Beginning Chinese Reader
John DeFrancis worked at Seton Hall University in the Department of Asian Studies’ Chinese Studies program, authoring textbooks for Mandarin Chinese in the early 1960s. John DeFrancis was hired by Dr. John B. Tsu, the founding chair of the Department of Asian Studies. At that time, the Institute of Far Eastern Studies, which was founded in 1951, acted as a leader in the US with respect to teaching Asian Studies and conducting research on the topics in the field. The original recordings were produced at Seton Hall University in Fahy Hall on reel-to-reel tapes. Over 100 hours of audio material were recorded. Between 2008-2010, the reel-to-reel tapes were digitized to help preserve the audio materials, as the condition of the tapes began to deteriorate. As such, you may hear some background noise, clicks and other auditory imperfections in the recordings.
Episodes
![Beginning Chinese Reader 17](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/14044441/Beginning-Chinese-Reader_300x300.png)
Tuesday Apr 26, 2022
![Beginning Chinese Reader 16](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/14044441/Beginning-Chinese-Reader_300x300.png)
Tuesday Apr 26, 2022
![Beginning Chinese Reader 15](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/14044441/Beginning-Chinese-Reader_300x300.png)
Tuesday Apr 26, 2022
![Beginning Chinese Reader 14](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/14044441/Beginning-Chinese-Reader_300x300.png)
Tuesday Apr 26, 2022
![Beginning Chinese Reader 13](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/14044441/Beginning-Chinese-Reader_300x300.png)
Tuesday Apr 26, 2022
![Beginning Chinese Reader 12](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/14044441/Beginning-Chinese-Reader_300x300.png)
Tuesday Apr 26, 2022
![Beginning Chinese Reader 11](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/14044441/Beginning-Chinese-Reader_300x300.png)
Tuesday Apr 26, 2022
![Beginning Chinese Reader 10](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/14044441/Beginning-Chinese-Reader_300x300.png)
Tuesday Apr 26, 2022
![Beginning Chinese Reader 09](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/14044441/Beginning-Chinese-Reader_300x300.png)
Tuesday Apr 26, 2022
![Beginning Chinese Reader 08](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/14044441/Beginning-Chinese-Reader_300x300.png)
Tuesday Apr 26, 2022