Master Traditional Chinese with A Course in Contemporary Chinese
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Mandarin Training Center (MTC)
Based on the Curriculum of
National Taiwan Normal University
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"After 6 months with Duolingo, I could barely read. After 2 months with Zhong Chinese, I'm reading actual news articles. The difference is night and day."
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MTC Student • Book 3
The Full Curriculum
Vocabulary maps perfectly to the Course in Contemporary Chinese 當代中文課程 (Dangdai) series.
Foundations
Survival Mandarin
Daily Life
Basic Conversations
Written Style
Opinions & Nuance
Society
Formal Discourse
Literature
Abstract Topics
Advanced
Professional Fluency
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