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		| briana74 
 
 
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				|  Posted: Thu Jun 11, 2009 11:40 am    Post subject: Chinese Language course |   |  
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				| Could you recommend a Chinese langauge course for beginners? Thank you. |  | 
	
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		| nickpellatt 
 
 
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				|  Posted: Thu Jun 11, 2009 12:39 pm    Post subject: |   |  
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				| www.melnyks.com 
 His lessons are free to download via mp3 and each lesson is theme based. I have tried a number of resoures for learning Chinese, and this was easily the best for me. I even rate it much better than trying to learn from a chinese person.
 
 if you can only learn his first ten lessons ... you will be able to do a hell of a lot, and discuss or ask about many things that are useful for settling in when in China.
 
 Although the mp3 lessons are free ... there is a charge to purchase the accompanying work sheets. I needed those as I cant learn just by listening ... I needed something to read alongside it.
 
 I really do recommend these lessons though.
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		| fluffyhamster 
 
 
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 Location: UK > China > Japan > UK again
 
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				|  Posted: Thu Jun 11, 2009 1:27 pm    Post subject: |   |  
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				| A few more resources (mainly books - I'll try to dig out a few more web-based ones and post them later) for learning Chinese (no judgement of Nick's suggestion intended - I haven't looked at it yet!): http://forums.eslcafe.com/job/viewtopic.php?p=721013#721013
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		| briana74 
 
 
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				|  Posted: Thu Jun 11, 2009 2:04 pm    Post subject: |   |  
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				| Thank you both! |  | 
	
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