Download or read book Glossika Chinese Pronunciation Tone Training written by Michael Campbell and published by Glossika. This book was released on 2018-08-03 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Practice Pinyin pronunciation and tone of any Mandarin syllable. Over 2000 practice examples in addition to historical tone development. Introduction to Pinyin Consonants and Vowels with IPA transcriptions • 35 Lessons practicing 385 syllables in each of 5 tones: pinyin with IPA transcriptions • 16 Lessons practicing 1082 words with 2-syllable tone combinations • 64 Lessons practicing 2048 words with 3-syllable tone combinations What's Inside • Traditional and Simplified side by side • Pinyin spelling of each entry • Middle Chinese tone class to help you transfer to Cantonese, et al • Characters in 入 tone category have -p, -t, -k, -c superscript to assist transfer to Cantonese, et al Sign up and start a 7-day free trial: ✓ iOS App: https://apps.apple.com/app/glossika-language-learning/id1597902556 ✓ Android App: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.glossika.ai (* You can also download this ebook for free here: https://ai.glossika.com/free-download)
Download or read book Glossika Guide to CHINESE Pronunciation Grammar written by Michael Campbell and published by Glossika. This book was released on 2017-08-16 with total page 43 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Improve your Chinese pronunciation with different romanization options and see how to get the word order correctly with useful examples. Download your comprehensive guide on Chinese pronunciation and grammar! This handy reference will be a great asset to archive in your language learning library. Improve your Chinese pronunciation with different options for romanization and integrate useful tips into your training without getting confused with the tones. You’ll be glad to find that Chinese grammar is actually very easy -- as long as you get the word order correct. There are plenty of examples to show you how it’s done! >> Sign up (https://bit.ly/2CSbfak) now and get 1000 reps of audio training and 7-day access to premium features for free! >> Learn Chinese (Beijing) with Glossika: https://bit.ly/2DDAcXC >> Learn Chinese (Taiwan) with Glossika: https://bit.ly/2NJ80qO >> Download all Glossika guides here: https://ai.glossika.com/free-download
Download or read book Chinese Mandarin Fluency 3 written by Mike Campbell and published by Glossika. This book was released on 2014-02-01 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: FLUENCY3 For serious language learners who need lots of training to reach fluency. This course is recommended as a supplement to your other studies. We give you Mass Sentence training, but we won't spend any time on explanation or grammar. What we do give you is authentic language use by native speakers, building up sentence structures as you go. What we do give you is exposure and hours of audio training (available from Audible). The complete course includes a book and separate audio materials (not available with this book). These are available to purchase separately in paperback, ebook and MP3 format. The complete course includes: Ebook or Paperback: 1000 bilingual sentences with pronunciation guide (Amazon, Kindle, Nook) GMS Audio: 20 tracks of recordings x 3 formats (Audible, iTunes, glossika.com) GSR Audio: 104 tracks of spaced repetition and review, used as one track per day (Audible, iTunes, glossika.com) Listen to sample sentences: www.glossika.com FEATURES: If you already have the basics in this language, you can always skip around to anywhere within the product and practice and focus on the parts you actually need. Lots of repetition of key sentence components and vocabulary. Introduces how to render foreign names and placenames. All sentences are bilingual in format, including native script, romanization, and IPA (in phonetic--not phonemic--spoken form). Level of formality is informal throughout, and formal where appropriate. Audio bundled at Audible, or sold separately from www.glossika.com. Fluency 3: Verbals (Gerunds, Infinitives), Modals, Adjectives + Verbs, Prepositions + Verbs, Reflexives, Adjectives and Adverbs, Conjunctions and Prepositions, Verbs + Prepositions INCLUDES: If you're serious about getting fluent in 3 months, follow our intensive schedule to finish Fluency 1-3 in 3 months. Training of 1000 sentences, cumulatively surpassing much more than 2000 vocabulary words, but always used in context and collocations. All of our fonts including IPA and foreign scripts are embedded. Kindle 3 and above support embedded scripts. DOES NOT INCLUDE: This is not a grammar book. There are no grammar notes. Pronunciation guide included. (IPA included) Not recommended for casual learners as you will burn out. This is not a casual course you take before a trip. However you can brush up on a language you have previously studied. If you're looking for a "Travel Conversation or Survival Guide," we recommend our Travel Fluency Module!" All learners will feel the speed is pretty fast, however we reassure you that all of our recordings are spoken neither fast nor slow, but at a typical speed for native speakers. If your playback has a speed control, then you are free to slow down or speed up the recordings as you see fit. This is why the Glossika Spaced Repetition (GSR) files will be the most useful. With practice, as you get more and more used to the pronunciation and speed, you will be able to also speak and respond at the same speed and intonation. If you follow our guidelines for practice, you will achieve effective results."
