This accessible textbook provides a clear introduction to the sounds of Standard Chinese, designed for English-speaking students with no prior knowledge of linguistics. It explains from scratch the fundamentals of articulatory phonetics (the study of how speech sounds are produced) and phonology (the study of sound systems), and clearly applies them to the phonetic and phonological properties of Chinese. Topics covered include consonants, vowels, syllable structure, tone, stress, intonation, loan words and different varieties of Standard Chinese. Clear comparisons with English sounds are given wherever relevant, along with practical pronunciation advice. All the sounds described are demonstrated by native speakers on the audio CD (included) and over fifty graded exercises are provided, encouraging students to put their knowledge into practice. Building a solid understanding of how Chinese sounds work, this text will be invaluable to students of Chinese wishing to improve their pronunciation, their teachers, and students of Chinese linguistics. PDF
The Rough Guide Mandarin Chinese Phrasebook is the definitive Phrasebook to help you make the most of your time in China. Whether you want to book a hotel room, ask what time the train leaves, or buy a drink from the bar, this Phrasebook will help you communicate with the locals in no time with a dictionary of more than 5,000 words. The free audio downloads, recorded by native Mandarin Chinese speakers, can be downloaded to your computer or MP3 player, allowing you to listen to the correct pronunciation of essential dialogues, ideal for practicing before you go or while you're traveling. There's even a regional pronunciation guide and Rough Guide travel tips, so wherever you are you can get around and speak the lingo.
The Rough Guide Mandarin Chinese Phrasebook has an extensive two-way dictionary packed with vocabulary and a helpful menu and drinks list reader, perfect for choosing the right dish in any restaurant. With this Phrasebook in your pocket you'll never run out of things to say! Make the most of your trip to China with The Rough Guide Mandarin Chinese Phrasebook.
This tutorial is divided into two volumes, the first volume of the first part of the Vietnamese voice, made a scientific method to pronounce, detailed description, and with articulation map, easy to learn to master; the second part of the book and the next book all spoken text, each Lesson closely a theme, covering all major aspects of social life in Vietnam, the term authentic, realistic, practical, for learners and Viet Nam trade, tourism and other exchanges to lay a solid foundation of language. This tutorial authors are Vietnamese industry experts, by the ranking of Vietnam well-known professors, scientific, high reliability.
This series is designed to improve the listening skills of beginning, intermediate and advanced students. The elementary level has 30 lessons and each begins with listening to daily conversations. Then each sentence is introduced with translations and grammar explanations, followed by exercises.
The intermediate and advanced levels have 6 units each, and each unit has 8 stories broacast across the country on Chinese radio. These stories introduce the daily lives of ordinary Chinese in the city and countryside. Each lesson starts with listening to the stories, followed by vocabulary, grammar explanations and exercises.
While improving your Chinese listening skills, you'll also learn about Chinese culture and life in modern China. In Simplified Chinese characters only.
