Speed up your Chinese : strategies to avoid common errors / Shin Yong Robson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Robson, Shin Yong.

Series:

Speed up your language skills

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Chinese language--Grammar.

Chinese language.

Chinese language--Textbooks for foreign speakers--English.

Chinese language--Self-instruction.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (210 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, [2018?]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Speed up your Chinese is a unique and innovative resource that identifies and explains the common errors that English-speaking learners of Chinese repeatedly make. The book brings together these common errors to offer a valuable insight into the differences between English and Chinese and to reveal the inner workings of the latter allowing students to enhance their understanding and mastery of the Chinese language. Key features: organizes basic principles of Mandarin grammar into coherent categories. learner-oriented and problem-solving approach analysis approximately 150 commonly made errors. highlights and explains differences between Mandarin and English mnemonic devises provide vital learning strategies exercises with full answer key to reinforce learning examples in traditional characters provided in the appendix. Speed up your Chinese is the ideal reference for all learners of Chinese.

Contents:

pt. 1. Simple sentences

pt. 2. Complex compound sentences and questions

pt. 3. Temporal expressions

pt. 4. Noun and verb phrases

pt. 5. Usage comparison of words and phrases.

Notes:

Originally published: 2013.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

ISBN:

1-136-23328-8

0-415-50151-2

0-203-10098-0

1-283-86166-6

1-136-23329-6

9780203100981

OCLC:

820787683