Chinese
A Demonstration of Chinese Classroom Instruction: Comprehensive Courses: Readings (1 Booklet + 1 DVD)
Summary:
Part of the "A Demonstration of Chinese Classroom Instruction" series, this DVD highlights the best of teaching experience in Readings by an award-winning teacher. Reading comprehension in elementary level is based on recognizing characters, words and expressions. The DVD firstly shows how the teacher focuses on single and complex sentences and then gradually transits to the sentence groups, passages and texts. The DVD then shows in intermediate level of reading, how the students make efforts to increase their vocabulary and practice reading texts under the teacher s instruction. In the mean time, The DVD demonstrates how the teacher trains the students to apply reading methods and skills. Series Introduction "A Demonstration of Chinese Classroom Instruction" series highlights the best of teaching experience of many award-winning teachers who teach Chinese as a second language. This DVD set records the real classroom teaching situations from different angles with multiple cameras. It shows the interaction between the teacher and the students in the classroom and reviews each class in a separate booklet (included with purchase of DVD.) The DVDs in the set are instrumental to both the teachers and students of Chinese.
A Comparative Study of the Chinese Vocabulary in Several Textbooks for Westerners

Author: Kwokcheung Ho
Publisher: Chinese University Press
Binding: Paperback, 394pages
Summary:
This book is a comparison between the Chinese vocabulary of the China Series and that of the Foreign Series.
A Practical Chinese Grammar
Summary:
In fifty lessons, the authors examine both structural patterns and morphological features characteristic of Mandarin Chinese. The book describes cultural idiosyncracies in language use as well as gives discoursal strategies for forming sustained conversations.
A Learners' Handbook of Modern Chinese Written Expressions
Summary:
This Handbook serves as an introduction to the most important written expressions and classical idiomatic phrases in modern Chinese for students of intermediate and advanced Chinese. It has the following features:
‧It is comprehensive. The twelve chapters in the first section deal with common knowledge of written expressions such as grammar, syntax, and vocabulary. Various patterns, phrases, words and their usage are also explained in detail. The second section contains six chapters in which the distinctive features of various sub-types of written expressions, such as news reports, academic treatises, literary description, advertisements, correspondence and other "applied" writings, are introduced.
‧It is concise and practical.
‧It is amply illustrated with sample writings to enhance students' comprehension.
‧An exercise section is included so that students can apply what they have learned.
‧As students using this Handbook have not fully mastered the Chinese language, it is bilingual.
The Hu Shi Reader: An Advanced Reading Text for Modern Chinese
Summary:
This reader presents nine of the most significant essays of Hu Shi, the twentieth century historian, diplomat, and philosopher who championed the vernacular language movement and vigorously supported modern values. The text is annotated, and includes both traditional characters and pinyin romanization.
A Handbook for 1,000 Basic Chinese Characters

Author: Guo'an Wang
Publisher: The Chinese University Press
Binding: Hardcover, 630pages
Summary:
Designed to help students of the Chinese language master the meaning and usage of the most commonly used Chinese characters and phrases. It contains around 1,000 entries of the most commonly used characters with respective stroke order in simplified Chinese. When applicable, this is also supplied for traditional Chinese characters. Including 10,000 entries of words and phrases under their respective word entries, including synonyms, antonyms and idioms. With pinyinof the characters and phrases, straightforward English meanings, and sample sentences to illustrate the usage of the characters.
A Guide to Proper Usage of Spoken Chinese (Simplified Chinese Edition)
Summary:
This book is intended as a companion reference work to Chinese textbooks for beginners. It uses a comparative approach to address over 200 points of grammar and vocabulary that frequently present difficulties to students of Chinese. This volume serves as an easy and efficient reference for teachers and advanced students as well.
A Demonstration of Chinese Classroom Instruction: Elementary Spoken Chinese
Summary:
Part of the A Demonstration of Chinese Classroom Instruction series, this DVD highlights the best of teaching experience in Elementary Spoken Chinese by an award-winning teacher. The DVD shows how, after finishing the spoken Chinese lesson, the students should talk in complete and consecutive Chinese and make conversations on daily life topics such as introducing people, shopping and asking questions. The DVD demonstrates how the students should be able to express their ideas and describe things and discuss the language learning materials in simple sentences. It is important that the students pronunciation should be accurate although they may have some accent. They should also generally master the tones and intonation. -- Series Introduction -- A Demonstration of Chinese Classroom Instruction series highlights the best of teaching experience of many award-winning teachers who teach Chinese as a second language. This DVD set records the real classroom teaching situations from different angles with multiple cameras. It shows the interaction between the teacher and the students in the classroom and reviews each class in a separate booklet (included with purchase of DVD). The DVDs in the set are instrumental to both the teachers and students of Chinese.
Easy Chinese Mandarin, Level II
Summary:
Easy Chinese Mandarin,Level II is the second course of the Easy Chinese Self-Study Program. The program includes the following: Book: Easy Chinese: Basic Text and Workbook, Mandarin Level II. CD-ROM: Easy Chinese Tutor, Mandarin, Level II.
A Course in Chinese Grammar

Author: Sun Dejin
Publisher: Beijing Language and Culture University Press
Binding: Paperback, 298pages
Summary:
This is a detailed course in grammar for senior student majored in Chinese Language. It contains 5 chapters and each lesson consists of a detailed break-down of parts and grammatical structure of a variety of sentences.
汉语语法教程一共五个章节,语法概说,现代汉语语法, 词和词类(上), 词和词类(下), 词的组合和句法结构, 句子与句子成分(上), 句子与句子成分(下), 句类与句式,句子的组合——复句, 及时间, 每章总结本章要点, 思考和练习。并附录:现代汉语词类系统, 现代汉语常用离合动词, 现代汉语代词系统及现代汉语专用名量词。