Beginner’s Chinese E2 + Audio CDs

This Hippocrene bestseller has been redesigned and updated, making learning to speak, read, and write Mandarin Chinese easier than ever! Spoken by more than 850 million people world wide, Mandarin is the standard dialect for for business and trade in China, one of the six official languages of the UN, and the world’s most widely spoken language.

New features in this edition include:

• Ten practical lessons with dialogues, vocabulary, and exercises
• New audio CDs featuring professional actors from Beijing
• Updated cultural and language notes
• An attractive, easy-to-read presentation of the Chinese characters
• Additional exercises for teaching stroke order and writing skills
• An index providing traditional characters equivalents
• New technology sections on how to read and write Chinese characters on a computer