Spoken Chinese is not the same as textbook Chinese. This is a fact few L2 Chinese learners are aware of. The Chinese learned from textbook is not what is used and heard in daily conversations. This practical guide to real Spoken Chinese is intended for learners who have had the very basic understanding of Chinese language, for example sounding and writing systems, and desire to communicate with native Chinese speakers from mainland China and understand their real conversations in daily life including movies, shows, and videos, etc.
The practical guide series consists of several books. This one is all about idiomatic expressions, slang and frequently used formulaic phrases. Some sayings may be considered as vulgar or dirty language but being able to comprehending them is also meaningful for sociolinguistic, pragmatic sense and effective communication. They are selected from conversations of unplanned daily dialogues from TV shows, videos, and plays.
The ultimate goal is to prepare the learners for the real natural spoken Chinese – to be able to speak and to be able to understand when listening. The distinguished feature is that it collects the real world conversational Chinese. It can also be used as a guide book for Chinese EFL learners to learn English.
In this book, there are 380 sentences which are listed with pinyin (phonetic guide), characters, and translated English text. The appendix are about some loan words, tongue twister practice and a resource list of Chinese language corpora.
Enjoy your intensive learning or use it as an aid! Have fun!
The practical guide series consists of several books. This one is all about idiomatic expressions, slang and frequently used formulaic phrases. Some sayings may be considered as vulgar or dirty language but being able to comprehending them is also meaningful for sociolinguistic, pragmatic sense and effective communication. They are selected from conversations of unplanned daily dialogues from TV shows, videos, and plays.
The ultimate goal is to prepare the learners for the real natural spoken Chinese – to be able to speak and to be able to understand when listening. The distinguished feature is that it collects the real world conversational Chinese. It can also be used as a guide book for Chinese EFL learners to learn English.
In this book, there are 380 sentences which are listed with pinyin (phonetic guide), characters, and translated English text. The appendix are about some loan words, tongue twister practice and a resource list of Chinese language corpora.
Enjoy your intensive learning or use it as an aid! Have fun!
