Practical Chinese Usage offers post-beginner to near advanced students of Chinese a guide to the most frequently misused and confusing words in the language. Entries are arranged in alphabetical order for ease of reference. Sample sentences with pinyin and English translations are provided after each explanation. Examples of typical mistakes made by students are clearly marked throughou. Each entry is annotated in accordance with the New HSK guidelines, indicating the level of difficulty. Pr...
Teaching Chinese Literacy in the Early Years (Routledge Research in Language Education)
by Hui Li
The Chinese language is now used by a quarter of the world's population and is increasingly popular as a second language. Teaching Chinese Literacy in the Early Years comprehensively investigates the psychology, pedagogy and practice involved in teaching Chinese literacy to young children. This text not only explores the psycholinguistic and neuropsychological processing involved in learning Chinese literacy but also introduces useful teaching methods and effective practices relevant for teach...
As the first volume of a two-volume set that presents a comprehensive syntactical picture of Singapore Mandarin, this title discusses the distinguishing characteristics of the Chinese language and describes the grammar of Singapore Mandarin.The book first provides an overview of the grammar of Singapore Mandarin and compares it with Chinese Mandarin (Putonghua). As a variety of Mandarin Chinese, Singapore Mandarin is also characterised by syntactic rules taking precedence over morphological rule...
Intermediate Mandarin Chinese Characters
by Haohsiang Liao and Kang Zhou
Learn the Mandarin Chinese characters and words in everyday use in China! This book helps you to quickly learn the intermediate-level Chinese characters you need to know if you want to live or work in China, or progress to the next level with your language skills. Alongside 1200 closely-related vocabulary and phrases, it presents the characters in a series of 20 easy lessons-giving clear pronunciations, English definitions and a writing guide showing you how the character is written. In this b...
Any account of reading the Chinese past is enriched by the fact that Chinese writing is both ancient and current. No other writing system of antiquity enjoys this benefit. Since the emergence of the earliest discernible process of writing, in northern China around 1200 b.c., the Chinese system has been used by millions of speakers, and today more people speak a Chinese language than any other. In his accessible, straightforward book, Oliver Moore demystifies one of the world's oldest writing sys...
社会视角 Social Perspective
by Yi Ning, Wei Shao, Zhengrong Yang, and Esther Tyldesley
社会视角 Social Perspective is a course set over one academic year for intermediate learners of Chinese. In two volumes, it focuses on developing learners’ language competency to a high advanced plus/advanced level (ACTFL/CEFR B2-C1) through exploring social issues in contemporary China. The textbook draws upon the discussion of a wide range of current social issues in China to provide students with a real-life background to increase their debating and written skills. Volume I explores five to...
Lulu's First Time (Learning with Lulu Reading Series Stage 4)
by Helen Wu
Published in Chinese, using rich images and illustrations plus insight and commentaries from leading Chinese experts, this book reveals and explores the finest buildings from the Three Kingdoms, Western & Eastern Jin Dynasties, Northern & Southern Dynasties Period, & the Sui-Tang Period in China. The large A4 format ensures the splendour of the wonderful buildings examined in this book is captured in their rightful glory. Part of Paths International's Ancient Chinese Architecture History series...
Berlitz Phrase Book & Dictionary Cantonese Chinese (Berlitz Phrasebooks)
With its completely redesigned interior making the book even more accessible than before, the Berlitz Cantonese Chinese Phrase Book is ideal for travellers of all ages who are looking for a reliable and up-to-date phrase book that contains all the phrases they really need when they are in Hong Kong, Macau or other parts of southern China where Cantonese is spoken. The new and improved content has a more visually appealing colour-coding system, enabling users to find what they want, when they wan...
Selected Chinese Texts in the Classical and Colloquial Styles (Harvard-Yenching Institute S.)
Lexikon Des Fruhgriechischen Epos Lfg
55 Jahre nach der ersten Lieferung im Jahr 1955 werden jetzt die 24. und im Juli die 25. und letzte Lieferung erscheinen. Begrender des "Thesaurus Linguae Graecae" und damit auch des "Lexikons des frehgriechischen Epos" ist Bruno Snell (1896-1986), einer der bedeutendsten und einflussreichsten Altphilologen der Nachkriegszeit. Der "Thesaurus" widmet sich langfristigen grazistischen Editionen. Die Arbeitsstelle des "Lexikons des frehgriechischen Epos" in Hamburg gehoert zu einem Projekt der Akade...
The ultimate guide to learning basic Mandarin Chinese for kids. This easy-to-use Chinese for beginners textbook and audio app includes all the essential everyday words and phrases you need to know to start speaking Mandarin in no time! Learn how to read, write and speak Chinese step by step with this Mandarin learning book. Here’s what’s inside: • Content is suitable for beginners of all ages and covers basic grammar, tones, Pinyin and characters. • The accompanying audio app covers a...