Seton Hall University acknowledges the passing of John DeFrancis on January 2 2009. John DeFrancis worked at Seton Hall University in the Department of Far Eastern Studies’ Chinese Studies, authoring textbooks for Mandarin Chinese in the early 1960s. At Seton Hall, our students have greatly benefited from his expertise in the field of teaching and learning the Chinese language. We express our gratitude for his work, dedication and excellence in the field, and express our condolences to Dr. DeFrancis’ friends and family.
The audio materials to accompany the John DeFrancis' Chinese textbook series (available from Yale University Press) are available through the Language Resource Center. 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.
Currently, the audio to accompany the following texts is available in digital format (audio CDs or MP3 CDs):
Audio material is no longer available on audio cassettes.
Prerequisites
You may order the audio for the entire book, or for certain chapters/pages within a book. Please contact us for the detailed CD list.
Please use the price list as your guide.
The Language Resource Center accepts money order, Visa and MasterCard as payment methods.
Domestic shipping is $4.60.
Please call or e-mail for international shipping charges.
Procedure
To place an order by phone, please call 973-761-9457 between 9:30 and 5:30 (EST) Monday-Friday.
To order by fax or mail, download an order form here.
To pay using a money order, please send the money order in USD payable to Seton Hall University in the amount indicated on the order confirmation to: Language Resource Center, Seton Hall University, 400 South Orange Ave. South Orange, NJ 07079 USA
