Review: Very practical
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 06 10, 2014
If you're in the hospitality industry and interact with Chinese customers, this book is a must-read. I had absolutely no experience with mandarin and was quite intimidated by it. So as you can imagine, I was completely overjoyed when I began the book and learned that it starts with the basics and works up from there. The book teaches you basic grammar and structure first. One of the things I learned right off the bat is that mandarin doesn't use verb tenses as English does. I love how the book uses Pinyin (a method of translating Chinese pronunciations into the Latin alphabet). It really makes it not too difficult to get the sounds down. Don't get me wrong, it takes quite a bit of practice, but this book gives you the tools necessary to speak with Chinese customers as a hospitality worker.