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Chinese Primer: The Pinyin (3 Volume Set) (Paperback)
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Author/Publisher: Ta-tuan Ch'en, Perry Link, Yih-jian Tai, Haitao Tang
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Format: paperback |
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Emphasis: Pinyin |
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List Price: $55
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Editorial Reviews
Book Description
Four experienced teachers of beginning Chinese have developed this
introductory textbook. A pilot edition has been tested widely in classrooms
and refined over a period of years. Among its salient features are lessons
that are lively, amusing, and relevant to everyday life: concentrated training
of ear and tongue in the sound system of Chinese; extensive grammar notes,
clearly presented, with attention to mistakes English-speakers are likely to
make; a carefully sequenced character workbook embodying a new and effective
approach to the learning of Chinese characters; and audiovisual reinforcement
via a complete set of audiotapes and two videotapes, one of which offers
entertaining dramatizations of the lesson dialogues.
The Chinese Primer is available in two versions, one using the GR
system of romanization, which employs different spellings instead of
diacritical marks for different tones, the other using Pinyin romanization.
The contents of the four volumes are as follows: (1) Blue Book [Lessons]:
Introduction; foundation work on pronunciation; lesson dialogues in romanized
Chinese and English; appendices; glossary-index. (2) Red Book [Notes and
Exercises]: Vocabularies; grammar notes and culture notes keyed to the
lessons; exercises. (3) Yellow Book [Character Workbook]: workbook. (4)
Green Book [Pinyin Character Text]: Texts of the lessons in both
traditional and simplified Chinese characters, and a Chinese introduction for
teachers.
Language Notes
Text: Chinese, English
Product Details
- Paperback: 600 pages
- Publisher: Princeton University Press; 2nd Pkg edition
(February 7, 1994)
- Language: English
- ISBN: 0691036950
- Product Dimensions: 11.1 x 8.5 x 1.4 inches
- Shipping Weight: 3.3 pounds.
- Average Customer Review:
based on 4 reviews.
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Customer Reviews
| 5 of 5 people found the following review
helpful:
Great set of books. DON'T buy them seperately., May 15, 2003
Reviewer: A reader
As has been stated before, anyone who wants to use the Chinese series
books should get at least three -
1. Bluish color, with lessons (mostly dialogues) in pinyin and English
2. Red book, with exercises and grammar notes for the first blue one
3. Yellow book, for character practice.
There is also a green book that has all the lessons from the blue book
translated into traditional and simplified characters, which could have
been useful to me, if I had only known of its existance...
The three books set comes in two versions, one in pinyin, and
one in GR, here's the explanation:
Pinyin is the standard romanization of Chinese in the People's Republic
of China, so native speakers should be familiar with it more - important
if you want to take a tutor.
Gr is a kind of romanization that is apparently very popular for
teaching to foreigners. Most Chinese people are not used to it, however.
So I guess it's better for professional teachers.
Bottom line, ask your tutor/teacher which version they recommend.
If you're not sure, I'd recommend the pinyin - it worked for me so far.
I've been using first three for about 4 months, and I'm already able to
use Chinese in simple conversations. Mind you, you need to put a some time
and effort and a lot of patience every day for this to work. The people
who wrote the book recommended using the Gr set, but I found the pinyin
much easier. Just stick to the instructions inside, don't rush things, and
follow the yellow brick road!! |
| 5 of 5 people found the following review
helpful:
Unfortunately, the other two (so far) reviews are incorrect,
October 17, 2000
This set is not merely the blue book, but instead all but the green
book (dialog text in Chinese characters). That fact is plainly stated in
the description itself. Please keep this in mind when reading the other
reviews. As for my opinion of the set, I certainly think this is one
(three?) of the better Chinese textbooks available, and was what I used
when I was a Chinese major at the introductory level. |
| 1 of 4 people found the following review
helpful:
Need the Other Three!, May 9, 2000
I'm an English teacher in Taiwan and I've found the full four-book set
to be the best Chinese course available anywhere. Unfortunately, this book
alone is probably just a waste of time and money. |
| 2 of 2 people found the following review
helpful:
Chinese Primer: Pinyin, April 1, 2000
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Nina (Baltimore, Maryland)
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This book is a fairly all-inclusive 'primer' on Chinese, set into
conversation format. No formal lessons are provided, nor is an English or
character translation. This book is of little use to any amateur Chinese
student without the other three 'Chinese Primer' books. |
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