Speak Mandarin (Text, Workbook and Tapes)

Presents the basic structure patterns of colloquial Mandarin using a vocabulary that would be heard in everyday Chinese conversations. Since the Yale romanization is used throughout the text, you are not required to learn Chinese characters; attention is concentrated on new sounds, words & language patterns. Presented in 20 lessons, each containing a dialog (or narrative), vocabulary, sentence patterns, notes & a translation of the introductory dialogHenry C. Fenn is the author of 'Speak Mandarin (Text, Workbook and Tapes)', published 1970 under ISBN 9780884320272 and ISBN 0884320278.