Talk Mandarin Today is a practical guide for beginners learning Mandarin Chinese as a second language. With the busy reader in mind, each lesson aims to bring fast acquaintance to certain basic of the language to the readers and help them acquire ability in speaking the language. By providing simple sentence structures and concise grammar notes, the book helps readers to learn Mandarin Chinese in an intuitive way. Learners will gain confidence quickly in speaking the language and to put what they have learned into practice. The book has thirty lessons, each containing dialogues which are real world daily scenarios of people travelling or working in China. New terms and words that are now common in the language are also included in this book. Readers will find learning Mandarin Chinese with this book an enjoyable and successful experience.