This is a textbook designed for students whose native language is English. The ultimate goal of this book is to develop the student's ability to comprehend and communicate in the Chinese language. Specifically, it provides training in the skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing Chinese. The whole series consists of a textbook, an exercise book, a character book and audio and video materials. The series has the following features: is concise, practical, and has real life applications; is adaptable to the varied needs of different students; gives equal attention to listening, speaking, reading, and writing; guides your learning step by step. After working through the series, you will have a good command of 758 Chinese words and expressions as well as 49 grammar items, and thus will have a basic command of Chinese.
This college-level instruction series is viewed by many college Chinese professors as an alternative to the New Practical Chinese Reader series, as the format for instruction and the quality of the content can be considered comparable. Each chapter encourages Western students to develop the ability to communicate in Chinese social settings, as well as to read and write characters. The text layout uses Pinyin, simplified and traditional characters and English translation of dialogues, cultural notes, pictures and more.
An Elementary Chinese Reader is designed for advanced beginners of the Chinese language, especially college-level students. It can also be used by students without a Chinese background, as a supplementary reader after they have studied Chinese for at least one year. This book can be used both inside and outside the classroom, either as a textbook for a regular course, or as a supplementary or self-study reader. When I began to teach “advanced Beginner” elementary Chinese at Columbia University in 1999, I found that this group of students is different from the very beginners of the Chinese language. They need a course designed especially for them to improve their reading and writing skills and at the same time to better their listening and speaking abilities. This also requires a different pedagogy and an appropriate textbook. However, for various reasons, textbooks for “advanced beginners” of Chinese are still very limited. Therefore, designing a practical textbook for “advanced beginners” of Chinese is a task in need. To meet this need, I have written the textbook of An Elementary Chinese Reader, at Columbia University in New York. My aim in writing this textbook is to provide reading materials for advanced learners.
This set of textbooks targets advanced beginners of the Chinese language, especially college-level students. For those who wish to practice reading Chinese on their own, this is a very practical reader with which to begin. The textbook consists of ten chapters, each chapter has two main readings. Various topics, such as school, family, travel, writing letters, weather, food and medicine are covered. The general layout of the textbook is as follows: Excercises before you read, scanning reading exercises, first reading and second reading, new words, comprehensive exercises, tips of the lesson.
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 .
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SIMPLIFIED CHARACTER TEXTS for Integrated Chinese Level 1 Part 1, 2nd Edition
Integrated Chinese Level 1, Part 1, Character Workbook - Traditional and Simplified Character Edition Cheng & Tsui Company is pleased to announce the completion of the second editions of its award-winning Integrated Chinese series. This acclaimed, best-selling series is successful because it integrates all four language skills—listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Integrated Chinese helps you understand how the Chinese language works grammatically, and how to use Chinese in real life.
Materials within Integrated Chinese are divided into sections of listening, speaking, reading and writing. Two types of exercises are used: there are traditional exercises (fill-in-the-blank, sentence completion, translation) to help learners build a solid grammatical foundation; and there are communication exercises (listening quizzes, speaking drills, discussion topics, etc.) to prepare them to function in a Chinese language environment. Authentic materials written for native Chinese speakers, such as newspaper clippings, signs, and tickets, are used frequently. Topics relate to students' immediate environment (family, friends, school, and work) and focus on practical competencies such as seeing the doctor, making an appointment, shopping, etc. Notes on grammar, language use and Chinese culture are found throughout the textbooks. Character workbooks teach students to write characters in their correct stroke order. The Level 2 Character Workbook also features example sentences in traditional characters showing word usage in context, and four useful appendices: Proper nouns and measure words, an English-Chinese glossary of all vocabulary in Levels 1 and 2, a Chinese character index of all characters in Levels 1 and 2, and the example sentences in simplified form. Teacher's Manuals contain workbook answer keys, transcripts of listening exercises and grammar notes in Chinese.
The Character Workbook is designed to help the student learn Chinese characters in their correct stroke order. Character workbook features: In the Level 1 workbooks, stroke order for each new character is displayed, along with its pinyin pronunciation and English translation. Character boxes allow students to practice writing the characters. The Level 2 Character workbook, in addition to stroke order, presents example sentences to illustrate word usage in context. The Level 2 Character workbook includes both simplified and traditional character forms. Four useful appendices are included in the Level 2 Character workbook: A list of proper nouns and measure words; an English-Chinese glossary that includes all vocabulary in Levels 1 and 2; a Chinese character index that lists all characters appearing in Levels 1 and 2; and the simplified-form example sentences that appear in traditional characters throughout the text.
