This set of two 60-minute audio cassettes for A New Text for Modern China (an updated and revised version of A Chinese Text for a Changing China) contains essays and vocabulary lists recorded by native speakers of Chinese. In this third-year course for college and adult learners of Chinese as a second language, elements of a language instruction book and an up-to-date cultural reader are combined into an innovative whole. Each of the five units in the textbook begins with an original essay on topics relevant to everyday life and contemporary issues in China. Each essay is accompanied by three related newspaper or magazine articles from Chinese publications. The reading material is followed by lists of new vocabulary, stock phrases, grammatical explanations and exercises to reinforce language learning. Material is in traditional and simplified characters with pinyin. Grammar explanations are in English.

A Chinese Text for a Changing China, Revised Edition

Irene Liu

Xiaoqi Li

Ruinian Liu

Cheng & Tsui

This set of two 60-minute audio cassettes for A New Text for Modern China (an updated and revised version of A Chinese Text for a Changing China) contains essays and vocabulary lists recorded by native speakers of Chinese. In this third-year course for college and adult learners of Chinese as a second language, elements of a language instruction book and an up-to-date cultural reader are combined into an innovative whole. Each of the five units in the textbook begins with an original essay on topics relevant to everyday life and contemporary issues in China. Each essay is accompanied by three related newspaper or magazine articles from Chinese publications. The reading material is followed by lists of new vocabulary, stock phrases, grammatical explanations and exercises to reinforce language learning. Material is in traditional and simplified characters with pinyin. Grammar explanations are in English.

A New Text for Modern China (C & T Asian Language Series) (English and Chinese Edition)

History

Jui-Nien Liu

Hsiao-Chi Li

Asia

Reading Into a New China: Integrated Skills for Advanced Chinese: 1 (English and Mandarin Chinese Edition)

Duanduan Li

Cheng Tsui Co.

As you move about more confidently in China, you ll want more and deeper areas of communicative proficiency. That s where Level 2 of Success with Chinese kicks in, with lessons covering the doctor s office, grocery shopping, taxi rides, basic computer functions in Chinese, and more. Two audio CDs bound into the book contain audio recordings of dialogues, new vocabulary, and exercises in each lesson, to reinforce listening and comprehension skills. This volume teaches 651 vocabulary items, and includes two audio CDs containing recordings of each lesson, to reinforce listening and comprehension skills. Simplified characters are presented in the book and are accompanied by their pinyin pronunciation.

Success With Chinese: A Communicative Approach For Beginners (Level 2, Listening & Speaking) (English and Chinese Edition)

De-An Wu Swihart

Cong Meng

Judy Z. Mu

Get to the heart of contemporary China with Reading into a New China, Volume 2! This is the third incarnation of the third-year reader formerly known as A New Text for a Modern China, complete with enhanced language learning tools and coverage of the exciting changes taking place in twenty-first-century China. It is ideally suited for students who want to understand China s rapidly changing contemporary culture while perfecting their Chinese language skills. Three features together make the book more unique than many advanced texts on the market: word frequency rankings for the HSK, vocabulary building skills and reading skills. This edition includes engaging new lessons on important contemporary issues such as the Internet, the environment, and divorce in China. Each lesson includes more usage and grammar examples, explained in clear English. Built-in exercises focus on strategies for effective reading; a new Vocabulary Building Skills exercise also helps students acquire vocabulary more efficiently. The book encourages students to comprehend written texts as organized, coherent works. Reading into a New China is the perfect tool for building reading comprehension and stylistic skills along with broad and deep cultural knowledge. Purchase of the book includes access to online mp3 downloads that supplement the text with audio.

Reading Into a New China: Integrated Skills for Advanced Chinese, Volume 2 (Chinese and English Edition)

Reading into a New China is a best-selling and pedagogically innovative two-volume course designed to build advanced level reading and writing proficiency through deep comprehension of China s rich and rapidly changing social and cultural landscape.

Reading Into a New China, Volume 1 (Chinese and English Edition)

Cheng & Tsui Company

Reading Into a New China, Volume 2 (Chinese Edition)

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