These are the audio CDs that accompany the work book for the New Practical Chinese Reader 1 series. Each track represents individual lessons, from lesson 1-14.
Stellenweise schwirrt einem der Kopf beim Lernen der Lektionen dieses zweiten Bands dieses Chinesisch-Kurses. Die ganzen 去s, 来s, 走s, 上s und 下s, in allen möglichen Kombinationen miteinander, lassen einen schnell den Überblick verlieren, was jetzt von wo nach wo bewegt wird.
Insgesamt bleibt aber trotzdem natürlich der positive Eindruck, dass man nach Band 2 einen weiteren, deutlichen Schritt hin zum Verständnis der chinesischen Sprache gemacht hat. Pinyin wird nur noch bei den Vokabellisten und neuen Vokabeln in den Übungen genutzt: Über den Hanzi im Text stehen nun nur noch Tonmarkierungen.
Die Themen dieses Bands sind der 把-Satz, die 被-Passivkonstruktion und diverse Komplemente, wie die oben beschriebenen Richtungskomplemente und Ergebnis-, Quantitäts-, Häufigkeits- und Zeitdauerkomplemente, durativer Aspekt über 着, progressiver Aspekt über 正在, neue Verwendungen des 了-Partikels (Situationsveränderung), Erfahrung in der Vergangenheit über 过, und weiteres. Ein volles Programm also.
Band 3 habe ich schon im Regal, und werde meinen Selbstlerner-Kurs damit bald fortsetzen.
University course dragged me through different textbooks, but this is among the best by far for beginners (so long, Colloquial Chinese 1&2!) and the self-taught. Thought to check out the beginning of the series and fill in the gaps.
Very interesting dialogues, anecdotes and cultural notes.
I found the dialogues, articles, and accompanying audio files to be invaluable for reading, listening, and vocabulary development, and I found the cultural and grammatical notes to be informative. However, the book was clearly designed for classroom use with exercises that include open-ended conversation prompts, open-ended fill in the blank sentences, and a large focus on pronunciation/speaking drills - all of these make the textbook exercises less suitable for independent study. Perhaps the NPCR Workbooks have better individual exercises.
The book assumes a high beginner/lower intermediate foundation of Chinese reading comprehension - pinyin is only used in the vocabulary lists, and only a few phrases are literally translated in cases where the author considered them useful to explain grammar, idiom, or nuance.
This book contains chapters 15-26 with an accompanying CD - (the audio files are also very easy to find online if you lose the CD!). Each chapter is structured as follows:
-Dialogues followed by Vocabulary lists and Notes on certain expressions -Exercises and Drills, including pronunciation drills, conversation prompts, fill in the blank -A Reading Comprehension article, usually short stories that seem to come from children's books -Grammar Notes - I found these a bit heavy on the jargon and light on examples -Character stroke order - helpfully, these also include the traditional forms of featured characters -Cultural Notes - broad, introductory overviews of Chinese history or general aspects of modern culture (public transportation, sports, the education system, etc)