Danski Posted September 9, 2010 at 03:00 PM Report Share Posted September 9, 2010 at 03:00 PM Sorry if this has been asked elsewhere. Basically, I did all my chinese studies back in 2002 in Beijing and haven't done much studying snce. Back then the text books still had cassette tapes accompanying them. I think the text books were Beijing University. Just wanted to know if the text books have been modernised and now come with disks with mp3 instead if tapes? Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
renzhe Posted September 9, 2010 at 03:02 PM Report Share Posted September 9, 2010 at 03:02 PM I don't know about mp3s, but most will come with CDs and DVDs. You can rip those CDs to mp3s if you want, it will only take half an hour. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wrbt Posted September 9, 2010 at 03:08 PM Report Share Posted September 9, 2010 at 03:08 PM Yes, I've noticed a definite trend towards enclosing a single mp3 CD in the book instead of audio. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roddy Posted September 10, 2010 at 12:32 AM Report Share Posted September 10, 2010 at 12:32 AM You may find 'digital' recordings are just the old tape recordings in another form - easier to use, obviously, but don't expect any better quality. You may even hear the creaky old tape player speeding up and down . . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugh Posted September 10, 2010 at 10:19 AM Report Share Posted September 10, 2010 at 10:19 AM The Boya series textbooks (should be available on Amazon) come with pretty good quality mp3 on CD. Yong Ho's textbooks do as well. I would say you're better off with online resources though, if you want good quality audio. There's so many great podcasts out there now, plus things like the SWAC audio collections. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wrbt Posted September 10, 2010 at 01:31 PM Report Share Posted September 10, 2010 at 01:31 PM Cheng&Tsui is moving in the direction of downloadable mp3 content for their books, which makes sense why bother with the production cost of physical media when just about anyone can hit their web site to grab the mp3s. Not that I've seen savings passed on, I love their stuff but usually somewhat expensive. They also have a habit of dividing an existing book into two volumes with new editions, so a $40 book becomes two $30 books. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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