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Speak and Read Chinese: Fun Mnemonic Devices for Remembering Chinese Words and Their Tones

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From one of the authors of Basic Patterns of Chinese Grammar comes Speak and Read Chinese, a simple, fun guide that helps language learners remember pinyin, tones, and characters of essential Chinese words.
Students and teachers rate pinyin, tones, and characters as some of the most difficult aspects of learning Chinese. This book addresses this issue by organizing easy mem
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Paperback, 160 pages
Published December 20th 2016 by Stone Bridge Press
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Feb 19, 2017 rated it it was amazing
Thank you so much, Larry Herzberg for your new book, Speak and Read Chinese: Fun Mnemonic Devices for Remembering Chinese Words and Their Tones. I have take Mandarin with a group of children and then a year at community college. I had to drop the second year because I could not keep up with the class. They were all Cantonese speakers. I am sure that they had a big advantage over me having already known a wealth of Chinese characters. This book gives me back the hope of improving my Mandarin. I a ...more
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One of the most helpful books I've read so far on this journey of learning Mandarin.. I would highly recommend it! ...more
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Larry Herzberg studied Chinese for five years at Vanderbilt University before doing his Master's and Ph.D. work in Chinese Language and Literature at Indiana University. In 1980 he founded the Chinese Language Program at Albion College and then did the same at Calvin College in 1984. For the past three decades he has taught the Chinese language at the college level. ...more

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