After School Chinese Mandarin Chinese Language Course Level 1.After School Chinese Mandarin Mandarin (măn`dərĭn) [Port. mandar=to govern, or from Malay mantri=counselor of state], a high official of imperial China. For each of the nine grades there was a different colored button worn on the dress cap. Chinese Language Course Level 1 Asia for Kids Master Communications Inc. PO Box 9096, Cincinnati, OH 45209 1888194774 $199.95 www.master-comm.com Originally produced by CCTV CCTV abbr. closed-circuit television CCTV closed-circuit television in China for English-speaking children, After School Chinese Mandarin Chinese Language Course Level 1 is the first of a four-level curriculum in conversational Chinese. English-speaking children can watch, listen to, and repeat how Chinese children speak in authentic settings and real-life situations. Encouraging basic conversation from the very first lesson, After School Chinese Level 1 consists of eight lessons total, each of which features a dialogue between students and their teacher, a breakdown of key words an phrases with the English phonetical spelling in pinyin, the English translation, and the verbal pronunciation pronunciation: see phonetics; phonology. Pronunciation - In this dictionary slashes (/../) bracket phonetic pronunciations of words not found in a standard English dictionary. , and then a re-showing of the original dialogue without the phonetical spelling, and a repeat practice session. Each lesson comes in the format of a DVD DVD: see digital versatile disc. DVD in full digital video disc or digital versatile disc Type of optical disc. The DVD represents the second generation of compact-disc (CD) technology. , along with a companion audio CD for additional learning, for a total of 8 DVDs, 2 Audio CDs, and 1 CD guide. An additional spiral--bound book is available offering written transcriptions of the lessons and dialogues on the DVDs, along with simplified Chinese character Simplified Chinese character (Simplified Chinese: 简体中文 or 简体字; Traditional Chinese: depictions of the words, though the emphasis is on learning spoken Chinese Spoken Chinese (or Chinese dialects) comprises many regional variants. Although the English word dialect is often used to translate the Chinese term fangyan (Chinese: 方言 . A recommended pick for school libraries, after-school curriculums and clubs, and home study. 120 minutes, color. |
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