Publisher's Synopsis
Introduction to Chinese focuses on the development of basic communicative competence in Chinese, integrating all four language skills - listening, speaking, reading and writing. The texts in the book provide the learner with interesting topics related to everyday life in the immediate environment. The text materials contain a variety of exercises designed to enable the learner to study and practice the language in real-life situations. The topics and grammar concepts are presented in a logical sequence to facilitate steady development of the target language skills.Unique visual aids, including original photos of people, places, and objects, present vocabulary, illustrate the content of the readings, and elucidate the use of the target language. Pictures of historical sites and natural scenes of China are used as they relate to the topics of the lessons to introduce the learner to China and its culture. These visual aids make Introduction to Chinese interesting and learner friendly.The Character Writing Book included in this package helps the learner build a good foundation for character writing by showing the stroke order of each word and having the learner trace each word before writing it. To help the learner develop vocabulary strategies, the book also includes exercises which promote the learning of meaningful basic radicals inside characters.
