{"product_id":"9781462915453","title":"Intermediate Mandarin Chinese Speaking \u0026 Listening Practice: A Wealth of Activities to Enhance Your Spoken Mandarin (Downloadable Audio Included)","description":"\u003cb\u003eLearning to speak Chinese requires many hours of practice—there's just no way around it!\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut by using this one-of-a-kind practice guide, together with whatever Chinese language-learning book or program you're using, you can dramatically improve your ability to speak and comprehend Mandarin Chinese. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book presents a wealth of tested and proven practice activities—including approximately 16 hours of downloadable audio recordings and over 200 pages of drills and exercises—to help you polish your spoken Chinese to a solid intermediate level. It can be used successfully with any intermediate-level Chinese language learning book, such as \u003ci\u003eIntermediate Spoken Chinese\u003c\/i\u003e, and enables you to easily move from beginning to intermediate level proficiency in the language. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIntermediate Spoken Chinese Practice Essentials\u003c\/i\u003e includes hundreds of activities that have been carefully designed to perfect and reinforce each aspect of your Chinese speaking and comprehension ability:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Pronunciation exercises.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Vocabulary and grammar summaries.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Substitution drills.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Transformation and response drills.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Role play and listening comprehension exercises.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Dictation exercises.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Translation exercises.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003eThe downloadable audio contains:\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 16 hours of audio by native Mandarin speakers.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Printable practice pages.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Printable exercises and activities.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003eTogether with or after this book, you can use \u003ci\u003eIntermediate Written Chinese\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eIntermediate Written Chinese Practice Essentials\u003c\/i\u003e if you want to learn Chinese reading and writing. It introduces the highest-frequency characters and words in a systematic way. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Series\u003c\/b\u003e Respected Chinese language expert Dr. Cornelius Kubler, who has taught diplomats, business people and students, presents a learning system that uses separate but integrated \"tracks\" to help you efficiently master the basics of spoken and written Chinese. The materials in the \u003ci\u003eBasic Chinese\u003c\/i\u003e series allow you to move from complete beginner level to intermediate fluency.","brand":"Tuttle Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47178605363440,"sku":"9781462915453","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781462915453_p0.jpg?v=1763680193","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781462915453","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}