For once I did not buy any books this past weekend. I was however finally able to get the cd's that go with my Mandarin textbook and workbook (Intergrated Chinese level 1 part 1). I've spent several hours today listening to them. It's so good to have them now I'm not in a class. I realised I'd been prouncing a couple words incorrectly and really need to work on my listening skills. When listening to the conversations and following along with the text in the book I was able to understand just fine, but listening without reading I found I got a little lost. But they were lots of fun, and I forsee many hours of study with them in my future!
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