Download or read book Second Language Acquisition of Mandarin Chinese Tones written by Hang Zhang and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2018-07-03 with total page 163 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Second Language Acquisition of Mandarin Chinese Tones, Hang Zhang offers a series of cross-linguistic studies to argue that there are factors influencing tone acquisition that extend beyond simple transfer of structures from learners’ native languages.
Download or read book Master Chinese Tones written by CELINE WEI-CHIEH CHEN and published by Celine Wei-Chieh Chen . This book was released on 2021-11-01 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a collection of original and unique tongue twisters created for practicing Mandarin tones and pronunciation to all learners. Also a book for kids and adults to warming up their mouth muscles before reading Chinese. For years, tongue twisters are good practice for children as they learn to form words, phrases, and vowels. So there was an idea came up in my mind that why not use the same method for adults in learning a foreign language? As we’re aware of the fact that many adults love tongue twisters just as much as kids. For this reason, all the twisters in this book are adult- friendly. Because we wanted to combine some of the best combinations of words to give your tongue and mouth the strongest workout while learning Chinese pronunciation. You will be surprised at how many of the shorter tongue twisters are the trickiest!! After reading this book, you can * Grasp the idea of Mandarin phonetic system. * Pronounce the tones accurately. * Differentiate the two similar sounds and meanings from the words. * Avoid use wrong words or tones while speaking Mandarin. * Learn basic Chinese sentence structure without learning grammar. * Feel confident in speaking Mandarin without worry about the pronunciation. Also, when reading this book, understand that the twisters will be a bit of a brain-teaser. Since most of sentences aren’t created to make logical sense, you may find yourself laughing at what you are reading after knowing the meaning of the sentences. Ultimately, this is just a fun little book made to keep your interested in Mandarin. So enjoy reading the book and feel the beauty of sounds of Chinese. I bet you will be entertained with these tongue twisters for hours.
Download or read book Chinese Through Tone Color written by Nathan Dummitt and published by Hippocrene Books. This book was released on 2008 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A unique visual method for learning over 100 basic Chinese characters, with audio presenting the book contents. With audio CDs. For self-study and developing vocabulary, reading, writing, and listening skills.
Download or read book Glossika 10 Language Dictionary of Chinese Characters written by Michael Campbell and published by Glossika. This book was released on 2016-08-23 with total page 571 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Get the pronunciation of any Chinese character in any East Asian language with an introduction covering tones and historical sound changes. Classical Middle Chinese and Modern Mandarin | Cantonese | Taiwanese | Hakka | Shanghainese | Wenzhounese | Fuzhounese | Japanese | Korean | Vietnamese What's Inside 1. Over 5000 Characters 2. Radical and Stroke Lookup 3. Middle Chinese readings with Rime and Grade Index 4. Readings in IPA, Universal Pinyin, and native scripts 5. Both literary and colloquial readings included 6. Cross-reference tables of tones & consonant endings in each language 7. Separate index available for each language 8. Both Japanese Onyomi and Kunyomi readings with an index for both 9. Explanation of Middle Chinese evolution to the modern languages 10. Fast lookup: click on any character >> Sign up (https://bit.ly/2Qu21nK) now and start 7-day free trial! >> Learn Chinese (Beijing) with Glossika: https://bit.ly/2zNCvn9 >> Learn Chinese (Taiwan) with Glossika: https://bit.ly/2P6KRv2 >> Download all Glossika guides here: https://ai.glossika.com/free-download
Download or read book Mandarin Chinese Pronunciation Crashing written by Lijie Wang and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2019-08-30 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is designed for all levels of Mandarin learners whose mother tongue is English to get to know, improve, and eventually master Mandarin pronunciation. Six strategies are introduced in this book to ensure that you reach your goal of learning Mandarin pronunciation:1.Building a bridge between English and Mandarin pronunciations. 2.Offering text and graphic instructions and video demonstrations for every Pinyin sound. 3.Applying enunciation--pronouncing Mandarin sounds in a clear and slow manner for learners to follow easily. 4.Providing adequate exercises. 5.Practicing tongue twisters to develop muscle memory to pronounce Mandarin sounds automatically. 6.Linking pronunciation with real-life oral communication.
