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[quote=JOANNEL,239620]Hi Jason
I am living in Australia but have travelled to China four times now and am coming back in October ths year.  Anyway, the best Mandarin quick and easy i have found(besides Primsleur-and yes, i found that good too), is a series call Learn to Speak Mandarin by Elizabeth Scurfield and Song Lianyi. You can buy the book and audio in a set.  I believe they also have the Cantonese, but by a different author.  I also supplement my learnng with a Chinese tutor who i have organised to teach about 8  others and me characters, speaking and Chinese culture- the short cuts and commonly used language.  We do that for two hours every Tuesday evening.  I have found that after three years of learning from Primsleur, the Learn to Speak series and now two years with the tutor, that i can at least get my message across.  It is much better, to be immersed in the culture, and if it weren't for family ties here, i'd be there in a flash!! But at least I can see that it can be done.  Australia has a large Chinese populaton, as i suppose Canada would, so it shouldn't be too hard to find a Chinese teacher - they are often married to ex pats and living in their husbands country of origin- my last two were! They are usually very good teachers, and very happy to teach as finding other forms of work when English isn't your first language is so hard.
Good Luck!
Zie Jien
jo, from Australia[/quote]

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