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Not so good for complete beginners!

Advantages: Lots of information, good pictures, many topics covered
Disadvantages: not good for beginners

Hello fellow peoples! As those of you know who have read some of my other reviews, I am a great lover of languages. One of my best friends recently married a Chinese man, and I was made godfather of her baby so I thought it would be nice to try and learn ...

Walowiz 02.03.2012 · Read full review
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Review of Chinese-English Visual Bilingual Dictionary - Dorling Kindersley Publishing

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Anyone can learn Chinese.

Advantages: A great source of information.
Disadvantages: None.

New Practical Chinese Reader Textbook Studying Chinese is something that I have always wanted to do. I am fascinated by language and the Chinese language in particular as it is so diverse and it seems so incredibly difficult to master. I ...

luceey 02.12.2011 · Read full review
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Review of New Practical Chinese Reader: Textbook - Xun Liu

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Good for the Basics

Advantages: Colourful and engaging, the stickers are a nice language learning tool
Disadvantages: No characters for the vocabulary

I have many textbooks for studying Chinese. In my earlier days of just trying to grasp the basics I bought many beginners books, most of which aren’t really very useful for serious learners who wish to take it further. For that you need a structured serie ...

Mayoki 07.12.2011 · Read full review
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Review of Chinese in 10 Minutes a Day - Kristine K. Kershul

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