Chinese Language Learning

Tailored to learners who have mastered the basic tones, words, and phrases of Mandarin Chinese, this audiobook will help you to learn complex sentence structures and expand your vocabulary, enabling you to better express yourself and have more meaningful conversations.

English for Cantonese Chinese Speakers Phase 1, Unit 1 contains 30 minutes of spoken language practice, with an introductory conversation, and isolated vocabulary and structures. Detailed instructions enable you to understand and participate in the conversation. The lesson contains full practice for all vocabulary introduced in this unit.

Each lesson in English for Chinese (Mandarin) Speakers Level 1, Lessons 1-5 provides 30 minutes of spoken language practice, with an introductory conversation, and new vocabulary and structures. Detailed instructions enable you to understand and participate in the conversation. Each lesson contains practice for vocabulary introduced in previous lessons.

Apprenez les expressions les plus importantes en chinois pour vos vacances ou votre voyage d'affaires. Vous pouvez écouter ce cours dans le train, au travail ou en vous endormant, pour vous aider à apprendre toutes les phrases importantes dont vous aurez besoin pendant vos voyages. Pratiquez pendant 20 minutes par jour et en peu de temps, vous parlerez bien chinois - que ce soit dans un hôtel ou un restaurant, ou dans un magasin.

Explore the world of Cantonese with this five-session language course designed for beginners with no prior experience. This course provides a solid foundation in one of the most widely spoken languages in the world, spoken primarily in Hong Kong, Macau, and the Guangdong province of China. This course offers a practical and straightforward approach to learning Cantonese, focusing on essential vocabulary and phrases that can be immediately useful.

Unveil the secrets of the Chinese language and culture as you embark on a captivating journey with Sun Tzu's renowned masterpiece, The Art of War for Language Learners. Immerse yourself in this comprehensive audiobook, which offers a contemporary approach to learning Chinese and presents timeless wisdom from China's most celebrated classic.

Zhou Haisheng is a fun-loving and determined young boy, whose life revolves around school and his family’s Chinese restaurant. Always well-intentioned, he finds ways to help out his hard-working parents with the family business. Whether it's inventing his own noodle recipe, delivering the wrong order to a customer, or resorting to extremes when a competing noodle shop opens across the street, Zhou Haisheng manages to combine his mischief and wit to save the day.

Do you know the Monkey King? If so, do you know that his master, Xuanzang, was a real historical figure? Xuanzang was a Buddhist monk during the Tang Dynasty (618-907). More than 1,000 years ago, he traversed more than 25,000 km and overcame countless difficulties and dangers along the way to study Buddhism in India....

"The 1000 essential words in Mandarin Chinese". Mandarin is by far the largest of the seven or ten Chinese dialect groups, spoken by 70 percent of all Chinese speakers. Number of native speakers for Mandarin Chinese : 960 million. How to learn a language differently ? Today, language learning is revolutionizing : you do not have to go to traditional language classes anymore. Our learning method : a selection of hundreds of phrases and essential words. You listen to them, you repeat them, and you speak.

During a chance encounter, two nearly identical boys, one a poor beggar and the other a prince, decide to exchange places. The pauper, now living in the royal palace, is constantly filled with the dread of being discovered for who and what he really is; while the Prince, dressed in rags, lives on the street enduring hardships he never thought possible. Both children soon discover that neither life is as carefree as they expected.

"The 2000 Most Essential Chinese Mandarin Words in Context" is your all-access pass to not only learning the language, but also living it. This ingeniously crafted guide is designed not only to teach you words, but also to welcome you into a rich and ancient culture.

Each course in this language learning series has 12 lessons of 5-11 minutes each, covering the things you most need to know. Either take the lessons one after the other or pick and choose the topics that you prefer. It's as easy as 1-2-3, and you can get to grips with the language quickly because you hear it, rather than just reading it. Includes complete course script with 96 test questions.

Enjoy your trip with Mozart! Rapidly memorise key Chinese phrases and words accompanied by Einstein's favorite music. Enrich you vocabulary and pronunciation. Become more operational.

Even at a young age, Xiao Ming (boy Sherlock Holmes) has a reputation among his peers for his keen powers of observation. His budding skills are put to the test when he is tasked with finding a thief at school. Mandarin Companion is a series of easy-to-listen-to novels in Chinese that are fun to listen to and proven to accelerate language learning.

Quickstart Chinese is an audio course for complete beginners. The 140-minute download introduces you to essential holiday language, so you'll learn how to find a place to stay, get around town, order in restaurants, hit the shops, have a drink, and enjoy the nightlife.

These four tales are based on very old stories collected and retold by Lin Yutang in Famous Chinese Short Stories, originally published in 1948. Lin wrote dozens of books in Chinese and English, and has been recognized for his witty and warm style of writing, and for bringing Chinese culture to an English-speaking audience. We have selected four of his best stories for inclusion in this book, and have retold them to appeal to modern listeners and use a limited vocabulary of just 700 different Chinese words.

Great Expectations is hailed as Charles Dickens' masterpiece. A gripping tale of love and loss, aspiration and moral redemption, the story follows the young orphan Xiaomao (Pip) from poverty to a life of unexpected opportunity and wealth. Mandarin Companion is a series of easy-to-listen-to novels in Chinese that are fun to listen to and proven to accelerate language learning.

Pick up the essentials of the Cantonese language with this easy-to-use audio introduction. Covering everything from finding your way to talking about yourself, this Collins 40-minute audio can help you learn short and simple phrases quickly by just listening and repeating.

Are you looking to take your Chinese language skills to the next level? Listen to HSK1 is here to help! This audiobook was designed with the needs of serious Chinese learners in mind. With fifteen audio files, you’ll learn all the words from the HSK 1 vocabulary and their English translation. To make sure that you can really understand and perfect your pronunciation, each audio file also includes example sentences with an accompanying English translation.

Folk tales are immensely popular in China. Passed down orally over the centuries from grandparents and parents to children, they serve as an unwritten handbook for living in society. Within every Chinese folk tale is an underlying moral message derived from one of the three major schools of spiritual thought–Daoism, Confucianism, and Buddhism.