A Course Of Mandarin Lessons, Based On Idiom V2

by Calvin Wilson Mateer

""A Course of Mandarin Lessons, Based on Idiom V2"" is a language learning book written by Calvin Wilson Mateer in 1906. The book is designed to help English-speaking individuals learn Mandarin Chinese by focusing on commonly used idioms in the language. The lessons are structured to provide learners with a strong foundation in the language's grammar, vocabulary, and pronunciation. The book includes exercises and quizzes to help learners practice their skills and reinforce what they have learned. This second volume of the series builds on the lessons presented in the first volume and covers more advanced topics such as complex sentence structures and idiomatic expressions. Overall, ""A Course of Mandarin Lessons, Based on Idiom V2"" is a comprehensive guide for anyone looking to learn Mandarin Chinese in a structured and effective way.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

430 pages, Paperback

Published February 17, 2010

About the author

Calvin Wilson Mateer (Chinese: 狄考文; pinyin: Dí Kǎowén, sometimes misspelt "Matteer") (9 January 1836 – 28 September 1908) was a missionary to China with the American Presbyterian Mission. He was of Scottish-Irish descent and a native of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Western Theological Seminary, Pittsburgh. After serving with the Presbyterian church of Delaware, Ohio, for two years, he arrived in Dengzhou (today part of Penglai City, Shandong) with his wife Julia Brown Mateer in early January 1864 and continued to work as a missionary in China for 45 years.

He was the chairman of the committee for Bible translation and presided over the translation of the widely circulated Chinese translation of the Holy Bible, The Chinese Union Version.

In 1882, Mateer founded Tengchow College as the first modern institution of higher education in China. Tengchow College became a predecessor of Cheeloo University, and finally of Shandong University.

His Course of Mandarin Lessons, based on idiom, first published in 1892, was a popular text for learners, garnering four further editions by 1922.

He died in 1908 in Qingdao, China.