Title: A very good resource
Review: I'm a beginner / intermediate learner and I found this book very useful.I took 3 terms of a short course (one class per week for 20 weeks) and this was our prescribed textbook. I've since stopped attending the classes but instead I'm learning on my own (I can speak Cantonese but cant write Chinese) and still find this book useful.In particular I like the way it reuses characters from previous lessons to help reinforce the ability to recognise characters, which I believe is one of the main hurdles to overcome.Part 2 also cleverly prints the English translation at the back of the lesson so you are "forced" to read in Chinese.All up, learning Chinese is definitely NOT easy and NOT like learning European languages. But if you put in the time and effort you will get the rewards and this textbook so far has been a great companion.
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