Looking for a convenient language course that fits your lifestyle and gets you speaking a new language in a matter of hours? The acclaimed audio-led Michel Thomas Method Total Mandarin Chinese course, endorsed by celebrities, executives and learners worldwide, will deliver the results you want.
How does it work? During the course, you will join Michel Thomas Method teacher Harold Goodman and two students in a live lesson, learning from both their successes and their mistakes to keep you motivated and involved throughout the course. The revolutionary method for learning Mandarin tones used in this course links movement and colours and will enable you to effortlessly recall tones at the proper moment in your communication. Tested and refined on students without any previous knowledge of Mandarin, it is specifically designed to address all styles of language learning (visual, kinaesthetic, auditory, etc.). You learn through your own language, so there's no stress, and no anxiety. You'll stick with it because you'll love it.
Why is the method so successful? The Michel Thomas Method was perfected over 50 years by celebrated psychologist and linguist Michel Thomas. This unique method works with your brain and draws on the principles of instructional psychology. Knowledge is structured and organised so that you assimilate the language easily and don't forget it. The method breaks down the language into building blocks that are introduced sequentially in such a way that you create your response and move on to ever-more-complex sentences. There is no need to stop for homework, additional exercises or vocabulary memorization, so you progress rapidly.
What's in the Course? Total Mandarin Chinese with the Michel Thomas Method includes up to 8 hours of audio on CD and an interactive CD-ROM for practice and review. *Note that the content is the same as the previously entitled Foundation course
Learn anywhere Don't be tied to chunky books or your computer, Michel Thomas Method audio courses let you learn whenever you want: at home, in your car, or on the move with your MP3 player.
Where do I go next? Perfect Mandarin Chinese follows on from the Total course with 6 hours of audio.
Recenzijas
"A genuine breakthrough in the teaching of Mandarin" * The Guardian * "The nearest thing to painless learning" * The Times * "A unique and perfectly brilliant way of learning languages" * Stephen Fry * "The most extraordinary experience of my life" * Emma Thompson * "Thomas makes it simple" * Sunday Times * "Works like a dream" * Daily Telegraph * "Michel Thomas is a precious find indeed" * The Guardian * "Five minutes in and you already feel like you're winning" * Time Out *
Papildus informācija
Guaranteed success, incredible progress and absolute confidence in Mandarin Chinese.
: Introduction. How to use this course. Background to Chinese
languages.
: Tones in Mandarin
: The form of the verb in Chinese languages doesnt change: e.g. shģ (`to
be) also means `am, are, is, was, will be
: wo = `I and also `me: form of pronoun doesnt change in Mandarin
: There is no word for `a or `an
: ni = `you
: ta = `he, him, she, her, it
: Words for nationalities
: Add men to pronouns (`I, me etc.) to form plural (more than one): women =
`we, us etc.
: ma = question marker, to change a statement into a question Goes at the
end of the statement.
: ne added to mean `how about ...?
: Adjectives, such as `busy, in Mandarin, are also verbs: mįng means `to be
busy
: To form a negative, put bł = `no, not in front of the verb
: Add hen to fulfil the two-syllable meter rule (also means `very)
: Greetings ni hao and ni hao ma (`hello = `you good, `how are you = `you
good (question)
: In Chinese the character/word has the same form for both individual and
plural form
: In front of another falling-tone word, bł (falling tone) becomes bś (rising
tone)('trampoline' rule)
: Question with a question word, such as `why?
: Use ząi to emphasize `now, at this very moment
: Word order in Chinese: whowhenwhat is happening
: xiang = `would like to
: néng = `can
: Add de to pronouns `I etc. to form `my, mine etc.: wode
: Words for languages
: xiang = `would like to in Mandarin can only be followed by a verb
: Word order in Chinese: whowhenhowwhat is happening
: Demonstrative pronouns `this and `that
: Answering `yes and `no without repeating the verb in the question: shģ =
`is, bł = `not
: Chinese construction `too...to do is `too...no can do
: Question word `what?
: How to answer `What is this?, and `What is that?
: shuo = `to speak, say
: huģ = `to be able to
: Question word `who?
Use of universal `classifier gč in `this book (zhč ge shu), `that man (ną
ge rén);: `a, an, one (
: yķ ge)
: ząi (= `at etc.) in Chinese can be used as and functions as a verb, so ząi
jia = `to be at home
: Question word `where?
: zhł (ząi) = `live, stay
: Prepositions (`on etc.) go after the noun in Mandarin: `[ to be] at the
table on
: you = `to have, I have, he has, I had etc.
: Negative of `to have formed with méi: méi you = `not have
: yąo = `to want etc.; bś yąo = `not want
: qu = `go to
jin tian: = `today
: you (`to have etc.) also = `there is, there are
: [ ząi ] zhčr, nąr = `[ to be] here, there
: mei tian = `every day
: you de = `(there is) some
: Three ways to say `yes: repeat the verb; shģ ( = `to be etc.); duģ (=
`correct)
: yąo shuo = `want to speak
: néng shuo = `can speak
: When to say xič xie (= `thanks)
: ząi jiąn = `Good bye (= `again meet)
: lįi = `come
Dr Harold Goodman is a physician and surgeon, who had Michel Thomas as his teacher for nearly ten years. During this time Michel Thomas's goal was not to teach Dr Goodman a specific language (though he did instruct him in two of the languages he taught) but to train him to understand his method of teaching - which he then used to teach others, with great success. Dr Goodman teaches and practises in the United States.
Michel Thomas (1914-2005) had an amazing life. Born in Poland, he spent his early years in Germany and then in France, where he studied psychology at the Sorbonne in Paris. When war broke out, he fought with the Resistance and suffered imprisonment in labour camps. At the end of the war he joined the US liberation army and later settled in the US where he established his world-famous language school. For more than 50 years he taught languages to the rich and famous and was the world's most sought-after language teacher. After creating several courses of his own, he passed on his method so that other teachers might use it too.
