Learn to Speak English for Mandarin Chinese Speakers


Book Description

Learning a new language or a second language is not easy or quick. Especially the first few months, it requires a lot of time, a lot of patience, and commitment. Learning a new language or a second language allows you to connect with the country and culture you are working on through books, magazines, newspapers, movies, television, websites, and conversations. Best of all, learning languages is a passion that will help you in the future, and the skill will belong to you forever! Five tips for learning a new language or a second Language: 1. You need to spend a good amount of time listening to the language as well as working on pronunciation. 2. Open the online book and try to write each word, phrase, expression and sentence down at least once, but preferably three times for a higher success rate. This will help you remember the words, sentences, etc. at a great pace and this will also help you remember the language. 3. Open the online book, listen and repeat each word, phrase, expression and sentence from the audio. If you have a chance, make sure to purchase the audio, it will help you learn at a faster pace. 4. Start reading and watching news in the language you are working on online. It is a great way to understand and work on your conversation skills on that language. 5. Finally, plan a trip abroad to that country. This online book contains 6382 mix words, phrases, expressions, and sentences. There are 64 audio units for this book. Each audio unit contains 100 mixed words, phrases, expressions, and sentences. If you have a chance, please purchase the audio because it is not included with this book, as stated above. If you are mastering the first 75 pages of this book while listening to the audio, you can get through any situation during your trip abroad. If you are mastering 150 pages or more of this book while listening to the audio, you can live and work in that country without any problems! I can show you the best way to learn languages! The next step is yours! Study hard and you will learn your languages! Just remember one thing that learning never stops! Read, Read, Read! And Write, Write, Write! A thank you to my wonderful wife Beth (Griffo) Nguyen & my amazing sons Taylor Nguyen and Ashton Nguyen for all their love and support, without their emotional support and help, none of these educational language eBooks and audios would be possible. 學習一門新的語言或第二語言是不容易或快速。尤其是前幾個月, 它需要大量的時間,極大的耐心和決心。 學習一門新的語言或第二語言可以讓你的國家和文化您正在使用通 過書籍,雜誌,報紙,電影,電視,網站和對話來連接。最重要的 是,學習語言是一種激情,這將有助於你在未來,和技能將屬於你 直到永遠! 五個技巧學習一門新的語言或第二語言: 1. 你需要花費的時間量好聽的語言,以及工作的發音。 2. 打開在線圖書,並嘗試寫每一個字,短語,表達和句子下來至少一 次,但最好是三次更高的成功率。這將幫助你記住單詞,句子等在 一個偉大的步伐,這也將有助於你記住的語言。 3. 打開在線圖書,聆聽和音頻重複每個單詞,短語,表達和句子。如 果你有機會,一定要購買的音頻,它會幫助你學習得更快。 4. 開始閱讀和觀看新聞在您正在使用的網絡語言。這是一個偉大的方 式來理解和關於該語言的會話能力的工作。 5. 最後,計劃出國旅行到該國。 此線上本書包含6382組合單詞,短語,表情,和句子。有64個音頻 單元本書。每個音頻單元包含100個混合詞,短語,表情,和句子 。如果你有機會,請購買音頻,因為它不包含在這本書中,如上所 述。 如果你掌握了前75頁這本書,一邊聽聲音,你可以通過任何情況下 您出國旅行時得到的。如果你掌握了這本書的150頁以上,一邊聽 音頻,你可以住,並在該國的工作沒有任何問題! 我可以告訴你學習語言的最佳途徑!下一步就是你的!努力學習, 你將學習你的語言! 只要記住一件事,學習永不停止!讀,讀,讀!和寫,寫,寫! 感謝您對我出色的妻子貝絲( GRIFFO) 阮和我的驚人泰勒的兒子和阮阮阿什頓為他們所有的愛和支持,沒 有他們的情感上的支持和幫助,沒有這些教育語言電子書和音頻成 為可能.




The Way of the Linguist


Book Description

The Way of The Linguist, A language learning odyssey. It is now a cliché that the world is a smaller place. We think nothing of jumping on a plane to travel to another country or continent. The most exotic locations are now destinations for mass tourism. Small business people are dealing across frontiers and language barriers like never before. The Internet brings different languages and cultures to our finger-tips. English, the hybrid language of an island at the western extremity of Europe seems to have an unrivalled position as an international medium of communication. But historically periods of cultural and economic domination have never lasted forever. Do we not lose something by relying on the wide spread use of English rather than discovering other languages and cultures? As citizens of this shrunken world, would we not be better off if we were able to speak a few languages other than our own? The answer is obviously yes. Certainly Steve Kaufmann thinks so, and in his busy life as a diplomat and businessman he managed to learn to speak nine languages fluently and observe first hand some of the dominant cultures of Europe and Asia. Why do not more people do the same? In his book The Way of The Linguist, A language learning odyssey, Steve offers some answers. Steve feels anyone can learn a language if they want to. He points out some of the obstacles that hold people back. Drawing on his adventures in Europe and Asia, as a student and businessman, he describes the rewards that come from knowing languages. He relates his evolution as a language learner, abroad and back in his native Canada and explains the kind of attitude that will enable others to achieve second language fluency. Many people have taken on the challenge of language learning but have been frustrated by their lack of success. This book offers detailed advice on the kind of study practices that will achieve language breakthroughs. Steve has developed a language learning system available online at: www.thelinguist.com.




