Comprehensive Pinyin Drills

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Hello everyone. When I first wanted to learn Chinese awhile ago, I bought a tape and book. It was called "Modern Chinese" published by Peking University. I believe it was a reprint of an older 1970s Chinese language book for foreign students.

However, the book first started with pinyin drills, and they were very good. I followed the pronounciation as best as I could. There was even a full pinyin character table where every sound combination was read, and it was great practice.

I don't have the book and tapes anymore, and it seems like the other instructional material out there neglects proper pinyin drills. I think it's very important because it trains you how to form the new sounds with your mouth, and develop an authentic accent. I haven't seen any really good pinyin drills online with audio examples. (A continuous drill would be preferred, where a phonetic table is read out and you can follow it.)

Has anyone found a good site or resource? I may end up buying "Modern Chinese" just for this. The book is outdated with some vocabulary, but it's thorough. Something that most books today lack unfortunately.

Thanks

[chinesetools]

Try www.pinyinpractice.com

[HashiriKata]

Try www.pinyinpractice.com

I've tried it. The sound is very good and clear but it's done more like a test rather than letting you to choose which sounds you want to practise (= you have no choice in the sounds presented to you.)

(Or perhaps I missed something??)

[JoH]

You might find this one useful, although its not a continuous drill.

http://hua.umf.maine.edu/Chinese/topics/tones/tones.html

You might also want to practice with short sentences of chinese so that you hear the tones in combination. There are lots on that site, and each is read by four or five different people.