beginner taiwanese mandarin cds?

[thepersimmon]

can anyone recommend a good set (or any set at all) of audio cds for self-study of taiwanese mandarin? all the ones i can find appear to use mainland pronunciation and usages. much thanks.

[kaox0018]

contact shi-da in taipei. they make their own.

try to contact someone over there or look up major book stores.

thats all i know. can't help much.

[geek_frappa]

talk to taiwanese in noodle shops or 7-11 stores. they will teach you. it's cheaper than audio CDs...

[in_lab]

I can't think of any examples, but my impression of the Shi-da books is that they are a mixture of Taiwanese and Mainland Chinese. I can't think of anything else, though.

[malinuo]

If you really mean Taiwanese "Mandarin", I cannot help you. However, if you mean Taiwanese, Minnan, there is one, but unfortunately in Japanese. It has parallel text in Mandarin in addition to Taiwanese and Japanese though.

http://www.amazon.co.jp/exec/obidos/ASIN/4756906656/qid%3D1145424908/503-7044050-7828703

[geek_frappa]

attached is a list of taiwanese resources from this location

http://lomaji.com/poj/faq/ITASA_2001_Resources.pdf

[HashiriKata]

I'm risking to be wrong (as I often am ) but I believe what thepersimmon really wants is just plain, standard Mandarin. What kind of difference do we expect a beginner to spot between "mainland Mandarin" and "Taiwanese Mandarin" ??? Even if we assume that someone can turn a language expert overnight, what damage would it do to anyone to speak "just-plain Mandarin" to Taiwanese?

And the fact is: whatever differences exist between mainland and Taiwanese Mandarin, they tend to convert/ disappear in the materials used for second-language teaching (unless one is talking about the difference of the simplified/ traditional writing systems).

[Guest]

I know of a couple of series of textbooks with accompanying CDs that are widely sold in Taiwan. The first is Practical Audio-Visual Chinese, and the second is Far East Everyday Chinese. PAVC is the older and more widely used series, but the language used in it sounds strange to a lot of Taiwanese people. FEEC is still fairly formal, but will probably help you more with your everyday needs.

You can get the CDs either at the bookstore by Shida, or at the Caves bookstore near Shuanglian MRT. Good luck!