Materials & resources for German learners of Chinese

[JenniferW]

Does anyone know of any materials for learning Chinese which are for Germans? Apart from dictionaries. i.e. coursebook, grammars. I have a German friend studying Chinese (living in China) and looking for resources using her own language.

[gougou]

http://www.amazon.de/Chinesisch-f%C3%BCr-Deutsche-Hochchinesisch-Kurzzeichen/dp/3875483847/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1307007078&sr=8-1

This, together with the second part and the accompanying CDs, was what got me started, and I loved it (mostly for the very clear grammar explanations).

[hackinger]

Hi,

the first two volumes of NPCR (New Practical Chinese Reader) are available in German, see e.g.,

http://www.chinabooks.ch/catalog/advanced_search_result.php?keywords=Das+Neue+Praktische+Chinesisch&osCsid=o9a9g3vmhvnia0jlvc9mcva3r2

"Rapid Literacy in Chinese" is available in German, as well as the other two volumes of the series, see e.g.

http://www.chinabooks.ch/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=1578&osCsid=o9a9g3vmhvnia0jlvc9mcva3r2

Those books should be available in China. If ordered in Europe, amazon.de sells them as well, but

chinabooks.ch has better bundles with CDs.

Assimil "Chinese with Ease" is available in German too:

http://www.amazon.de/Assimil-Chinesisch-Lehrbuch-Lektionen-L%C3%B6sungen/dp/2700501772/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1307047133&sr=8-3

There are also versions with CD, although a bit expensive. The english version has the same CDs and is much cheaper, therefore it might be better to buy that one in

addition to the German book:

http://www.amazon.de/Chinese-Ease-Book-Audio-Pack/dp/2700520505/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&qid=1307047269&sr=8-8

Assimil has translations of the Chinese text, the other books do not (there are vocabulary lists and grammar explanations,

which are sufficient to understand the Chinese text).

Grammars:

"Grammatik des modernen Chinesisch" is also published in China. It is a bit dry, but every example sentence is translated and the German is flawless.

http://www.chinabooks.ch/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=484&osCsid=ll429ruv4h4mg49o5aevmcbef4

For a simple elementary Grammar, I like

"PONS Grammatik Chinesisch. Kurz und bündig". All sentences are translated as well.

http://www.amazon.de/PONS-Grammatik-Chinesisch-Kurz-b%C3%BCndig/dp/3125613302/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1307048880&sr=8-1

I worked through German Volume 1 and 2 of NPCR last year and since continued with English Vol 3. I also used the English Assimil version

as a supplement. Good books IMHO.

Cheers

hackinger