Articles for Teachers
The easiest way for speaking Chinese..
Befriend with a Chinese who really knows the 4 tones. It's also worthy paying to master that, then buy a cassette and imitate whatever's there. I learned Shanghai dialect that way.
But if you are not interested in mastering the speech but to learn some useful sentence to survive, please go to www.zapchines.com, you'll have lots of ready made phrases for most of the occasions.
Have Fun!