Dear Catherine
A lot of graduates in Chinese in this country were brought up on
Colloquial Chinese by T'ung and Pollard. It has a pinyin text published
by Routledge and a character text published by SOAS.
Many native speakers think that it is very dated now, but I (and I am
not alone in this!) still consider it a very good introduction and basis
to the language for use at undergrad level. Students with whom I have
used it seem to like it too.
I throw this, as a controversial suggestion, into the melting pot to see
if it stirs up any other reaction/comments/suggestions for you.
Best wishes
Katharine Carruthers
In message <[log in to unmask]>,
H.Xiang <[log in to unmask]> writes
>Dear All,
>
>I am currently involved in setting up an East Asian Research Centre at
>the University of Bristol. One of the key task is to pick a right
>course book for complete beginners (undergraduate students) of Mandarin
>Chinese. Could anyone advise on that? Many thanks for this.
>all the best
>Catherine Xiang
>
>
>
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