 'to be at home' : Question word 'where?' : zhù (zài) = 'live, stay' : Prepositions ('on' etc.) go after the noun in Mandarin: '[to be] at the table on' : you = 'to have, I have, he has, I had' etc. : Negative of 'to have' formed with méi: méi you = 'not have' : yào = 'to want' etc.; bú yào = 'not want' : qu = 'go to' jin tian: = 'today' : you ('to have' etc.) also = 'there is, there are' : [zài ] zhèr, nàr = '[to be] here, there' : mei tian = 'every day' : you de = '(there is) some' : Three ways to say 'yes': repeat the verb; shì ( = 'to be' etc.); duì (= 'correct') : yào shuo = 'want to speak' : néng shuo = 'can speak' : When to say xiè xie (= 'thanks') : zài jiàn = 'Good bye' (= 'again meet') : lái = 'come'
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