1000 essential words in Mandarin Chinese

Written by J. M. Gardner

Narrated by Katie H. and Lucie

The 1000 essential Mandarin Chinese words. Mandarin is by far the largest of the seven or ten Chinese dialect groups, spoken by 70 percent of all Chinese speakers. Number of native speakers for mandarin chinese : 960 million. How to learn a language differently ? Today, language learning is revolutionizing : you do not have to go to traditional language classes anymore. Our learning method : a selection of hundreds of phrases and essential words. You listen to them, you repeat them, and you speak. We rely on pronunciation, oral rehearsal, listening, combined with words, essential phrases, and a vocabulary list. 20% of the words are used 80% of the time. The end goal is to get a sufficient level in one language to be able to hold simple conversations, to be able to understand simple exchanges, deal with with everyday life and start exploring the new culture that opens up to you.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Compagnie Du Savoir
• Release date: Jan 1, 2018
• ISBN: 9782821114296