A guide to teaching Integrated Chinese Level 1 Part 1, this book includes general information on teaching Integrated Chinese and teaching Chinese, suggested lesson plans and classroom activities for each lesson, answers to the workbook exercises, sample syllabi, recommended online teaching resources and supplementary quizzes and tests for each lesson. Most content (lesson by lesson teaching guides) is in Chinese only, with English section headings. Frontmatter and sample tests and quizzes are bilingual.
Lesson-by-lesson guide to teaching Integrated Chinese Level 1 Part 1, with tips on teaching specific characters, vocabulary, grammar and pronunciation
Tips on teaching Chinese in general, including strategies to engage students, ways to reinforce previously learnt material, and suggestions for innovative online resources
Sample syllabi for differently paced courses
Answers to the workbook exercises
Supplementary quizzes and tests
Includes FREE online resources: electronic versions of sample syllabi, quizzes and tests in Simplified and Traditional, and more
Integrated Chinese 1 is accompanied by a workbook, a character workbook, and CDs with workbook exercises. Both simplified and traditional character versions are available. I found the workbooks to be difficult, but extremely helpful. The workbook CDs are absolutely the best I’ve ever used in any language program. For that matter, I can’t think of a single better workbook for any language course. Maybe the most telling thing is the comparison I saw the first time I left Taiwan to visit home. I met up with some friends studying Chinese in college with the Integrated Chinese series. In 9 months of attending class for 1 hour a day, they knew more characters and had better pronunciation than my friends at Shida (師範大學), who had been living in Taiwan and using the Audio-Visual series for 2 hours of class a day over just as many months. Nearly all of them credited the listening homework sections in the workbook.
I can’t emphasize enough how every thing in Integrated Chinese 1 is useful once you get to China. If you go to Taiwan, like I did, you’ll find a few word usages are different but you’ll still be well understood. Unfortunately, at times the book seems more like it was written for linguists than for 18 year old college students. The phonics section at the beginning was particularly intimidating. I remember that it described the pinyin “x” sound as an “alveolo-palatal fricative”. I had to look up each word in the dictionary to figure out what that meant. On the other hand, the book was very precise and I did figure it out, unlike many people I’ve met who have studied for years and still don’t differentiate their “x” and “sh” sounds very well. The grammar explanations are dry, but thorough. One final thing I’d like to say about Integrated Chinese 1 is that it is NOT an easy textbook work through in the time frame allotted by most colleges. If you work through it in one year in a 5-credit class, I guarantee you’ll be spending at least a couple of hours a day on your homework.
Integrated Chinese 1 (中文聽說讀寫一) is by far the most used introductory Chinese textbook at US colleges. In fact, it was with this book that I began my studies of Chinese as a college freshman. According to the preface, Integrated Chinese uses a modern communicative approach. The book covers about 800 characters, not counting supplementary vocabulary, and is meant to be used for one college school year in a five hour per week class. I’ve never seen the book sold in Asia.
Like most Chinese textbooks, each lesson of Integrated Chinese 1 includes a Chinese dialogue, the same dialogue repeated in pinyin and then English, a vocabulary list, and a grammar section. In my opinion, the approach really isn’t that communicative. It’s just as focused on grammar and translation as any of the old school Chinese texts, such as the Practical Audio-Visual Chinese (視聽華語) series. It certainly isn’t as communicative as the modern Japanese textbooks, such as the Yookoso series. Integrated Chinese is extremely well laid out, though. The dialogues really are useful as spring-boards into class discussion. I think this is the one place where the communicative intent of the authors comes through.
Level 1 Part 1 begins the first year of study in the Integrated Chinese series, introducing 350 characters. Students cover the basics quickly, with simple, graded activities on essential topics such as greetings, dates and time, shopping, and family. Pinyin texts accompany Chinese characters throughout, allowing students to focus on both speaking and pronunciation, and character recognition. What s new in the expanded Second Edition: This book is primarily in simplified characters, with both simplified and traditional characters in the index, and traditional character forms of the textbook dialogues in appendices.
This character-writing practice workbook is designed to help students learn Chinese characters in their correct stroke order. It covers all of the characters from the Integrated Chinese, Level 2 textbook, in both the simplified and traditional forms. The layout shows stroke order for each character, as well pinyin and English equivalents. Students practice writing characters in the grid layout provided. What s New in the Second Edition This second edition is divided into two parts: the first part shows how new characters are written component by component, and in the second part, exercises such as crossword puzzles and a pinyin-to-character writing quiz keep learning fun. The new second edition offers a more sophisticated approach to stroke order for the advanced learner: numbered strokes are no longer included, assuming familiarity with character writing.
