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(More customer reviews)I've studied Chinese in China and also used other resources such as Pimsleurs. I have the book in my hands after needing to use up a gift voucher. I wasn't sure what level(s) "Demystified" would encompass and on inspection can see it's usually not exceeding what would be considered a beginners level. The preface notes explain that the book is intended as a supplementation resource to a more extensive language course.
The writing style is very matter of fact with little attempt to amuse the reader or provide incites into Chinese culture or explorations of the history and motivations behind the language. You may or may not care about that but often one's learning experience is enhanced by such inclusions.
Pinyin, Simplified and Traditional forms are used throughout and the book even provides a brief overview of strokes (writing/hanzi). I found that as a westerner learning all three; reading, spoken and written forms at once is an ambitious exercise and a student certainly shouldn't expect this text to serve as a hanzi reference. The vocabulary is admittedly low and embraces those stock terms and phrases language learners throughout the world are familiar with. Importantly grammar is given sufficient coverage as that's a large part of your language foundation. Extensive exercises are provided at the end of each chapter.
With no audio companion the true beginner will definately have to supplement the book with an appropriate resource to polish their pronounciation(a teacher?).
As a non-beginner I'm finding it works well as a refresher.
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