Mandarin Speech Training Tutorial

Author: Ji Senling
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Publish Date: 2002-09-01
Features: This book consists of two parts. The first part introduces the vocal organs and the phonetic system of Mandarin; the second part discusses issues such as initial consonant discrimination, final vowel discrimination, tone discrimination, final vowel and rhyme, intonation and reading, and spoken expression. Among them, a large number of pronunciation exercises and reading exercises compiled to complement the theoretical learning are the main part of this book. The book's main features are to highlight "training" and emphasize "practicality."
Highlighting "Training": After each section, the book provides a large number of monosyllabic, disyllabic, and polysyllabic pronunciation exercises. In addition, representative content is carefully selected from tongue twisters, riddles, modern poems, classical poetry, as well as language materials from opera, Peking Opera, lyrics, etc.
Emphasizing "Practicality": All content in the book is based on the practical goal of improving pronunciation. The purpose of this book is training, not teaching knowledge. Knowledge is presented only to the extent necessary, and topics such as the sociolinguistic aspects of phonetics or phonemic theory are not covered. Highly specialized terminology is used sparingly, but significant effort has been devoted to empirical training and teaching methods.