Get by in Chinese

Get by In

by Kan Qian, Wang Xiaoning, Kan Jia

Get By in Chinese is the ideal travel companion – a quick and easy introduction to Mandarin Chinese and a phrase book covering all the essential language you’ll need on your trip. With the help of the audio CD, get to grips with the basics of a conversation before you leave, then take the book away with you as a handy reference guide. Download the tracks on to your MP3 player to learn on the move. Understand the basics of the language with clear and easy-to-follow explanations. Try out what you have learned with mini role-plays and activities. Communicate with confidence with thousands of essential words and phrases. Get around easily with useful tips for the visitor. Eat out the Chinese way with the comprehensive menu reader.Also contains a two-way mini dictionary so you’ll never be stuck for the right word, and a full pronunciation guide so you’ll always know how to say it! 160-page book and 60-minute audio CD. The book is also available separately (9781406642919).Also available in these French, German, Greek, Italian, Japanese, Latin American Spanish, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish.  

160 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2008

About the author

Kan Qian is Lecturer in Chinese at the Open University. Before joining the Open University in January 2009, she taught Modern Chinese language in the Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Cambridge at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels for 11 years. She is a linguist by training and her current research interest is on how various online tools enhance the learning experience, intercultural learning and mobile learning.