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Title: David and Helen in China: An Intermediate Course in Modern Chinese (Books with two listening comprhension CDs included) by Phyllis Ni Zhang, Yuan-Yuan Meng, Donald K. Chang, Irene C. Liu ISBN: 0-88710-201-8 Publisher: Far Eastern Publications Pub. Date: 01 August, 1999 Format: Paperback List Price(USD): $89.95

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Average Customer Rating: 3.67 (3 reviews)

Rating: 1
Summary: Taiwan is NOT a part of China
Comment: This textbook was co-written by Professor Phylllis Ni Zhang of Columbia University. Although the book is entitled David and Helen in China, Helen never steps foot in China. She's in Taiwan for both volumes of the textbook. The people in Columbia's language department are not stupid. This was not an oversight. They know that the Taiwan China issue is extremely sensitive, but they went with the title anyway. The dissemmination of propaganda by a language department is outrageous and completely inappropriate. I see this as a direct attack on Taiwan and people of Taiwanese decent. Had I known the contents of this textbook beforehand, I would not have purchased it. Most people are not as passionate as I, so if you have to buy it for a class, then buy it, but do not let the issue go untouched. Let your classmates know, let your teacher know, and let your department know that you will not stand for the subordination of Taiwan.

Rating: 5
Summary: A must for anyone who wants to learn Chinese
Comment: This is an excellent book for the intermediate learner of Chinese. As a current student I cannot recommend this book enought. The book introduces practical building blocks of vocabulary, sentence structures, grammer and new words coupled with new characters. Each chapter is enough to push the student to reach and learn, however, it is not too much to discourage the student. One section that is especially useful is a section with practice sentences. These sections have helped me speak and understand Chinese as an adult (using complex sentence structure and connectors) rather than as a child using loosely connected phrases. Having studied Chinese in Japan, Australia, Taiwan and now the U.S, based on my experiences this book has clearly helped me significantly improve my ability to speak, read, write and listen to Chinese. Don't waste money or time on other books, this is easily the best for serious students of Chinese.

Rating: 5
Summary: FULL of Rich material and well worth the money!
Comment: This review regards to the Books/CDs version. These books cover specific grammar usage,in a very comprehensive way- with plenty of practice and exercises. Listening comprehension (CDs) work well and are compatable with the books included. In the reading exercises, the main vocabulary words are written beforehand, in Traditional (and sometimes Simplified) characters ,in pinjin, and English translation. All of those elements combined, to me, persuades me that this course (that it is) is well worth the money. The writers and contributers of this course are all professors and, are fluent and knowelegeble in the Chinese language - who teach and lecture from some of the finest universities in the US. Besides language, customs and traditions are well summarized and described. This, to me, is vital to know about when a person would like to travel to the PRC or mainland China. Note that this course is taught at the intermediate level, so just keep this in mind. A definate "dive" into the details of Chinese language and culture.