A complete revision of the first volume in the Yale Linguistic Series, this new version, in pinyin romanization, and aimed at secondary school and college levels, is an introduction to spoken Chinese. It includes dialogues, pronunciation drills, sentence-building exercises, examples of characters, substitution drills, and miscellaneous exercises in the form of games like crossword puzzles. There is a combined glossary-index, supplementary vocabulary for each lesson, notes, and a detailed suggested study guide. John De Francis is research professor of Chinese at Seton Hall University. Yale Linguistics Series, 1. The features of this introductory text for learning the Chinese language include:-Pinyin romanization-Vocabulary of 600 items-Pronunciation drills, dialogues, sentence-building exercises, pattern drills, substitution tables, games and other learning aids, memorization exercises, and a combined glossary-index-No characters are used

Beginning Chinese, 2nd Revised Edition (English and Mandarin Chinese Edition)

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John DeFrancis

Yung Teng Chia-yee

Foreign Language Study & Reference

Yale University Press

Written for beginning students of Chinese, this book is a retelling in simple language of one of the most popular Chinese folk tales, that of the star-crossed lovers known as the Herd Boy and the Weaving Maid. Features that make this book especially useful for students include a glossary of all words used in the text, footnotes explaining unusual vocabulary on each page, and pinyin transcription on the pages opposite the characters. Available in both simplified and traditional character editions, this book uses a limited vocabulary of just under 200 different characters to provide a story with over 2,500 running characters of text.

The Herd Boy and the Weaving Maid (Simplified Character Edition with Pinyin): A Story for Beginning Students of Chinese

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The Herd Boy and the Weaving Maid (Traditional Character Edition with Pinyin): A Story for Beginning Students of Chinese

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