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Elementary modern Chinese: Mandarin sound system (revised, 1999)

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Subject Languages: 
Mandarin Chinese
Primary Languages: 
English
Languages: 
Mandarin Chinese
English
Locations: 
China
Collection Descriptive Notes: 
Class instructor, Mr. C.C. Chao, revised and re-recorded these lessons for his elementary Chinese class. (As in the case of the version recorded c. 1971, these are based on the textbook Mandarin Primer by Prof. Yuen Rao Chao (Harvard University Press, 1948).
Collection Technical Notes: 
Tapes are the DATs with the final (edited) versions of the lessons that Chao approved and used in his classes. (The original studio recordings and various intermediate-stage edited versions have not been retained.) WAVE files are converted to MP3s.
Contributor: 
Chao, George C.C.

Speak Chinese: Comprehension stories

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Subject Languages: 
Mandarin Chinese
Primary Languages: 
English
Languages: 
Mandarin Chinese
English
Locations: 
China
Collection Descriptive Notes: 
Lessons 9-14; Lessons 16-24
Collection Technical Notes: 
Contributor: 
Borchert, Cheng Yang

Chinese reading for beginners

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Subject Languages: 
Mandarin Chinese
Primary Languages: 
English
Languages: 
Mandarin Chinese
English
Locations: 
China
Collection Descriptive Notes: 
Two (unidentified) “sections” on Reel One are followed by “Chinese simple stories” 1-20 on Reel Two.
Collection Technical Notes: 
Contributor: 
Tsien, Mrs. [?]

Speak Chinese (Chao and Yang, c. 1971)

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Subject Languages: 
Mandarin Chinese
Primary Languages: 
English
Languages: 
Mandarin Chinese
English
Locations: 
China
Collection Descriptive Notes: 
Mr. C.C. Chao and Mrs. Betty Yang voice the dialogs, vocabulary and pattern drills from Lessons 1-24 of the text, Speak Chinese, by M. Gardner Tewksbury, published for the Institute of Far Eastern Languages by Yale University Press, New Haven, 1948. (It is not clear which edition was used, inasmuch as a revised version of Lessons 1-6 was issued in 1971.) (The texts may be found in Regenstein Library.)
Collection Technical Notes: 
Masters were recorded off-campus, using the Tewksbury text(s?). They were donated to the LLA by Chao on 7 November 2002. The WAVE files are now converted to MP3s.
Contributor: 
Chao, George Chih-ch’ao; and Betty Yang

Speak Chinese (specially revised version, 1980)

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Subject Languages: 
Mandarin Chinese
Primary Languages: 
English
Languages: 
Mandarin Chinese
English
Locations: 
China
Collection Descriptive Notes: 
Lessons 1-24 (identical with the recordings coded as CHI 2.1-.4 (M) but re-edited to place the dialogue at the end of each lesson)
Collection Technical Notes: 
Contributor: 
Chao, Chih-ch’ao; and Betty Yang

Second-year Chinese readings

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Subject Languages: 
Mandarin Chinese
Primary Languages: 
English
Languages: 
Mandarin Chinese
English
Locations: 
China
Collection Descriptive Notes: 
Native speaker reads eight texts: 1) “Lŭ Syùn”; 2) “Wŭsūngdăhŭ”; 3) “Dzaì syàndaì Jūnggwóde Kŭngfūdzĕ”; 4) “Bă jŭyàu jīnglè jyíjūng...”; 5) “Lyánpwō hé lìn syàngrú”; 6) “Wŭsèyùndung”; 7) “Dàmínghú”; and 8) “Dì yī hwéi: Shwō Syēdz fù chén dàyì”.
Collection Technical Notes: 
Contributor: 
Borchert, Cheng Yang

Read about China (1984 version)

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Subject Languages: 
Mandarin Chinese
Primary Languages: 
English
Languages: 
Mandarin Chinese
English
Locations: 
China
Collection Descriptive Notes: 
Lessons 1-20 (re-edited so that the vocabulary precedes the text)
Collection Technical Notes: 
Contributor: 
Chao, Chih-ch'ao, and Betty Yang

Read Chinese, book III [Borchert version]

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Subject Languages: 
Mandarin Chinese
Primary Languages: 
English
Languages: 
Mandarin Chinese
English
Locations: 
China
Collection Descriptive Notes: 
Native speaker voices the vocabulary and text of Lessons 1-20. The text was published by Far Eastern Publications, Yale University, New Haven, Conn., 1965, 1961.
Collection Technical Notes: 
This collection consists of four reels in the “Olson Electronics”-brand boxes and two copy reels made in June 1974. Borchert recorded these tapes privately (i.e., not in a studio) c. Fall 1973. The apparent repetition of Lessons 9-11.1 is not explained. Donated to the LLA by Prof. C.C. Chao in 2003. A copy of the text may be found in Regenstein Library. (Unreviewed) WAVE files are now converted to MP3s.
Contributor: 
Borchert, Chen Yang

Mandarin of Pekin: the four tones

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Subject Languages: 
Mandarin Chinese
Primary Languages: 
English
Languages: 
Mandarin Chinese
English
Locations: 
China
Collection Descriptive Notes: 
Disc No.1: The Four Tones: Disc No. 2: (No description of contents other than “Mandarin of Pekin” and “S.S. Chu”)
Collection Technical Notes: 
Note: the name of the researcher is inferred from the notes of N.A. McQuown regarding the recording: “To accompany M.J. Andrade’s phonetic transcription”. This transcription, consisting of two manuscript pages, is filed under “CHI 31.S.1 (OD)”.
Contributor: 
Chu, S.S.

Hsiao ching [Xiao jing] [paused reading]

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Subject Languages: 
Mandarin Chinese
Primary Languages: 
English
Languages: 
Mandarin Chinese
English
Locations: 
China
Collection Descriptive Notes: 
Native consultants voice each character of the (complete?) text with pauses for repetition.
Collection Technical Notes: 
Contributor: 
Tsien, (Mrs.), and (Mrs.) Chao