Duanduan Li Zhirong Wang Yanping Xie Hailong W A Primer for Advanced (Paperback)

Description: Further DetailsTitle: A Primer for Advanced Beginners of ChineseCondition: NewEAN: 9780231125550ISBN: 9780231125550Publisher: Columbia University PressFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 08/06/2003Item Height: 279mmItem Length: 216mmAuthor: Duanduan Li, Zhirong Wang, Yanping Xie, Hailong Wang, Irene Liu, Lening Liu, Xie YanpingContributor: Irene Liu (Edited by), Hailong Wang (Edited by)Language: EnglishISBN-10: 0231125550Edition: Volume 1Description: This first-of-its-kind, two-volume primer is addressed to meet the needs of the rapidly growing number of Chinese language students who were raised in the United States in Chinese-speaking homes and can speak the language but who cannot read or write it. The book's lessons and exercises build upon the cultural knowledge of these "advanced beginners" in order to facilitate full language acquisition. As a culture-based primer, this text takes an unusual and innovative approach, with lessons organized around readings on Chinese history, culture, geography, literature, folktales and mythology, customs, and cuisine. The focus, therefore, is not on sentence grammar, but rather on reading strategies and on "discourse grammar," a new, more authentic approach to the study of languages.Country/Region of Manufacture: USGenre: Language & ReferenceBook Series: Asian Studies SeriesRelease Year: 2003 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.

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