Download or read book Cracking Thai Fundamentals written by Stuart Jay Raj and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2015-07-09 with total page 648 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stuart Jay Raj has developed a suite of hand and body signs, glyphs, colourful stories and exercises that will help learners of Thai lay down a new linguistic and cultural operating system for their mind and body. Rather than awkwardly superimpose a new language over the top of the pre-existing non-Thai sound and meaning system of your mother tongue, Cracking Thai Fundamentals will teach you to think about language, culture and meanings, produce meanings, speak, read and react in Thai in a way that much more resembles the way Thais think about and produce their language themselves.
Download or read book The Chinese Language written by John DeFrancis and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 1986-03-01 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "DeFrancis's book is first rate. It entertains. It teaches. It demystifies. It counteracts popular ignorance as well as sophisticated (cocktail party) ignorance. Who could ask for anything more? There is no other book like it. ... It is one of a kind, a first, and I would not only buy it but I would recommend it to friends and colleagues, many of whom are visiting China now and are adding 'two-week-expert' ignorance to the two kinds that existed before. This is a book for everyone." --Joshua A. Fishman, research professor of social sciences, Yeshiva University, New York "Professor De Francis has produced a work of great effectiveness that should appeal to a wide-ranging audience. It is at once instructive and entertaining. While being delighted by the flair of his novel approach, the reader will also be led to ponder on some of the most fundamental problems concerning the relations between written languages and spoken languages. Specifically, he will be served a variety of information on the languages of East Asia, not as dry pedantic facts, but as appealing tidbits that whet the intellectual appetite. The expert will find much to reflect on in this book, for Professor DeFrancis takes nothing for granted." --William S.Y. Wang, professor of linguistics, University of California at Berkeley
Download or read book Mandarin Chinese Pronunciation Crashing written by Joseph Liu and published by . This book was released on 2019-08-08 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you are looking for a book to learn Mandarin pronunciation, look no further. Mandarin Chinese Pronunciation Crashing is the one you really need. It is designed for all levels of Mandarin learners whose mother tongue is English to get to know, improve, and eventually master Mandarin pronunciation. Six strategies are introduced in this book to ensure reaching your goal of learning Mandarin pronunciation: 1. Building a bridge between English and Mandarin pronunciations. This book identifies many similarities that Mandarin and English pronunciations share. Using these similarities between English and Mandarin pronunciations will facilitate and accelerate your Mandarin pronunciation learning process. 2. Offering text and graphic instructions and video demonstrations on Pinyin (the phonological system of Mandarin) sounds. Pronunciation is a sophisticated matter since all of the different vocal parts have to work together to accurately form certain positions and movements for a sound to be correctly pronounced. This book gives detailed text descriptions and diagrams of the vocal parts and their movements in pronouncing every Pinyin sound. Furthermore, video demonstrations for every Pinyin sound are also prepared. The Mandarin sounds that feel so alien to you can be pronounced correctly with the help of these text and graphic instructions and video demonstrations. 3. Applying enunciation-pronouncing Mandarin sounds in a clear and slow manner. Native speakers' oral fluency in their mother tongue is reached through a stage of enunciation that lasts about four to five years in infancy. One mistake many Mandarin teachers and learners often make is to teach and practice pronunciation at the normal speed of native speakers when the learners have just begun studying the language. Consequently, the crucial enunciation stage is omitted, which often leads to either wrong or thickly accented pronunciation. So, the solution to the problem is to restore the stage of enunciation. 4. Providing adequate exercises. Just like developing skills in cooking, drawing, or playing a musical instrument, gaining skills in pronunciation requires a huge amount of practice. For this reason, explanations are given as precisely as possible, and more content is dedicated to different types of exercises in this book. 5. Practicing tongue twisters. You have learned to pronounce a Mandarin sound but you cannot remember the correct pronunciation over time or pronounce the sound as smoothly as native speakers do in a conversation. This is because you have not developed muscle memory to pronounce the sound automatically. Native speakers develop muscle memory for a sound in their native language by repeating it countless times in daily conversations since birth. Foreign language learners don't have the luxury to learn the pronunciation of a new language at the pace native speakers do. The remedy is tongue twisters, which are designed to practice pronunciation in a concentrated, repetitive, and amusing way, have been proven to be a more effective way to develop your muscle memory. 6. Linking pronunciation with real-life oral communication. Medium- or advanced-level learners may have experienced that they can pronounce single Mandarin syllables well but cannot speak smoothly in real-life oral communication, e.g., having a conversation. The reason is that in real-life oral communication, the pronunciations of single syllables are lined together in a sequence, called "speech flow," like a river. In this flow, the pronunciation of a syllable may be different from the way it is pronounced by itself. The learners who lack the ability to adjust the pronunciations of syllables in a speech flow would sound awkward and even incomprehensible. The sixth strategy trains the skills of adjusting the sounds of single syllables and assembling them into a smooth flow of speech.
