). And in the pages of this book, the Chinese is represented in Hanyu Pinyin, the official Chinese romanization system.A Note to the Learner
When it comes to learning Chinese, practice is essential, of course. This workbook offers you many options for practicing and polishing your language skills, and was designed to be used in conjunction with the book Basic Mandarin Chinese—Speaking & Listening. However, it may be used to hone speaking skills no matter which book or course you’re using to learn Chinese.
There are no Chinese characters to be found here because you don’t need characters to learn to speak Chinese. In fact, learning the characters for everything you learn to say is an inefficient way to learn Chinese, one that significantly slows down your progress.
To help you learn to speak and understand Chinese as efficiently as possible, this workbook gives you the Chinese language portions not via characters, but instead through audio featuring native speakers (on the accompanying ). And in the pages of this book, the Chinese is represented in Hanyu Pinyin, the official Chinese romanization system.
• If you wish to learn Chinese reading and writing, which is certainly to be recommended for most learners, you should—together with or after the spoken course—use the companion course Basic Mandarin Chinese—Reading & Writing. It corresponds with Basic Mandarin Chinese—Speaking & Listening and systematically introduces the highest-frequency characters (simplified and traditional) and words in context in sentences and reading passages as well as in realia such as street signs, notes, and name cards.
• For instructors and those learners with prior knowledge of Chinese characters, a Basic Mandarin Chinese—Speaking & Listening Character Transcription is also available. It contains transcriptions into simplified and traditional characters of Basic Mandarin Chinese—Speaking & Listening. Please note that the character transcription is not intended, and should not be used, as the primary vehicle for beginning students to learn reading and writing.
• The Basic Mandarin Chinese Instructor’s Guide contains detailed suggestions for using these materials as well as communicative exercises for use by instructors in class or by tutors during practice sessions.
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《基础中文：听与说》练习册为专门练习口语的教材，因此全书内只列有汉语拼音和英文注释，不使用汉字。学习者宜与配套的光盘以及《基础中文：听与说》一起使用。本练习册亦可作为任何初级中文课程之补充教材，以提高学习者的口语能力。此套中文教材另有《基础中文：读与写》及《基础中文：读与写》练习册，专供读写课使用。《基础中文：听与说》另配有汉字版，将《基础中文：听与说》中所有对话和补充生词的拼音版转为汉字，并分简繁体，供教师和已有汉字基础的学习者参考、使用。此套教材亦包括一张光盘的《基础中文：教师手册》，指导教师如何使用此教材，且提供大量课堂练习，极为实用。
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《基礎中文：聽與說》練習冊為專門練習口語的教材，因此全書內只列有漢語拼音和英文注釋，不使用漢字。學習者宜與配套的光盤以及《基礎中文：聽與說》一起使用。本練習冊亦可作為任何初級中文課程之補充教材，以提高學習者的口語能力。此套中文教材另有《基礎中文：讀與寫》及《基礎中文：讀與寫》練習冊，專供讀寫課使用。《基礎中文：聽與說》另配有漢字版，將《基礎中文：聽與說》中所有對話和補充生詞的拼音版轉為漢字，並分簡繁體，供教師和已有漢字基礎的學習者參考、使用。此套教材亦包括一張光盤的《基礎中文：教師手冊》，指導教師如何使用此教材，且提供大量課堂練習，極為實用。