Chinese: A book suggestion for study, that would compliment 1-2 lessons a week with an italki tutor?
If I plan to take a personalized lesson 1 or 2 times a week with a teacher who can teach me beginner Mandarin Chinese but also knows English, would you suggest
A: Working through a book that teaches Mandarin Chinese and then discuss what I learned with an italki.com tutor?
Or,
B: Not buy a book and try to find a tutor on italki.com that has material for me to study on days that I don't speak with them?

I personally think I would learn better through studying a book and discussing and practicing what I learned from it with a tutor. If you would agree, could you recommend a good text book for a beginner wanting to learn how to speak, read, and write Mandarin Chinese? I've researched many books and the differences and pros/cons are very confusing so I'm hoping that you can help me out and give me your best suggestion. Thankyou! -Quin

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Chinese: A book suggestion for study, that would compliment 1-2 lessons a week with an italki tutor?
If I plan to take a personalized lesson 1 or 2 times a week with a teacher who can teach me beginner Mandarin Chinese but also knows English, would you suggest
A: Working through a book that teaches Mandarin Chinese and then discuss what I learned with an italki.com tutor?
Or,
B: Not buy a book and try to find a tutor on italki.com that has material for me to study on days that I don't speak with them?

I personally think I would learn better through studying a book and discussing and practicing what I learned from it with a tutor. If you would agree, could you recommend a good text book for a beginner wanting to learn how to speak, read, and write Mandarin Chinese? I've researched many books and the differences and pros/cons are very confusing so I'm hoping that you can help me out and give me your best suggestion. Thankyou! -Quin

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l think the letter A  would be better to learn Mandarin .lt can help you to establish a good function for Mandarin learning at the beginning because of the teacher's professionnal.As for text book,l think you should ask your teacher for help.And if you want to make more practice,you can find a language partner or italki tutor who is native Chinese speaker.lt can help you corret your pronunciation and written.By the way,he/she would teach you some catchwords when you are talking and you'll know some interesting thing about China.
l really hope it can help you.Good luck in your study.

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New practice Chinese.it's mostly  used by teachers.
But i suggest you might choose to study Chinese with a teacher.Because many teachers will make plans according to Your situations.of course,you can study Chinese by self-study,that's also a Good idea:)

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