This acclaimed, bestselling beginning Chinese language-learning series “integrates” the best of the grammatical and functional approaches to language acquisition. It is a challenging, cohesive series that stresses all four language skills: listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Level 1 is available in two parts, one for each semester, in traditional or simplified character editions. Level 2 includes both T and S in each book. Teacher’s manuals use T characters only.
New in the Integrated Chinese series: Level 2 Character Writing Workbook. Much more than a writing book, it features traditional and simplified characters in one volume, example sentences in traditional characters showing word usage in context, and four useful appendices: A list of proper nouns and measure words, an English-Chinese glossary that includes all the vocabulary in Levels 1 and 2, a Chinese character index including all characters appearing in Levels 1 and 2, and example sentences in simplified form.
The workbooks follows the format of the textbook and have four components:
Listening Comprehension: Listen to the workbook and textbook audio cassette and answer questions. Speaking Exercises: Answer questions in Chinese based on the dialogues. Reading Comprehension: Read and answer questions in Chinese. Writing and Grammar Exercises: Sentence formation and completion activities, translation and composition.
Since its release, Integrated Chinese has become the leading introductory Chinese textbook at colleges and universities around the world. The course works because it provides coordinated practice in all four language skills: listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Integrated Chinese helps learners understand how the Chinese language functions grammatically, and how to use Chinese in real life--how to understand it on the street, speak it on the telephone, read it in the newspaper, or write it in a report. Now this completely expanded and revised second edition contains updated, contemporary situations, new cultural notes, student-friendly grammar explanations, and an exciting new two-color design that makes learning and teaching even easier!
The textbook is an introduction to the Chinese spoken language and is designed for 1-2 semester (total 30 lessons). The tutorial presented oral vocabulary, reflecting the current state of the rapidly developing Chinese language, topics lessons cover a wide range of life situations that can begin with the first classes to begin to communicate in the language. trainees, teachers. Also suitable for individual study.
The textbook provides an introduction to the Chinese spoken language and is designed for 1-2 semesters (a total of 30 lessons). The tutorial gives colloquial vocabulary that reflects the current state of the rapidly developing Chinese language, themes, lessons cover a wide range of life situations, allowing the beginner from the very first lessons begin to communicate in the language. The textbook can be used alone or in combination with other basic courses of Chinese language. This textbook will be useful to a broad audience interested in the Chinese language: students in schools, institutions, trainees, teachers. It is also suitable for self-study. The publication is accompanied by an audio application.
Publishers: AST , East-West , Harvest(2007) Paperback, 368 pages ISBN: 978-5-478-00138-4, 978-5-17-000000-0, 978-985-16-1057-6 Circulation: 3,000 copies. Size: 21 x 29 cm Weight: 655 gr.
The initial course of spoken Chinese (+ CD)The textbook provides an introduction to the Chinese spoken language and is designed for 1-2 semesters (a total of 30 lessons). The tutorial gives colloquial vocabulary that reflects the current state of the rapidly developing Chinese language, themes, lessons cover a wide range of life situations, allowing the beginner from the very first lessons begin to communicate in the language. textbook can be used separately or in combination with other basic Chinese language course . This textbook will be useful to a broad audience interested in the Chinese language: students in schools, institutions, trainees, teachers. It is also suitable for self-study. publication is accompanied by an audio application.
Chino Contemporáneo es un manual de enseñanza del idioma chino diseñado para los estudiantes cuya lengua materna es el español. El objetivo final del presente libro es desarrollar la habilidad del estudiante para comprender y comunicarse en el idioma chino. Para ello se trabaja específicamente la práctica de las habilidades en la audición, la expresión oral, la lectura y la escritura.
This set of four audio CDs includes all the dialogues, vocabulary, and pronunciation exercises from each lesson of the Integrated Chinese third edition textbook, as well as the listening exercises from each lesson of the Integrated Chinese third edition workbook. The CDs also include the detailed introduction to Chinese phonetics and pronunciation from the textbook. This is a completely new set of recordings for the third edition. Each CD set also comes with free access to downloadable bonus tracks: alternate slower versions and dialogues with pauses.
Integrated Chinese is the most widely-adopted Chinese textbook in North America. Now in its Third Edition, Integrated Chinese offers an array of components to fit the needs of any high school or college classroom.
Cheng & Tsui’s best-loved Chinese textbook series is new, revised, and better than ever! Integrated Chinese is already the leading introductory Chinese textbook at colleges and universities around the world. The third edition of this time-tested series has been fully updated to meet the needs of today’s students with new communicative and interactive exercises, a full-color design, up-to-date vocabulary, enhanced cultural coverage, a diverse cast of characters, and a realistic storyline linking all the dialogues and readings.