Lesson 21 I want to open an account Lesson 22 Where did you go? Lesson 23 Doctor gave me some medicine Lesson 24 Do a practice ten minutes a day Lesson 25 review (five) Lesson 26 A little warmer today than yesterday Lesson 27 Welcome Lesson 28 The winter is coming Lesson 29 The sun came out, the snowmelt Lesson 30 Review (six) Lesson 31 What game our class play? Lesson 32 My notesbook was borrowed by Bowei Lesson 33 Give you more trouble Lesson 34 What a coincidence Lesson 35 Review (seven) 密
Editor's Choice "Peking University undergraduate students of Chinese edition textbooks • Language Skills Series • Chinese primary strengthen Course: Textbook heard a" fit of foreign students Chinese language majors, scholars and Chinese preppy an intensive use of teaching a year. Table of Contents Lesson 1 Hello! Lesson 2 Are you busy? Lesson 2 What is the day today? Lesson 4 What is this? Lesson 5 Review (a) Lesson 6 Classmaster, good morning! Lesson 7 How many people are there in your family? Lesson 9 Will, office buildings where? Lesson 9 How many students in your school? Lesson 10 review (b) Lesson 11 You want this or that? Lesson 12 Tomorrow is China's Teacher's Day Lesson 13 Recently busy at work Lesson 14 What are you doing? Lesson 15 Review (c) Lesson 16 Can you tutored him in Chinese, ok? Lesson 17 Our country not far away from China Lesson 18 What is your hobby? Lesson 19 What kind of computer do you like? Lesson 20 Review (four) Hearing transcriptions and reference answers Word summary table (Goole translate)
This series of textbooks is composed of Elementary Chinese Listening, Intermediate Chinese Listening and Advanced Chinese Listening. To provide a more systematic and solid training, the series starts with the listening of Chinese pronunciation and grades into texts, showing a gradual development in the length, depth and difficulty of the content. The listening materials are easy and lively, taking practicality and HSK’s requirements into consideration, so the series can also be used as a teaching material in the preparation for the HSK test. This book is accompanied by 3 audio tapes, which are sold independently.
With 1 CD. Chinese Reading Course (Revised Edition) vol. 2 has altogether 20 lessons. Centering on the new characters appearing in Chinese Course vol.2, this book introduces the shape, sound, meaning and writing of these characters. It also explains and practices the various other aspects, including words, related phrases, dialogs, reading of short passages and exercises etc. This can lay a solid foundation for teaching Chinese reading.
"Chinese Reading Course (Volume 2) Revised language skills class grade textbook" is revised to retain the original writing style, with the "Chinese Course" amendments, modifications were made on a large vocabulary, words, texts and exercises, etc. . With "Chinese Course" Amendments to streamline the number of lessons, "Chinese Reading Course" Amendment One, two lessons streamlined from 60 to 50 lessons, 30 lessons first book, the second volume of 20 lessons. To facilitate the students to better understand the text, cultivate language sense, revised text with a recording. Log Beijing Language and Culture University Press Web site, you can download the free part of the exercise of the reference textbook answer.
This course is the second generation of hearing Course materials : outstanding language skills develop and improve ; moderate language difficulty level ; using multimedia teaching ; content targeted ; increase extracurricular listening material . After completing this book , you can master more than 800 radio and television journalism and common structures commonly used words , more than 200 common Van sentence . For learners to master the use of more than 2500 words . The selected content is mainly television, newspapers , radio news release , the language specification , true, diverse subject matter , covering the contemporary Chinese economy, politics and many other areas , are concerned about the hot learners . The book style is: new words , practice , before listening tips, background knowledge, language knowledge and listening training . Recording text , practice answers , extracurricular listening material and vocabulary table attached to each book after book . The book is equipped with audio tapes 5 ( sold separately ) . " Chinese Foreign language skills of undergraduate textbook series · · Grade 2 class materials : News Listening Course ( on ) ," the news content of the selected covers of contemporary China 's political, economic , diplomatic, military, cultural , infrastructure , transportation , trade, agriculture, science and technology many areas of education, justice , youth, marriage , social , etc., so that students master more than 800 radio and television news frequently used words in common structures.
