The Mandarin Primer

BOOK: Mandarin Primer: An Intensive Course in Spoken Chinese

1. Lesson A1, Single Tones
2. Lesson A2, Tones in Combinations
3. Lesson A3, The Neutral Tone
4. Lesson B1, Difficult Consonants
5. Lesson B2, Difficult Vowels
6. Lesson B3, Easy Sounds, Hard to Remember
7. Lesson C1, Initials; Lesson C2, Finals
8. Lesson C2, Exercise; Lesson C3, 2nd Tone Finals
9. Lesson C3, Exercise; Lesson C4, 3rd Tone Finals
10. Lesson C4, Exercise; Lesson C5, 4th Tone Finals
11. Lesson C5 Exercises
12. Lesson C8, Exercise (g), General Dictation
13. Lesson D1, Tone Sandhi for I and BU; Lesson D2, Two-Syllable Groups; Lesson D3, Three-Syllable
14. Lesson 1, You, I, and He - Four Men
15. Lesson 1, Ex. 3, Comments
16. Lesson 1, Ex. 4, Questions to Answer
17. Lesson 2, Things
18. Lesson 2, Ex. 3, Comments
19. Lesson 2, Ex. 4, Questions to Answer
20. Lesson 2, Ex. 5, Contrasting Questions
21. Lesson 2, Ex. 6, Close and Open Forms of Questions
22. Lesson 3, Speaking Chinese
23. Lesson 3, Ex. 1, Questions to Answer
24. Lesson 3, Ex. 2, On the Form SH...DE
25. Lesson 3, Ex. 3, Interjections of Assent & Dissent
26. Lesson 4, Telephoning
27. Lesson 4, Ex. 1, Questions to Answer
28. Lesson 4, Ex. 4, Filling out Blanks
29. Lesson 4, Ex. 5, Forms of Definition
30. Lesson 5, Up, Down, Left, Right, Front, Back, and Middle
31. Lesson 5, Ex. 1, Comments & Ex. 2, Questions to Answer
32. Lesson 5, Ex. 3, Why and Because
33. Lesson 5, Ex. 4, Cannot and Does Not
34. Lesson 6, A Smoke Ring
35. Lesson 6, Ex. 1, Questions to Answer
36. Lesson 6, Ex. 2, Previously, Later, and Now
37. Lesson 6, Ex. 3, The Pretransitive BAA
38. Lesson 7, Mr. Can't Stop Talking
39. Lesson 7, Ex. 1, Questions to Answer; Ex. 2, Bigger and Not So Big Ex. 3, Not Until and As Soon As; Ex
40. Lesson 8, Antonyms
41. Lesson 8, Ex. 2, Comments and Paraphrasing
42. Lesson 9, A Good Man
43. Lesson 10, The Tailless Ray
44. Lesson 10, Ex., Dictation of Paraphrased Story
45. Lesson 11, Watching the Year Out
46. Lesson 12, A Rescue at Sea
47. Lesson 13, Inquiring After a Sick Man
48. Lesson 14, Conversation with the Doctor
49. Lesson 15, World Geography
50. Lesson 16, Chinese Geography
51. Lesson 17, Talking About the Industrial Co-ops
52. Lesson 17, Ex. 1, Questions to Answer
53. Lesson 18, To the Minsheng Works
54. Lesson 19, Renting a House
55. Lesson 19, Ex. 3, Story from the Keeper's Point of View
56. Lesson 20, The Walrus and the Carpenter
57. Lesson 21, Listening and Listening In
58. Lesson 21, Ex. 2, Dictation of Paraphrased Story
59. Lesson 22, Studying the Chinese Classics
60. Lesson 23, The Vernacular Literature Movement
61. Lesson 24, An American Makes a Speech
62. Lesson 24, Ex. 1, Conversation Between Boy and Girl Students