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Author : Terry Tan
Release : 2007
Genre : Health & Fitness
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 178/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Naturally Speaking - Chinese by : Terry Tan
Download or read book Naturally Speaking - Chinese written by Terry Tan. This book was released on 2007. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No Marketing Blurb
Author : Jenna Swan
Release : 2016-03-11
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Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 147/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Learn Chinese by : Jenna Swan
Download or read book Learn Chinese written by Jenna Swan. This book was released on 2016-03-11. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As one of the most unique and the most widely spoken languages in the world, Chinese is gaining popularity at tremendous speed. Around 1.2 billion people (16% of the world's population) speak Chinese, the language which is also called Mandarin, "Hanyu" or "Putonghua". Speaking from the foreigner's perspective, believe us when we say that the first conversation you manage with a Chinese person will be an amazing feeling. The language is not simple, let's be honest. Yet the book you are reading right now includes all the basic knowledge the beginner must know, and is aimed at helping you on the journey of studying Chinese. It may not be evident at first, but a better understanding of Mandarin will ensure that you have more time exploring and enjoying the best that the country has to offer: tourist attractions, arts and entertainment activities, and the local cuisine to name a few. But what if you are due to travel anytime soon? Is it still possible to master at least the basics of the Chinese language if you're given only a few days to do so? Fortunately, it is possible, and this book will help you do just that. This book features easy-to-understand guides on how the language can best be used in situations including but not limited to the following: Greeting other people and introducing yourself, specifically the proper way of doing so Getting around and exploring (e.g. asking for directions, telling the time) Ordering food at restaurants Shopping And more! And the best part is, with the help of this book, you will learn to master all that and more in just 7 days!
Author : Cornelius C. Kubler
Release : 2012-11-27
Genre : Foreign Language Study
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 640/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Basic Spoken Chinese Practice Essentials by : Cornelius C. Kubler
Download or read book Basic Spoken Chinese Practice Essentials written by Cornelius C. Kubler. This book was released on 2012-11-27. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Use this one-of-a-kind practice guide together with any Chinese book or language program, and dramatically enhance your speaking and listening skills. No matter what book or course you're using to learn Chinese, it takes a lot of practice. Here is a wealth of effective practice activities--including more than 16 hours of audio material!--to help polish your spoken Mandarin Chinese. This book corresponds to Basic Spoken Chinese and allows you to move from complete beginner level to basic proficiency. Downloadable content features over 16 hours of audio material, as well as (printable) PDF files of hundreds of additional practice pages and exercises. Basic Spoken Chinese Practice Essentials includes carefully designed activities to help solidify every aspect of your spoken Chinese skills, including: Pronunciation exercises. Vocabulary and Grammar summaries. Substitution drills. Transformation and Response drills. Role Play & Listening Comprehension exercises. Dictation exercises. Translation exercises. The downloadable content contains: 16 hours of audio by native Mandarin speakers. Printable practice pages. Printable exercises and activities. Together with or after this book, you can use Basic Written Chinese if you want to learn Chinese reading and writing. It introduces the highest-frequency characters and words in a systematic way. About the Series Respected Chinese language expert Dr. Cornelius Kubler, who has taught diplomats, business people and students, presents a learning system that uses separate but integrated "tracks" to help you efficiently master the basics of spoken and written Chinese. The materials in the Basic Spoken Chinese series allow you to move from complete beginner level to intermediate fluency.
Author : Patrick Chin Leong Ng
Release : 2017-01-19
Genre : Language Arts & Disciplines
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 435/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis A Study of Attitudes of Dialect Speakers Towards the Speak Mandarin Campaign in Singapore by : Patrick Chin Leong Ng
Download or read book A Study of Attitudes of Dialect Speakers Towards the Speak Mandarin Campaign in Singapore written by Patrick Chin Leong Ng. This book was released on 2017-01-19. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book makes an original contribution to the fields of sociolinguistics, language planning policy and Chinese language studies. It examines the effectiveness of the Singapore’s Speak Mandarin Campaign in changing the language use of dialect speakers towards Mandarin.Singapore may be only “a small red dot” and barely visible on the world’s map. However, its complex and dynamic linguistic diversity and its quadrilingual educational system make it a unique and fascinating research site for examining deliberate language planning on the part of governmental authorities. 2017 marks the 38th anniversary of the Speak Mandarin Campaign, a focused language-planning policy aimed at changing the deeply entrenched sociolinguistic habits of Chinese Singaporeans who are used to speaking Chinese dialects. This book provides a revealing update on dialect speakers’ attitudes towards the campaign by including discussions and other related issues such as the recent call for the revitalisation of Chinese dialects by younger dialect speakers, Chinese students’ attitude towards learning Mandarin in schools, the encroachment of English in the home environment, the spread and dominance of English in the local linguistic landscape, and the challenges of maintaining Mandarin as a language of use and preference.
Author : Li-Young Lee
Release : 2015-06-20
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 916/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Breaking the Alabaster Jar by : Li-Young Lee
Download or read book Breaking the Alabaster Jar written by Li-Young Lee. This book was released on 2015-06-20. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the foreword to Li-Young Lee’s first book, Rose (BOA Editions, 1986), Gerald Stern wrote, “What characterizes Li-Young Lee’s poetry is a certain kind of humility, a kind of cunning, a love of plain speech, a search for wisdom and understanding. . . . I think we are in the presence of a true spirit.” Poetry lovers agree! Rose has gone on to sell more than eighty thousand copies, and Li-Young Lee has become one of the country’s most beloved poets. Breaking the Alabaster Jar: Conversations with Li-Young Lee is a collection of the best dozen interviews given by Li-Young Lee over the past twenty years. From a twenty-nine-year-old poet prodigy to a seasoned veteran in high demand for readings and appearances across the United States and abroad, these interviews capture Li-Young Lee at various stages of his artistic development. He not only discusses his family’s flight from political oppression in China and Indonesia, but how that journey affected his poetry and the engaging, often painful, insights being raised a cultural outsider in America afforded him. Other topics include spirituality (primarily Christianity and Buddhism) and a wide range of aesthetic topics such as literary influences, his own writing practices, the role of formal and informal education in becoming a writer, and his current life as a famous and highly sought-after American poet.
