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Integrated Chinese: Level 1, Simplified Character Edition (Integrated Chinese) (Integrated Chinese) Textbook | 
| Authors: Tao-chung Yao, Yuehua Liu, Liangyan Ge, Yea-fen Chen, Nyan-ping Bi
Publisher: Cheng & Tsui
Category: Book
List Price: $32.95
Buy New: $32.29
You Save: $0.66 (2%)
Rating:  8 reviews
Sales Rank: 10321
Media: Paperback
Edition: 2 Exp Blg
Pages: 354
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.7
Dimensions (in): 10.7 x 8.4 x 0.8
ISBN: 0887275338
Dewey Decimal Number: 495
EAN: 9780887275333
Publication Date: December 31, 2006
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Product Description
Since its release, Integrated Chinese has become the leading introductory Chinese textbook at colleges and universities around the world. The course works because it provides coordinated practice in all four language skills: listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Integrated Chinese helps learners understand how the Chinese language functions grammatically, and how to use Chinese in real life--how to understand it on the street, speak it on the telephone, read it in the newspaper, or write it in a report. Now this completely expanded and revised second edition contains updated, contemporary situations, new cultural notes, student-friendly grammar explanations, and an exciting new two-color design that makes learning and teaching even easier!
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 LOVE IT! January 29, 2007
24 out of 26 found this review helpful
I absolutely love this text. Grammar points are laid out clearly and vocabulary is very useful. I have seen and/or used a few different Chinese textbooks, and this is by far the best one I've come across. I highly recommend it.
Best Chinese Textbook I've Found November 1, 2007
17 out of 18 found this review helpful
This is the best Chinese text book I've found on the market. The text is difficult but it's excellent for serious students who want to learn how to read, write and speak Chinese. If you just want to pick up a few Chinese words, this book may not be suitable for you.
very good for an introduction January 28, 2008
12 out of 12 found this review helpful
I studied Beginning Mandarin at the Northwest China Council offices in Portland, Oregon. This was the textbook used in the class and it was good, not outstanding. What helped a lot was the accompanying CD, to drill on pronunciation. Our instructor was from mainland China. I should also mention the accompanying character workbook which I would unhesitatingly award five stars. The only other text I've encountered is one called Practical Audio-Visual Chinese, which at this point I would grudgingly award two stars because it is difficult to get into. This text is used in a different Mandarin Chinese class in Portland. What alarmed me is that the numeral characters in PA-VC are entirely different than what I learned from IC. I went online to several sources and was relieved to find that all of the numeral characters were what I learned from IC, so it appears to me that the PA-VC is likely reflecting the Taiwanese style of Mandarin. I'm not about to learn another new system of numeral characters so I'll be asking my instructor about this. So far the speech seems to be exactly the same.
perfect .. as promised October 20, 2007
4 out of 9 found this review helpful
this was required for a class so I didn't have much choice in terms of the book, but it's pretty good.
Best Mandarin learning book February 26, 2008
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I started learning Mandarin with the Pimsleur series then moved to learning out of books and this is by far the best choice that I have seen so far. It gives clear explainations of grammar, you learn a lot of new vocabulary in each section and there are good dialoges in the beginning of every section. The vocabulary is up to date that includes words for even popular soda brands like Coke and Sprite. I yet to see a better Mandarin learning course.
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