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This book is designed to teach conversation skills to Chinese language learners in a hurry. "Chinese Conversations For Foreigners" includes dialogues in Pinyin and Chinese characters, for a quick, easy way to begin learning conversational Chinese. This is a new series, two volumes in total, is designed for foreigners who are interested in studying spoken or conversational Chinese, aiming to help foreigners find a way or road to acquire the necessary skills to spoken Chinese.

Book I has 20 lessons (Lessons 1 to 20), covering basic conversational Chinese topics such as greeting, self-introduction, asking time, age, plan for weekend, buying ticketing, asking directions, etc. Lessons are arranged mostly in the following order: typical sentence patterns, text in Chinese and pinyin, new word and text notes in English and Chinese, language points, notes on phonetics, comprehensive exercises, with illustrations.

Book II has 15 lessons (Lessons 21 to 35), covering basic conversational Chinese topics such as praising somebody, asking the taste of the dishes, asking for take the time, the invitation, asking for helps, sending the gift, giving suggestions, Lessons are arranged mostly in the following order: typical sentence patterns, text in Chinese and pinyin, new word and text notes in English and Chinese, language points, notes on phonetics, comprehensive exercises, with illustrations.

Companion CD-ROM is available at HERE