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Intermediate Written Chinese

Intermediate Written Chinese

Read and Write Mandarin Chinese As the Chinese Do (Includes MP3 Audio and Printable PDFs)

by Cornelius C. Kubler
Paperback
Publication Date: 12/01/2016

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This is an intermediate-level course in written Chinese that employs a revolutionary new method designed to have you quickly reading and writing simple, connected Chinese sentences.

The Basic Chinese and Intermediate Chinese books provide separate but integrated "tracks" to help you learn to speak, read, and write Chinese efficiently at your own pace. Some students and teachers wish to emphasize speaking ability first, whereas others wish to focus on learning to speak, read, and write Chinese at the same time.

Intermediate Written Chinese allows you the flexibility to learn the written language and the written Chinese at your own pace.
  • Learn to use 336 high-frequency characters, and over 1,200 common words written with them.
  • Together with the 288 characters and 700 words introduced in Basic Written Chinese, a total of 624 characters and more than 1,900 words are formally taught in this two-volume course.
  • In addition, another 199 supplementary characters and over 700 supplementary words are introduced for extra learning, meaning that you will have encountered a grand total of 823 characters and over 2,600 words by the end of this course.
  • Carefully designed to have you quickly reading and writing connected Chinese sentences.
  • Each lesson introduces six new characters and a number of words written with them. By dividing the learning into small tasks, you attain a sense of accomplishment rather than getting bogged down.
  • The structure and etymology of each new character is explained in detail to make the learning of characters easier, and similar characters are compared and contrasted.
  • Some lessons include realia such as photographs of street signs, name cards, e-mail messages, and handwritten notes.
  • Both simplified and traditional characters are taught throughout; you may choose to learn one or both.
  • Features a variety of fonts in both typeset and handwritten styles, to prepare you to use Chinese in many different contexts--from reading signs and newspapers to computers and mobile phone texts.
The accompanying CD-ROM includes:
  • Over 6 hours of audio by several native Mandarin speakers.
  • Recordings of all reading selections.
  • Recordings with the pronunciations of all new characters and words.
  • Additional lessons and reading selections.
Available separately, Intermediate Written Chinese Practice Essentials is the companion workbook for Intermediate Written Chinese. This practical guide includes a broad range of drills and exercises designed to enhance your proficiency in reading and writing Chinese dramatically. While designed for use with the companion textbook, it can be used together with any Chinese textbook or teaching program to hone your Chinese reading and writing skills.

All disc content isáalternativelyáaccessible on tuttlepublishing.com/downloadable-content.
ISBN:
9780804840200
9780804840200
Category:
Writing systems
Format:
Paperback
Publication Date:
12-01-2016
Language:
English
Publisher:
Tuttle Publishing
Country of origin:
United States
Dimensions (mm):
279.4x215.9x21.84mm
Weight:
1.56kg
Cornelius C. Kubler

Cornelius C. Kubler is Stanfield Professor of Asian Studies at Williams College where he chaired the Department of Asian Studies for many years. He is concurrently Distinguished Research Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Studies in Humanities and Social Sciences at Shaanxi Normal University in Xi'an, China. Kubler previously directed the Department of Asian and African Languages at the Foreign Service Institute of the U.S. State Department, where he trained diplomats in Chinese and other languages. He served as Principal of the American Institute in Taiwan's Chinese Language & Area Studies School for six years and has directed Chinese language teacher training programs in the U.S., mainland China and Taiwan. He has been active in test development and has authored or coauthored 31 books and over 60 articles on Chinese language pedagogy and linguistics. He lives and teaches in Williamstown, Massachusetts.

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