The new HSK is a standardized test of international Chinese proficiency launched by Hanban in 2009, which mainly tests the non-native speaker' ability to communicate in Chinese in their life, study and work. There are 6 levels of written test and 3 levels of oral test. In order to help the test take~ get familiar with the mode and questions of file new test, understand its contents and focuses, as well as master the test taking strategies, we have compiled this series of test guides based on the opinions of relevant experts and our suficient study on the sample tests. There are 6 books in this series, corresponding to the six levels of the new HSK. Simulated Tests of the New HSK (HSK Level I ) Simulated Tests of the New HSK (HSK Level 11) Simulated Tests of the New HSK (HSK Level m) Simulated Tests of the New HSK (HSK Level IV) Simulated Tests of the New HSK (HSK Level V) Simulated Tests of the New HSK (HSK Level ~1) Each book includes 10 written tests. Before the simulated tests is the introduction to the test of the level and the directions for answering the questions of the new mode. The script of the listening section and answers can be found after the tests. An MP3 disc of the recording of the listening section is attached to the book. All the authors and editors of this series are Chinese teachers with rich teaching experience, as well as researchers of international Chinese proficiency testing. Before publication, all of the simulated tests had been taken by examinees who have taken the new HSK. The test materials at all levels ensure a full coverage of the vocabulary and language points required by the outline of new HSK. The language materials have been carefully selected with thoughtful deliberation, the complexity of the questions has been carefully controlled, and the amount of the questions as well as the time to answer the questions have been arranged reasonably. We have done our best to make the simulated tests of this series more like the real new HSK tests.
Short description: - The 10 sets of the simulated tests fully cover the vocabulary and grammar points prescribed by the outline of the new HSK - With bilingual Chinese-English introduction of the new types of exams and methods of answering the questions of the new HSK - The complexity of the questions has been carefully controlled to make the questions more like the real ones - The listening scripts are read by professional announcers who made the recording for the model tests and the real new HSK tests - Before publication, the simulated tests had been taken by examinees who had taken the new HSK
Preface The new HSK is a standardized test of international Chinese proficiency launched by Hanban in 2009, which mainly tests the non-native speaker' ability to communicate in Chinese in their life, study and work. There are 6 levels of written test and 3 levels of oral test. In order to help the test take~ get familiar with the mode and questions of file new test, understand its contents and focuses, as well as master the test taking strategies, we have compiled this series of test guides based on the opinions of relevant experts and our suficient study on the sample tests. There are 6 books in this series, corresponding to the six levels of the new HSK. Simulated Tests of the New HSK (HSK Level I ) Simulated Tests of the New HSK (HSK Level 11) Simulated Tests of the New HSK (HSK Level m) Simulated Tests of the New HSK (HSK Level IV) Simulated Tests of the New HSK (HSK Level V) Simulated Tests of the New HSK (HSK Level ~1) Each book includes 10 written tests. Before the simulated tests is the introduction to the test of the level and the directions for answering the questions of the new mode. The script of the listening section and answers can be found after the tests. An MP3 disc of the recording of the listening section is attached to the book. All the authors and editors of this series are Chinese teachers with rich teaching experience, as well as researchers of international Chinese proficiency testing. Before publication, all of the simulated tests had been taken by examinees who have taken the new HSK. The test materials at all levels ensure a full coverage of the vocabulary and language points required by the outline of new HSK. The language materials have been carefully selected with thoughtful deliberation, the complexity of the questions has been carefully controlled, and the amount of the questions as well as the time to answer the questions have been arranged reasonably. We have done our best to make the simulated tests of this series more like the real new HSK tests.
July 2007 Second Edition. This textbook is currently the most widely used in North America , the largest circulation of a suitable primary and secondary school age children of Chinese overseas Chinese teaching . A full set of materials , including 12 books, each with two Textbook Workbook ( sold separately ) and a teacher's guide ( sold separately ) . 12 Chinese students through learning and training materials , you can have the basic ability to read and write Mandarin hear , to understand the basic knowledge of Chinese culture , and lay a good foundation for further learning Chinese language and culture . Preparation of this material to China and Chinese grammar grade level grading standards outline, vocabulary and kanji Chinese Proficiency Level syllabus and China State Language Commission, the State Board of Education announced the table of modern Chinese characters commonly used as the basis and reference for existing overseas Chinese teaching materials, has been the strong collaboration and the National Association of Chinese Schools Education resource Development Center . This textbook words, phrases , sentences , chapters , etc. will be reasonable, family practice settings progressively, step by step, to teaching and learning, to apply their knowledge to mobilize the enthusiasm of students to inspire students to think , to improve the ability of students to the practical application of Chinese .
