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Simplified Character Version, Level 1 / Part 1
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Traditional Character Version, Level 1 / Part 1
Traditional Character Version, Level 1 / Part 2
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Simplified Character Version, Level 1 / Part 1
Simplified Character Version, Level 1 / Part 2
Traditional Character Version, Level 1 / Part 1
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Character Book
Simplified and Traditional Characters, Level 1 / Part 1
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Simplified Character Version, Level 1
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Review
Chinese Link is by far the best structured and sequenced textbook I have ever seen with a scope covering all necessary structural and communicative elements for elementary Chinese.
I am a strong supporter for this practice to combine pinyin with characters in first year textbook since it will give learners immediate hints about the pronunciation of characters which are totally foreign to English speaking Chinese learners.
The video for ‘Language in Use’ is great! The video presentations impressed me greatly in that with its authentic settings and naturally occurring communicative activities, they will not only help learners outside class but also in class.
—Wenze Hu Ph.D., Assistant Professor, US Naval Academy
Given students’ beginning level of proficiency in Chinese, the accompanied Pinyin would be a welcome service to the students who can then focus better on the sentence structures involved.
This is a great textbook with an integrated approach for developing students’ overall linguistic and communicative competence.
The “Culture Link” sections are what make this book different from other traditional textbooks.
I find the audio resources on this Companion Website wonderful and they should be taken advantage of by all who use the textbook.
I love the video presentation of this textbook. I think it tremendously enhances the dialogues and the texts because of quality of the pronunciations of the cast who acted out these texts.
—Jean Wu Ph.D., Director Chinese Language Program, University of Oregon
The grammar activities are well-guided and involve more interaction [than Integrated Chinese].
—Chao-mei Shen Ph.D., Senior Lecturer of Chinese, Rice University
Synopsis
Chinese Link, 2e provides a practical, learner-centered and enjoyable language and cultural learning experience for beginning students of Chinese, as well as an efficient and comprehensive teaching resource for instructors.
This best-selling text takes care to introduce and explain grammar points clearly and systematically, yet not in a fashion that would be overwhelming to beginners. In keeping with the communicative focus of the text, grammar points are related to communicative task-oriented content. The textbook presents both traditional (complex) and simplified versions of Chinese characters, since learners will encounter both forms during their course of study or in travel abroad. Photographs and drawings make the text vivid and eye-catching, and to provide visual cues to aid in communicative exercises and activities. And the Video Program to accompany the “Language in Use” sections enhances the in-text dialogues by presenting them in authentic settings.
Synopsis
Provides an elementary approach to learning Chinese. Both versions represent the traditional and simplified characters, focusing on the character type represented in the title. Elementary Chinese with exposure to both character types. Practice is given to writing of the character types and there is an abundance of practice with the language and the culture. Intended for those interested in learning Chinese.
About the Author
Sue-mei Wu , Ph.D., Lecturer of Chinese in the Modern Languages Department at Carnegie Mellon University, is currently undergoing the promotion process to associate teaching professor. She is the project leader and primary author for the Chinese Link textbook project. She has a Ph.D in linguistics, with a minor in language pedagogy and solid experience teaching Chinese at all levels. After receiving her Ph.D in linguistics from The Ohio State University in 1997, where she served as a graduate teaching associate for over four years, she taught Chinese at Harvard University from 1997-2000. She has been the coordinator for Elementary Chinese at CMU since she joined the CMU faculty in Fall 2000. She has received CMU Faculty Development Fund (2000, 2002) and Falk Grant (2001, 2003) awards to support developing online language and culture modules and incorporating them into Chinese courses at CMU. She is currently the co-author of a new textbook being developed at CMU for heritage learners, and co-author and chief editor of a new Classical Chinese textbook, written in cooperation with scholars from other institutions.
Yueming Yu , PhD., is an Associate Teaching Professor and Coordinator of the Chinese Program of the Department of Modern Languages at CMU and co-author of this project. She came to CMU in 1992 to start the Chinese Program at the Department of Modern Languages and has been the Coordinator of the program ever since. She has 35 years of experience in teaching a foreign language. She was an Associate Professor of English as well as the coordinator of the International Journalism Program at the Shanghai International Studies University before she came to the US. She was also one of the founding members of the English newspaper (Students Weekly) in Shanghai and a pioneer for the English News Program of Radio Shanghai. She has translated several books from English to Chinese, and compiled English-Chinese dictionaries. Her doctoral dissertation was a research on the criteria used in the selection of textbooks for teaching Chinese in the United States. Her current research focuses on pedagogical issues in Chinese language education with an emphasis on the relationship between teaching the language and teaching the culture, including a special focus on the teaching of heritage students. She is also the project leader of another textbook of Chinese for heritage students.
Yanhui Zhang , Instructor of Chinese in the Modern Languages Department at Carnegie Mellon University, is a co-author and an editor for the project. She is currently an adjunct faculty member at CMU, teaching Elementary Chinese I and II. She is also a graduate student of MCALL (Masters of Computer Assisted Language Learning) and has recently started her Ph.D program in second language acquisition at CMU. She has taught various levels of English as well as English for business management in China. She is currently working on a project for the computer-assisted learning of Chinese language and culture.
Linda Tian , Instructor of Chinese in the Modern Languages Department at Carnegie Mellon University, is a co-author and an editor for the project. She obtained her BA in English Language and Literature from Peking University, one of the most prestigious universities in mainland China. She has taught various levels of English as well as English for business management at a University in China. She also has solid management experience. As a senior human resources representative for Hewlett-Packard China, she designed and conducted several courses for computer software training for business administrators and managers. She is currently an adjunct faculty member at CMU, teaching Elementary Chinese I and II and Mandarin Chinese for Oral Communication. She is currently working on a project for computer-assisted learning of Chinese pronunciation.
Table of Contents
Foundations
Ch. 1: Greetings
Ch. 2: Names
Ch. 3: Nationality & Languages
Ch. 4: School Life
Ch. 5: Making Introductions
Ch. 6: Family & Communities
Ch. 7: Addresses
Ch. 8: Meeting & Making Plans
Ch. 9: Phone Calls
Ch. 10: Time & Schedules
Ch. 11: Ordering Food