Speed Up Your Chinese

<p><em>Speed up your Chinese</em> is an innovative resource that identifies and explains the common errors that English-speaking learners of Chinese repeatedly make. </p><p><em>Speed up your Chinese</em> organizes the major categories of Mandarin grammar into areas that are problematic for English native speakers. Each subsection highlights a relevant grammatical point explains why it causes particular confusion for learners and provides a case-analysis of common errors together with explanatory corrections.</p><p>Key features:</p><ul> <p> </p> <li>basic principles of Mandarin grammar organized into coherent categories</li> <p> </p> <li>learner-oriented problem-solving approach illustrates grammatical rules and presents a case-analysis of approximately 150 commonly made errors together with explanatory corrections </li> <p> </p> <li>subsections explain differences between Mandarin and English focusing on how learners understand fundamental grammar patterns and avoid errors associated with English</li> <p> </p> <li>all subsections end with mnemonic advice that highlights the core of the discussion reinforcing learners’ understanding of the topic</li> <p> </p> <li>erroneous case samples become grammar reviews inviting learners to test their grasp of grammar points. </li> </ul><p>While Chinese examples are in simplified characters (with pinyin) in the main texts their counterparts in traditional characters are provided in the Appendix.</p><p>A unique reference and useful complement to textbooks at all basic levels <em>Speed up your Chinese</em> is suitable both for classroom use or self-study with exercises and a full answer key. </p>