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Written from the perspective of a foreign student who has just arrived in China, this title provides the lessons and learning materials about the changing face of China. It includes lessons on daily life, such as doing laundry and getting a haircut, as well as visiting the zoo, night markets, and the Great Wall.

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Provides students with essential lessons for advancing their Chinese language skills, and also introduces important aspects of contemporary Chinese society and culture. It incorporates suggestions from years of student and teacher feedback, and includes lessons as well as vocabulary glosses, grammar explanations, and exercises.

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Features lessons that are relevant to everyday life, concentrating on training of the ear and tongue in the sound system of Chinese. This title includes grammar notes, with attention to mistakes English-speakers are likely to make, and a sequenced character workbook embodying a practical approach to the learning of Chinese characters.

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Available in two versions, one using the GR system of romanization, which employs different spellings instead of diacritical marks for different tones, the other using Pinyin romanization. This book features: training of ear and tongue in the sound system of Chinese; grammar notes; audiovisual reinforcement; and more.

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Written by four experienced teachers of beginning Chinese, this introductory textbook includes lessons that are relevant to everyday life. The features include: concentrated training of ear and tongue in the sound system of Chinese; grammar notes with attention to mistakes English-speakers are likely to make; and a sequenced character workbook.

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Written by four experienced teachers of beginning Chinese, this introductory textbook includes lessons that are relevant to everyday life. The features include: concentrated training of ear and tongue in the sound system of Chinese; grammar notes with attention to mistakes English-speakers are likely to make; and a sequenced character workbook.

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Suitable for advanced beginners or 'heritage learners' who already speak some Chinese but require instruction in reading and writing fundamentals before moving to the intermediate level, this title contains lessons, grammar notes, and exercises. It offers foundations in pronunciation, characters, and grammar.

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Most Chinese-language textbooks cater to beginners and intermediate-level students, but virtually none address the unique needs of advanced students. This work fills this gap through the use of critically acclaimed Chinese films to teach students Chinese while also broadening their knowledge about China.

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Offers a look at contemporary Chinese society. This book covers such topics as: buying a home versus having a child; consumer exports to America; depression; online dating; cell phones; empty-nest syndrome; fast food; the Virginia Tech massacre; medicine; the 2008 Sichuan earthquake; and, global warming.

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A Reflection of Reality is an anthology of modern Chinese short stories designed as an advanced-level textbook for students who have completed at least three years of college-level Chinese. While many advanced-level Chinese language textbooks stress only practical communication, this textbook uses stories from well-known Chinese authors not only to

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Suitable for students who have completed at least two years of college Chinese, this title includes topics that are relevant to contemporary Chinese society, such as the increasing divisions between the rich and poor, the conflict between economic development and environmental protection, and changing attitudes toward sex and marriage.

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Covers topics that are essential to understanding contemporary Chinese society, including changing attitudes toward women and marriage, the one-child policy, economic development, China's ethnic minorities, and debates surrounding Taiwan and Hong Kong.

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Features lessons that are relevant to everyday life: concentrated training of ear and tongue in the sound system of Chinese; a carefully sequenced character workbook embodying a new and effective approach to the learning of Chinese characters; and audiovisual reinforcement via a complete set of audiotapes and two videotapes and more.

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Aims to instruct, inform, and inspire students of Chinese by presenting selected historical texts and their annotations. Taken from the seminal works known as the Four Histories, the fourteen included texts offer insights into the political, social, economic, and cultural aspects of China over a long period of time.

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Offers an introduction to the grammar of classical Chinese and allows readers to acquire the necessary proficiency to read and enjoy traditional Chinese texts with ease. This title examines critical words, phrases, and idiomatic constructions in terms of their respective positions and functions in a classical Chinese sentence.

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Focusing on the basics of modern Chinese phonetics and grammatical structure, this book uses everyday topics to help students establish a solid foundation in the Chinese language. It includes color illustrations, contains thirty lessons, each of which can be covered in a week's worth of classes.

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Featuring both traditional and simplified characters along with pinyin and English translation, this book includes comprehensive exercises and character writing sheets with information on the stroke orders of introduced characters.

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