Instant Immersion Chinese (Instant Immersion) | 
 enlarge | Author: Topics Learning
Publisher: Topics Entertainment
Category: Book
List Price: $19.95
Buy New: $11.00
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Rating:  1 reviews
Sales Rank: 1113273
Media: Audio CD
Edition: Unabridged
Pages: 1
Number Of Items: 8
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.7 x 5.3 x 1.3
ISBN: 1591507855
Dewey Decimal Number: 495
EAN: 9781591507857
ASIN: 1591507855
Publication Date: January 2006
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: 8 compact discs in box. Never been used. Discs in pristine condition. Box has no edge/corner shelfwear or rubbing.
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Product Description
From Mianyang to Macau, now you can join the conversation with Instant Immersion Chinese Mandarin, the dynamic audio language learning system on 8 compact discs. CD 1: Pronuciation; Four tones, finals and initials CD 2: Common expressions; Greetings; Introductions CD 3: Numbers; Time, date CD 4: Weather; Families, Hobbies; Jobs CD 5: Making friends; Schooling; Banking CD 6: Making phone calls; Scheduling appointments CD 7: Shopping and bargaining; Dining and Chinese food CD 8: Directions; Traffic; Traveling
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Good for the price: lots of material covered, but some weaknesses March 14, 2006
Fyrdrinc
11 out of 11 found this review helpful
So far in my Chinese studies, I've used Pimsleur, New Practical Chinese Reader, Learn in Your Car, and Instant Immersion. The closest comparison to Instant Immersion is Learn in Your Car as they are both listen-and-repeat courses.
The strength of Instant Immersion is clearly the breadth of material covered for a very low price. The pronunciation practice, especially regarding the tones, is also very helpful. The biggest weakness is a lack of a transcript, which would be very helpful for learning the pronunciation of the characters and reviewing and clarifying what you hear in the audio. Also, I find the female Chinese speaker's voice to be grating.
Learn in Your Car has a beautiful transcript with different colors for new words and both the pinyin pronunciation and Chinese characters for each phrase. Its main disadvantage versus Instant Immersion is that they have only released Level I so far, so it does not cover the breadth of material that Instant Immersion does.
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