Elementary Mandarin Chinese : the complete language course for beginning learners / Cornelius C. Kubler, Ph.D.
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TextPublication details: Tokyo : Tuttle Publishing, c2019Description: 288 pages : illustrations ; 26 cmContent type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 978-0-8048-5124-4Subject(s): CHINESE LANGUAGE -- TEXTBOOKS FOR FOREIGN SPEAKERS -- ENGLISH | CHINESE LANGUAGE -- SELF-INSTRUCTION | CHINESE LANGUAGE -- SPOKEN CHINESE | CHINESE LANGUAGE -- STUDY AND TEACHING | CHINESE CHARACTERS -- STUDY AND TEACHING | CHINESE LANGUAGE -- DIALECTS -- MANDARIN -- STUDY AND TEACHINGGenre/Form: Instructional and educational works. | Self-instruction. | Textbooks -- for English speakers. | Instructional and educational works.DDC classification: 495.1 LOC classification: PL 1129 K83 2019| Item type | Current library | Home library | Collection | Shelving location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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"Learn to communicate easily in everyday situations -- Authentic dialogues with practical vocabulary and expressions -- Romanized Chinese (pinyin) and Chinese characters for easy access -- Native speaker recordings for listening and pronunciation practice"-- cover.
"Free online audio & video" -- cover.
Orientation to the study of Chinese -- Common classroom expressions -- Greetings -- Meeting people -- Asking about name and nationality -- Introductions -- "How many students in your class?" -- Buying things -- Numbers, dates, and time (I) -- Numbers, dates, and time (II) -- Review of lessons 1-12 -- Conversation with a six-year-old -- Chat at the Chiang Kai-shek Memorial -- Biographical information -- More biographical information -- "How do I get to the Beijing Hotel?" -- Calling for a taxi to the airport -- Lost in Beijing -- By bus and street car to the Summer Palace -- A weather forecast -- Talking about the weather in your hometown -- Review of lessons 14-23 -- Chinese-English vocabulary.
The 24 lessons in this book are meant to be used in 3 hours per week of class instruction over one academic year. Students will need another 2-3 hours of outside practice and review for every hour of class time, using the materials in the Elementary Mandarin Chinese Workbook.
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