Chinese primer. Lessons / Ta-Tuan Ch'en [and three others].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Chen, Ta-tuan, author.

Series:

The Princeton Language Program: Modern Chinese ; 49

Language:

Chinese

English

Subjects (All):

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

Chinese language.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (183 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

Gwoyeu Romatzyh (GR) [version].

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Massachusetts ; London, England : Harvard University Press, [1989]

Language Note:

Chinese and English in Gwoyeu Romatzyh (GR).

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

Four experienced teachers of beginning Chinese have developed this introductory textbook. A pilot edition has been tested widely in classrooms and refined over a period of years. Among its salient features are lessons that are lively, amusing, and relevant to everyday life: concentrated training of ear and tongue in the sound system of Chinese; extensive grammar notes, clearly presented, with attention to mistakes English-speakers are likely to make; 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, one of which offers entertaining dramatizations of the lesson dialogues. The Chinese Primer is 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. The contents of the four volumes are as follows: (1) Blue Book [ Lessons ]: Introduction; foundation work on pronunciation; lesson dialogues in romanized Chinese and English; appendices; glossary-index. (2) Red Book [Notes and Exercises]: Vocabularies; grammar notes and culture notes keyed to the lessons; exercises. (3) Yellow Book [Character Workbook]: workbook. (4) Green Book [Pinyin Character Text]: Texts of the lessons in both traditional and simplified Chinese characters, and a Chinese introduction for teachers. The first three volumes: Blue Book, Red Book, and Yellow Book are sold as a set (GR Set or Pinyin Set). In addition, the GR Blue Book [ Lessons ], GR Red Book [Notes and Exercises], and GR Yellow Book [Character Workbook], along with the Pinyin Green Book [Pinyin Character Text] are sold separately. The GR Audio and video materials are available from the Chinese Linguistics Project at Princeton University for use with this text. These supplementary materials are not published by Princeton University Press. For further information and prices, contact the Chinese Linguistics Project, 231 Palmer Hall, Princeton University, Princeton, N.J. 08544. (609-258-4269).

Contents:

Frontmatter

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

CONTENTS

TABLES

FIGURES

INTRODUCTION

FOUNDATION WORK UNIT I STUDENTS

UNIT I STUDENTS

UNIT II. DRINK, EAT, RUN

UNIT III. A TIMELY VISITOR

UNIT IV. DOGGED LOCALIZERS AND DIRECTIONAL COMPLEMENTS

UNIT V. THE NOSE JOB

UNIT VI. WHO'S NEXT?

UNIT VII. GUESS WHO'S COMING TO DINNER

UNIT VIII. LOVE ME, LOVE MY CHINESE

Appendix A PINYIN ROMANIZATION

Appendix B THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CHINESE LANGUAGE AND ITS SCRIPT

GLOSSARY AND INDEX

Notes:

Parallel title in Chinese characters from added title page.

Includes index and glossary.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-691-22775-6

OCLC:

1273306136