As China's economy continues to grow, more and more people around the globe are realizing the importance of learning Chinese language. For those enthusiastic would-be Chinese language learners, a careful selection of educational tools is very important. A good book like "Essential Chinese 1500" can save you time and money and get you started on a solid footing.
[ClickPress, Wed Mar 21 2007] As China's economy continues to grow, more and more people around the globe are realizing the importance of learning Chinese language. For those enthusiastic would-be Chinese language learners, a careful selection of educational tools is very important. A good book like "Essential Chinese 1500" can save you time and money and get you started on a solid footing.
"Essential Chinese 1500", authored by Xin Xu, is the book specially designed for self directed study of Chinese language. The book teaches thousands of commonly used Chinese words and sentences in China’s official Mandarin dialect, China’s official standard Pinyin phonetics and written expressions of each word in both Simplified Chinese and Traditional Chinese.
The book contains a collection of 1500 essential Chinese sentences and 1176 essential Chinese words organized into 286 topics involving the use of 828 commonly used Chinese characters. The book can be used either as a self-study textbook for beginners or a quick reference manual for intermediate and advanced level students and travelers seeking a usage by topic.
The E-Book version of the second edition of this book is currently available for downloading at http://www.lulu.com/xinxu at the price of US$20. The preview of the book is available for free downloading at http://www.lulu.com/xinxu. The paperback version of the first edition is available for purchasing at http://www.amazon.com at the price of US$47. The audio edition of the book and its sequel “Intermediate Chinese 1500” will be available soon.
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P.O. Box #29021
3500 Fallowfield Road, Unit 3
Ottawa, Ontario
Canada, K2J 4A9
Email: xbooks AT rogers DOT com
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