Quick Introduction to Chinese

Marina Kuprina is a certified translator, a teacher with many years of experience, and an author of dictionaries and teaching aids for children and adults. Her latest self-instruction book, Quick Introduction to CHINESE, will help you master the basics of the Chinese language really quickly: after a course consisting of 12 thematic lessons, you will learn to read and speak at a beginner level. The lessons are dedicated to everyday situations such as introductions, shopping, talking about the weather, and plans for the day. Each lesson includes a text or dialogue, lexical commentary, theoretical material, phonetic and grammatical exercises. At the end of the book, you will find a dictionary, additional tables with useful information, and keys to the exercises. The book is suitable for everyone who wants to quickly grasp the basics of the Chinese language.