15 Minute Mandarin Chinese: Learn in Just 12 Weeks (Eyewitness Travel 15-Minute)

This updated language-learning e-guide, with a brand-new free audio app, helps you learn to speak Mandarin Chinese in 15-minute visual lessons themed around common situations. With clear photography and illustrations, 12 themed chapters are broken down into 15-minute daily lessons that combine vocabulary and grammar essentials about a range of themes, from socializing to doing business for the most user-friendly, accessible language guide on the market. CONTENTS How to use this book WEEK 1 INTRODUCTIONS Hello My family Your relatives To be/to have Review and repeat WEEK 2 EATING AND DRINKING In the café In the restaurant Dishes Requests Review and repeat WEEK 3 MAKING ARRANGEMENTS Days and months Time and numbers Appointments On the telephone Review and repeat WEEK 4 TRAVEL At the train station To go/to take Bus, taxi, and subway On the road Review and repeat WEEK 5 GETTING AROUND Around town Asking directions Sightseeing At the airport Review and repeat WEEK 6 ACCOMMODATION Booking a room In the hotel Hot spas Adjectives Review and repeat WEEK 7 SHOPPING Department store Electronics store At the supermarket Clothes and shoes Review and repeat WEEK 8 WORK AND STUDY Jobs The office At the conference In business Review and repeat WEEK 9 HEALTH At the pharmacy The body With the doctor In the hospital Review and repeat WEEK 10 AT HOME Home Inside the home The garden Animals Review and repeat WEEK 11 SERVICES Post office and bank Repairs To come Police and crime Review and repeat WEEK 12 LEISURE AND SOCIALIZING Leisure time Sports and hobbies Socializing Review and repeat Reinforce and progress MENU GUIDE ENGLISH–CHINESE DICTIONARY THE CHINESE WRITING SYSTEM USEFUL SIGNS Acknowledgments The perfect book for anyone who wants to learn Mandarin Chinese fast. Comes with a free downloadable audio app for Apple and Android phones, enabling learners to hear words and phrases spoken by native Mandarin Chinese speakers. 12 themed chapters are broken down into 15-minute daily lessons, spanning a range of practical themes, from socialising to doing business. Each lesson combines Mandarin Chinese vocabulary and grammar essentials with full-colour photographs for a user-friendly, accessible language guide. The ideal Mandarin Chinese language course for beginners, the 15-Minute language series will teach you how to speak a new language in just 12 weeks. Topics covered: introductions, eating and drinking, making arrangements, travel, getting about, accommodation, shopping, work and study, health, at home, services, leisure and socialising, with a menu guide and two-language dictionary. This updated language-learning e-guide, with a brand-new free audio app, helps you learn to speak Mandarin Chinese in 15-minute visual lessons themed around common situations.With clear photography and illustrations, 12 themed chapters are broken down into 15-minute daily lessons that combine vocabulary and grammar essentials about a range of themes, from socializing to doing business for the most user-friendly, accessible language guide on the market.The audio app, available for Apple (from the App Store) and Android (from Google Play), enables you to hear words and phrases spoken by native Mandarin Chinese speakers. Download the app and scan in the book's barcode. Once you've unlocked your book and downloaded the audio files, you can enter any page number to find the word or phrase you're looking for to help improve your pronunciation. Learn Mandarin Chinese in just 15 minutes a day with this revolutionary language learning system, now with an accompanying free app that is available in the App Store and Google Play. Practicing your language skills is quick, easy, and fun with 15-Minute Mandarin. There's no homework. Instead, use the visual guide and the free app to test yourself as you learn. Perfect your pronunciation by listening to native speakers, and learn from real-life examples that cover every holiday and business situation. Each full-color course book has themed chapters and common everyday scenarios, a menu guide, and translation dictionaries. Whether you're just starting to learn Mandarin Chinese or you want to brush up, there's no easier way to learn Enabling readers to learn Mandarin Chinese fast and on-the-go, its free downloadable audio app for Apple and Android phones allows learners to hear words and phrases spoken by native Mandarin Chinese speakers. Chapters are broken down into 15-minute daily lessons spanning a range of practical themes, from socialising to doing business. Each lesson combines Chinese Mandarin vocabulary and grammar essentials with full-colour photographs for a user-friendly, accessible language guide