This new edition of the best selling Colloquial Chinese has been revised and updated to make learning Chinese easier and more enjoyable than ever before.

Specially written by an experienced teacher for self-study or class use, the course offers a step-by-step approach to modern spoken Mandarin Chinese. No prior knowledge of the language is required.

What makes Colloquial Chinese your best choice in personal language learning?

Dialogues and vocabulary sections given in characters and pinyin romanization

English translations of all dialogues

Full answer key and reference section

Chinese–English and English–Chinese glossaries

Whether you're a business traveller, or about to take up a daring challenge in adventure tourism, you may be studying to teach or even looking forward to a holiday - if you'd like to get up and running with Chinese this rewarding course will take you from complete beginner to confidently putting your language skills to use in a wide range of everyday situations

This pack contains the book and 150 minutes of audio material recorded on CDs. These complement the book and will help you with your pronunciation and listening skills.

Another FREE 60 minutes of audio can be listened to online at http://www.routledge.com/books/Colloquial-Chinese-isbn9780415434157