Oct
31
2009
New Practical Chinese Reader, Textbook Vol. 1
Posted by BornBuy in Uncategorized, tags: Chinese, Practical, Reader, Textbook, Vol.Product DescriptionThe first volume of the long-awaited revised edition of the popular Practical Chinese Reader series are finally available! This completely new edition (it will encompass six volumes in 70 lessons when completed) takes the student from an absolute beginner to an intermediate level, approximately 3 years of higher-level classroom instruction. The text follows the story of Ding Libo (the son of Gubo and Ding Yun from the first edition) and other international students . . . More >>
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I ordered this book months ago and it still hasn’t arrived yet. I ordered other books at the same time and they arrived in August. . .
Rating: 1 / 5
I moved to China with no knowledge of the language whatsoever. Now I am learning rapidly every day with this series of books and they cover everything! Speaking, reading, writing Chinese characters and listening.
Highly recommended!!!
Rating: 5 / 5
I’m currently using this book for my Chinese 101 class in a community college. As a high school student, I was first scared to take a college class. However, this book have been really helpful to me. The text are easy to understand and not boring. Overall, it’s a great book.
Rating: 5 / 5
I used this book for a high school students who just started learning Chinese. The book is well organized at a pace that the progress can move smoothly. I am glad that I picked a good one.
Rating: 5 / 5
I have been studying this series in class and privately for 3 + years now, and I am currently in book 4. The only wish I have is that I find the use of mainly a caligraphy-type font, while visually attractive, makes learning the characters a little harder, because many web sites, and newspapers use a different more “square”, block style font. For me, it makes learning the characters harder, because one is more likely to run into the other style font on public signs ( I was in China for 20 days last summer) and in newspapers.
So, if I were to redesign the book, I would mix up the style of the fonts to help the student get used to learning the characters as they appear in a variety of fonts.
Otherwise, this is probably the best set of books for learning with a teacher or in a class. Also, the DVDs are excellent and well worth getting along with the CDs.
Rating: 4 / 5