July 2007 Second Edition. This textbook is currently the most widely used in North America , the largest circulation of a suitable primary and secondary school age children of Chinese overseas Chinese teaching . A full set of materials , including 12 books, each with two Textbook Workbook ( sold separately ) and a teacher's guide ( sold separately ) . 12 Chinese students through learning and training materials , you can have the basic ability to read and write Mandarin hear , to understand the basic knowledge of Chinese culture , and lay a good foundation for further learning Chinese language and culture.
Preparation of this material to China and Chinese grammar grade level grading standards outline, vocabulary and kanji Chinese Proficiency Level syllabus and China State Language Commission, the State Board of Education announced the table of modern Chinese characters commonly used as the basis and reference for existing overseas Chinese teaching materials, has been the strong collaboration and the National Association of Chinese Schools Education resource Development Center . This textbook words, phrases , sentences , chapters , etc. will be reasonable, family practice settings progressively, step by step, to teaching and learning, to apply their knowledge to mobilize the enthusiasm of students to inspire students to think , to improve the ability of students to the practical application of Chinese .
Author: Li Quan; You Shu; Wang Shuhong; Language: Chinese, English Format: Papercover Page: 200 Publication Date: 08/2010 ISBN: 9787544616386 Publisher: Shanghai Foreign Language Education Press Series: Developing Competence in Business Chinese
Developing Competence in Business Chinese aims to be scientific, practical and interesting. Based on the requirements of Business Chinese Test (BCT), the set of Chinese lessons covers all the essential aspects that a foreign business man may encounter when doing businesses in China or with Chinese people, such as daily language used in travelling, living, dinning and socializing, and practical terminology used in interviews, meetings, inspections, negotiations, marketing and training.
Short - Term Spoken Chinese / Second Edition / Intermediate / A Series of Chinese Textbooks for Short - Term Intensive Training Programs for Foreigners
JP Oversized: 176 pages Publisher: Beijing Language and Culture U (2008) Language: Chinese
Short - Term Spoken Chinese / Second Edition / Intermediate / A Series of Chinese Textbooks for Short - Term Intensive Training Programs for Foreigners ASIN: 756191962X Title: Short - Term Spoken Chinese / Second Edition / Intermediate / A Series of Chinese Textbooks for Short - Term Intensive Training Programs for Foreigners Publication date: 2008
These CD version are meant to accompany the Short-term Spoken Chinese Textbook. This set of textbooks for short-term intensive training programs for foreigners. Particularly noted for its clarity of sentence exercises, vocabulary and text comprehension, it includes 5 levels of study. Elementary volumes are designed for beginners who have had some Chinese study in the past and know about 800 characters. Pre-Intermediate is designed for students who know about 1500 characters and are just ready to make the leap into the intermediate stage. Get our Short-Term Chinese Listening , Short-term Spoken Chinese Threshold and CD , Short-Term Reading Chinese too!
Short-Term Spoken Chinese is a serial textbooks compiled for foreign students who study in short-term Chinese training programs. It mainly aims to develop the students’ communication skills. There are altogether five volumes corresponding to five levels which fall into the elementary, intermediate and advanced categories according to the Standards of Chinese Proficiency in order to meet the different needs of short-term learning. This series gives detailed division of teaching contents and emphasizes the training communication skills. The selected linguistic materials are practical, lively and vivid, illustrated with pictures and supplemented with speaking exercises. Since its publication in 1999, Short-Term Spoken Chinese has been well-received by teachers and learners home and abroad and has become the best-selling textbook for short-term training of spoken Chinese. The compilers have made revision to the contents, replacing out-of-date texts according to social development to keep it timely and realistic since 2005. At the same time, some language points are also adjusted according to the feedbacks from years of classroom teaching. The layout is also improved to be more user-friendly.
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