My first anniversary is next week. On June 1, 2006 I landed in Kunming and started studying Mandarin. Since then, I changed schools and moved house three times. I also have quite a collection of Mandarin textbooks.
- Conversational Chinese 301, Vol. 1 [ISBN 7-5619-1403-2]
康来华 （2005）。汉语会话301句，上。北京：北京语言文化大学出版社。 - Conversational Chinese 301, Vol. 2 [ISBN 7-5619-1404-1]
康来华 （2005）。汉语会话301句，下。北京：北京语言文化大学出版社。 - Easy Way to Learn Chinese Characters [ISBN ：7-5619-0911-X]
柳燕梅（2004）。汉字速成课本。 北京：语言文化大。 - Short-term Spoken Chinese, Threshold, Vol. 1 [ISBN: 7-5619-1364-8]
马箭飞 （2005）。汉语口语速成，入门篇，上 。北京：北京语言文化大学出版社。 - Short-term Spoken Chinese, Threshold, Vol. 2 [ISBN: 7-5619-1365-6]
马箭飞 （2005）。汉语口语速成，入门篇，下 。北京：北京语言文化大学出版社。 - Short-term Chinese Listening 1 [ISBN：7-5619-1367-2]
梁菲（2004）。汉语听力速成，入门篇。北京：北京语言文化大学出版社。 - Short-term Chinese Listening 2 [ISBN：7-5619-1058-4]
梁菲（2006）。汉语听力速成，基础篇。北京：北京语言文化大学出版社。 - Short-term Spoken Chinese 2 [ISBN：7-5619-0860-1]
马箭飞 （2006）。汉语口语速成:基础篇。北京：北京语言文化大学出版社。 - Short-term Spoken Chinese 3 [ISBN：7-5619-0705-2]
马箭飞 （2004）。汉语口语速成:提高篇。北京：北京语言文化大学出版社。 - First Year Chinese Course, Level 1, Vol. 1 [ISBN：7-5619-0745-1]
杨寄洲 （2004）。汉语教程（第一册）上，一年级教材。北京：北京语言文化大学出版社。 - First Year Chinese Course, Level 1, Vol. 2 [ISBN：7-5619-0746-X]
杨寄洲 （2004）。汉语教程（第一册）下，一年级教材。北京：北京语言文化大学出版社。 - First Year Chinese Course, Level 2, Vol. 1
杨寄洲 （2004）。汉语教程（第二册）上，一年级教材。北京：北京语言文化大学出版社。 - First Year Chinese Course, Level 2, Vol. 2 [ISBN：7-5619-0748-6]
杨寄洲 （2003）。汉语教程（第二册）下，一年级教材。北京：北京语言文化大学出版社。
It’s a little frustrating that I’m still not through the first-year books even though I’ve been studying continuously for a year. None of the local programs seem to be equipped to actually keep pace with the Beijing books.
I’ll start the third level of the “First Year Chinese Course” in a couple weeks.
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Wow! A year. I’m so proud of you. And I’ve often thought that many language textbooks are not realistic in their set-ups. But your progress is truly amazing. I hear it’s raining like crazy in China. love from the Dad
Cool.
How shocked I am. How a great girl I have ever met.
Hi Mr. Jenkins,
It depends. Different regions in China have very different weather situations.
Especially in Kunming, the weather varies a lot, today rainny and torrow sunny, this moment rainny and next minute sunny and even this street rainy and that street sunny.
Hi Elizabeth- as I said earlier, I was amazed at how well you not only spoke but could read Mandarin- wow- it gives me motivation to try again. This post is also a test of the “comment” problem I’ve been having as I am in NOLA and using my friend’s computer so we’ll see if the problem is with your blocks or mine- I hope. Have a great year anniversary- Love you, Diane
Congratulations, one year eh? Did you like China when you first arrived? Do you feel the same about it now? I’m only at the 8 month mark so far. I’ve got alot less language books (and probably alot less language for that matter)… But I’m pleased to say that I’m enjoying living here as much now as when I first arrived. It’s very good to be where you are meant to be!
Happy anniversary!
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