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    <title>Beginner's Mandarin Chinese</title>
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    <title>Teach yourself beginner's Mandarin Chinese</title>
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    <title>Mandarin Chinese</title>
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    <namePart>Scurfield, Elizabeth</namePart>
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    <namePart>Song, Lianyi</namePart>
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  <genre authority="">Phrase books</genre>
  <genre authority="">Programmed instructional materials</genre>
  <genre authority="">Instructional and educational works</genre>
  <genre authority="">Informational works</genre>
  <genre authority="">Self-instructional works</genre>
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    <publisher>Teach Yourself</publisher>
    <dateIssued>2024</dateIssued>
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    <extent>xxxix, 199 pages : illustations ; 20 cm.</extent>
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  <abstract>Beginners' Mandarin Chinese is for absolute beginners and those who've had some previous experience with the language and want to refresh their knowledge. Clear and simple explanations make the course appropriate and accessible to anyone learning Mandarin Chinese. There are extensive illustrations and tools to help you plan your studies and track your progress, all designed to support learning on your own. This course is also ideal to use with one-to-one tutoring and as a classroom course, and it's the perfect resource to pair with a language-learning app.</abstract>
  <tableOfContents>Mapped to A1-B1 on the Common European Framework of Reference — Everyday phrases and expressions — A bilingual word list  — Practice activities  — Listening exercises with online audio. </tableOfContents>
  <note type="statement of responsibility">/ Elizabeth Scurfield and Song Lianyi.</note>
  <note>Text in English and Mandarin Chinese</note>
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    <topic>Chinese language</topic>
    <topic>Textbooks for foreign speakers</topic>
    <topic>English</topic>
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    <topic>Chinese language</topic>
    <topic>Conversation and phrase books</topic>
    <topic>English</topic>
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    <topic>Chinese language</topic>
    <topic>Self-instruction</topic>
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    <topic>Chinese language</topic>
    <topic>Study and teaching</topic>
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    <topic>Chinese language</topic>
    <topic>Grammar</topic>
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    <topic>Mandarin dialects</topic>
    <topic>Self-instruction</topic>
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    <topic>Mandarin dialects</topic>
    <topic>Study and teaching</topic>
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