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Learn Chinese from modern writers

✍ Scribed by C. W. Shih

Publisher
Columbia University Press
Year
2003
Tongue
English
Leaves
186
Edition
bilingual
Category
Library
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✦ Synopsis

This cutting-edge interactive program teaches intermediate and advanced Chinese language skills through exposure to Chinese literature and culture, providing a more intellectually and aesthetically sophisticated experience than other Chinese-language teaching programs. The CD and accompanying workbook introduce students to five leading modern Chinese writers -- Ba Jin, Mao Dun, Ding Ling, Cao Yu, and Ai Qing -- through video interview footage in which the writers speak of their works and their country. Video clips have dual soundtracks in Mandarin and regional dialects and are intercut with archival footage, performances of the writers' works, and commentary on contemporary China, providing students with unlimited access to Chinese speakers with excellent pronunciation. More than two hundred interactive activities with animation, graphics, recording, and audio playback improve students' reading, listening, and speaking competency and provide immediate feedback on the user's skills.
The companion workbook, sold separately, is a guide to the CD that provides additional writing practice for each activity, along with Chinese-Pinyin-English vocabulary lists and glossary, and transcripts of CD text in both English and Chinese.

✦ Table of Contents

Contents......Page 2
Introduction......Page 4
Ba Jin text......Page 7
Ba Jin vocab......Page 12
Ba Jin activities......Page 18
Mao Dun text......Page 35
Mao Dun vocab......Page 39
Mao Dun activities......Page 43
Ding Ling text......Page 58
Ding Ling vocab......Page 63
Ding Ling activities......Page 68
Cao Yu text......Page 83
Cao Yu vocab......Page 87
Cao Yu activities......Page 91
Ai Qing text......Page 107
Ai Qing vocab......Page 113
Ai Qing activities......Page 117
Biographical Sketches......Page 132
English Translations......Page 146
Glossary......Page 163
Bibliography......Page 182

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