Download or read book Learn Chinese Level 1 Introduction to Chinese written by Innovative Language Learning and published by Innovative Language Learning. This book was released on with total page 117 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Interactive. Effective. And FUN! Start speaking Chinese in minutes, and learn key vocabulary, phrases, and grammar in just minutes more with Learn Chinese - Level 1: Introduction - a completely new way to learn Chinese with ease! Learn Chinese - Level 1: Introduction will arm you with language and cultural insight to utterly shock and amaze your Chinese friends and family, teachers, and colleagues. What you get in Learn Chinese - Level 1: Introduction: - 5 Basic Bootcamp lessons: dialog transcripts with translation, vocabulary, sample sentences and a grammar section - 15 All About lessons: cultural insight and insider-only tips from our teachers in each lesson - 5 Pronunciation lesson: tips and techniques on proper pronunciation Discover or rediscover how fun learning a language can be with the future of language learning, and start speaking Chinese instantly!
Download or read book Babel No More written by Michael Erard and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-01-10 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A “fascinating” (The Economist) dive into the world of linguistics that is “part travelogue, part science lesson, part intellectual investigation…an entertaining, informative survey of some of the most fascinating polyglots of our time” (The New York Times Book Review). In Babel No More, Michael Erard, “a monolingual with benefits,” sets out on a quest to meet language superlearners and make sense of their mental powers. On the way he uncovers the secrets of historical figures like the nineteenth-century Italian cardinal Joseph Mezzofanti, who was said to speak seventy-two languages, as well as those of living language-superlearners such as Alexander Arguelles, a modern-day polyglot who knows dozens of languages and shows Erard the tricks of the trade to give him a dark glimpse into the life of obsessive language acquisition. With his ambitious examination of what language is, where it lives in the brain, and the cultural implications of polyglots’ pursuits, Erard explores the upper limits of our ability to learn and use languages and illuminates the intellectual potential in everyone. How do some people escape the curse of Babel—and what might the gods have demanded of them in return?
Download or read book Talk Mandarin Chinese Enhanced eBook with audio Learn Mandarin Chinese with BBC Active written by Alwena Lamping and published by Pearson UK. This book was released on 2016-05-11 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Talk Mandarin Chinese Enhanced eBook (with audio) - Learn Mandarin Chinese with BBC Active The bestselling way to make learning Mandarin Chinese easy "Determined to learn the language but no time for nightschool? Try the BBC Talk short courses." The Guardian Learn even faster and smarter with the flexibility, speed and convenience of this enhanced eBook. Everything you need is just where you need it: navigate the book with ease, practise your listening and speaking skills, test your progress and access valuable language notes all with one touch from the page you're on. Talk Mandarin Chinese has already inspired thousands of people to learn Chinese from scratch and find the confidence to give it a go. It is a bestselling course, widely used both in the classroom and by independent learners. Make fast progress right from the start using the successful, proven Talk method - with specially designed activities, interactive audio and clear, jargon-free grammar explanations. Develop your language skills with tips and strategies to help you learn. Express yourself more confidently through taking part in real Chinese conversations. Whether you're learning for business, travel or just for fun, this straightforward, step-by-step approach will ensure you're soon able to speak Chinese in a range of everyday situations. Learner reviews of the book/CD version of Talk Mandarin Chinese: "The best Mandarin Language pack on the market. Great teaching method." "I got quite a few books and software for learning Chinese before finding this one. It works! It teaches you all the practical phrases you'll need, it's clear, interesting and effective. I recommend it wholeheartedly!" "I can really recommend this product. It helped me a lot!" Also available in Arabic, French, German, Greek, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish.
Download or read book written by Yuen Ren Chao and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Hacking Chinese written by Olle Linge and published by . This book was released on 2016-03-26 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book Progressive Exercises in Chinese Pronunciation written by Charles Francis Hockett and published by . This book was released on 1951 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
