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Here is a selection of books, audio CD's and cassettes for learning Mandarin.
There are books for learning Mandarin, grammar books, and audio courses.
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Chinese is not written with letters like English. It is written with symbols, "ideograms" (drawings that represents ideas.) The sound of a word does not tell you how to write the word.
It's a good idea to learn the 2,000 most common characters. This will enable you to read a text, with a dictionary handy.
Chinese grammar does not have the mind benders found in most other languages - multiple verb tenses, masculine, feminine and neuter. There are no case endings to challenge your memory.

Very Simple Chinese: An Introduction to Mandarin

By Kim Winfield
There is a need for a simple, not too intimidating introduction to Chinese. This book will get you started.
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Beginner's Chinese (Beginner's Foreign Language)

By Yong Ho
A good book for starting to learn Mandarin. Not for pronunciation, but gives a good foundation in grammar and vocabulary.
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Business Chinese (Elementary: Book 1

By Weizhi Huang
Learn to speak and write Business Mandarin Chinese. This book starts with a table of the combinations of the initials and finals in common Chinese speech. Then it gives you Pinyin and the phonetic alphabet.
It presents a simple dialogue in Chinese characters, and the text in Pinyin. The new vocabulary and its translation into English is given. This simple format makes it easy for you to learn to speak ordinary Chinese with an emphasis on business Chinese.
There are chapters on meeting people, changing money, getting a taxi, shopping, not feeling well, weather and getting around town.
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Pimsleur Chinese (Mandarin) Instant Conversational Language.

By Pimsleur

In order to learn to speak Mandarin Chinese, you need to start by hearing it! This introductory Pimsleur course gets you started correctly. You learn by listening and imitating. If you decide to go on to longer Pimsleur courses, you can offer this one for sale in the Amazon Marketplace or Ebay, so you won't lose your investment.
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Pimsleur Chinese (Mandarin): 2nd Ed. (Quick & Simple)

By Pimsleur
This audio CD set will get you over the initial difficulty of Mandarin Chinese pronunciation. You won't learn many words, but it gives you an excellent start.
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Easy Chinese Tutor I (Mandarin) (CD-ROM)

By Edward C. Chang
Learn to write Chinese in small, manageable steps.
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Pimsleur Chinese (Mandarin) I

By Pimsleur
This is the full course in Mandarin. You get the complete level 1 course. All customer reviews are good. Get this and get serious about speaking Mandarin. This is the way to start.
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Pimsleur Chinese (Mandarin) II

By Pimsleur
All the reviews are good for this course. This course can get you up to simple conversation. You will be understood, if you have been listening and imitating all along. You won't learn many words, but it gives you an excellent start.
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Pimsleur Chinese (Mandarin) III

By Pimsleur
If you complete this course you will have confidence in your ability to speak Mandarin Chinese. Your pronunciation will be what is required for conversing with native speakers. You will need to expand your vocabulary and learn the written language.
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iKnow Chinese

By Living Language
Works on any video-compatible iPod� nano, iPod� classic, iPod� touch, and iPhone� device You can use your video-compatible iPod� or your iPhone� as a pocket translator.
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SPEAK E-Z Chinese In Phonetic English

By Fang Zhao
This book makes learning Mandarin easy and fun. It is essentially a Chinese phrasebook with the pronunciation shown in phonetic English. Phonetic English is to be used only as a crutch, to get you started. Later you will need to go on to a more serious method of learning Chinese.
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