Hacking Chinese


Book Description

Learning Chinese can be frustrating and difficult, partly because it's very different from European languages. Following a teacher, textbook or language course is not enough. They show you the characters, words and grammar you need to become proficient in Chinese, but they don't teach you how to learn them! Regardless of what program you're in (if any), you need to take responsibility for your own learning. If you don't, you will miss many important things that aren't included in the course you're taking. If you study on your own, you need to be even more aware of what you need to do, what you're doing at the moment and the difference between them. Here are some of the questions I have asked and have since been asked many times by students: How do I learn characters efficiently? How do I get the most out of my course or teacher? Which are the best learning tools and resources? How can I become fluent in Mandarin? How can I improve my pronunciation? How do I learn successfully on my own? How can I motivate myself to study more? How can I fit learning Chinese into a busy schedule? The answers I've found to these questions and many others form the core of this book. It took eight years of learning, researching, teaching and writing to figure these things out. Not everybody has the time to do that! I can't go back in time and help myself learn in a better way, but I can help you! This book is meant for normal students and independent language learners alike. While it covers all major areas of learning, you won't learn Chinese just by reading this book. It's like when someone on TV teaches you how to cook: you won't get to eat the delicious dish just by watching the program; you have to do the cooking yourself. That's true for this book as well. When you apply what you learn, it will boost your learning, making every hour you spend count for more, but you still have to do the learning yourself. This is what a few readers have said about the book: "The book had me nodding at a heap of things I'd learnt the hard way, wishing I knew them when I started, as well as highlighting areas that I'm currently missing in my study." - Geoff van der Meer, VP engineering "This publication is like a bible for anyone serious about Chinese proficiency. It's easy for anyone to read and written with scientific precision." - Zachary Danz, foreign teacher, children's theatre artist About me I started learning Chinese when I was 23 (that's more than eight years ago now) and have since studied in many different situations, including serious immersion programs abroad, high-intensity programs in Sweden, online courses, as well as on the side while working or studying other things. I have also successfully used my Chinese in a graduate program for teaching Chinese as a second language, taught entirely in Chinese mostly for native speakers (the Graduate Institute for Teaching Chinese as a Second Language at National Taiwan Normal University). All these parts have contributed to my website, Hacking Chinese, where I write regularly about how to learn Mandarin.




Remembering Simplified Hanzi 1


Book Description

At long last the approach that has helped thousands of learners memorize Japanese kanji has been adapted to help students with Chinese characters. Book 1 of Remembering Simplified Hanzi covers the writing and meaning of the 1,000 most commonly used characters in the simplified Chinese writing system, plus another 500 that are best learned at an early stage. (Book 2 adds another 1,500 characters for a total of 3,000.) Of critical importance to the approach found in these pages is the systematic arranging of characters in an order best suited to memorization. In the Chinese writing system, strokes and simple components are nested within relatively simple characters, which can, in turn, serve as parts of more complicated characters and so on. Taking advantage of this allows a logical ordering, making it possible for students to approach most new characters with prior knowledge that can greatly facilitate the learning process. Guidance and detailed instructions are provided along the way. Students are taught to employ "imaginative memory" to associate each character’s component parts, or "primitive elements," with one another and with a key word that has been carefully selected to represent an important meaning of the character. This is accomplished through the creation of a "story" that engagingly ties the primitive elements and key word together. In this way, the collections of dots, strokes, and components that make up the characters are associated in memorable fashion, dramatically shortening the time required for learning and helping to prevent characters from slipping out of memory.




Japanese from Zero!


Book Description

Japanese From Zero! is an innovative and integrated approach to learning Japanese that was developed by professional Japanese interpreter George Trombley, Yukari Takenaka and was continuously refined over eight years in the classroom by native Japanese professors. Using up-to-date and easy-to-grasp grammar, Japanese From Zero! is the perfect course for current students of Japanese as well as absolute beginners.




English Grammar for Students of Chinese


Book Description

Study guide for students of Chinese. Explains grammatical terms in Chinese and shows how they relate to English grammar.







Basic Spoken Chinese


Book Description

This is a beginning-level course in spoken Chinese that employs a revolutionary new method designed to have you quickly speaking and comprehending Mandarin Chinese. Along with its sister book Basic Written Chinese and their accompanying workbooks, Basic Spoken Chinese offers a complete introductory course to the Chinese language. As a native English speaker, working hard to learn Chinese is not enough; you have to work smart to learn this very different language efficiently. Downloadable audio and video reinforce the material introduced in the book. No matter why you've chosen to learn Chinese--for business, travel, cultural studies or another goal--the Basic Chinese approach of two separate but integrated tracks in spoken and written Chinese will help you learn this language most efficiently and successfully. Detailed explanations in English of Chinese pronunciation, grammar, usage, culture, society, and recommended learning approaches. A digital Instructor's Guide is available electronically. A written Character Transcript (Simplified and Traditional) is available electronically. The downloadable materials feature: 40 videos with dozens of native speakers filmed on location in mainland China, Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan, Singapore, and Malaysia. 6 hours of native-speaker audio, including all of the book's conversations. Build up sections, new words, and pronunciation exercises. Available separately, Basic Spoken Chinese Practice Essentials is the companion workbook for Basic Spoken Chinese. This practical guide includes a broad range of drills and exercises designed to enhance your proficiency in speaking and comprehending dramatically. While intended for use with the companion textbook, it can be used together with any Chinese textbook or teaching program to hone your Chinese language skills.




If You Lived on Mars


Book Description

Postulates what life would be like living in a colony on Mars and presents up-to-date scientific knowledge of that planet.




Language Experience in Second Language Speech Learning


Book Description

Deals with the language experience in second language speech learning