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Learning Chinese Language and Culture

Intermediate Chinese Textbook, Volume 2
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Learning Chinese Language and Culture is an intermediate-level textbook designed for students who have completed introductory Chinese courses. Featuring twenty-two lessons, it integrates Chinese language learning with cultural insights, covering topics such as customs, festivals, poetry, calligraphy, myths, feng shui, and historical sites. The book is written in English with both traditional and simplified Chinese, maintaining clear topics and a consistent structure to support a fluent learning experience throughout the school year.
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This book is ideal for intermediate learners of Chinese looking to deepen their understanding of both the language and cultural context. It suits students in academic settings and self-learners aiming to enhance their language skills alongside knowledge of Chinese traditions and history.

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An intermediate level textbook. This book illustrates Chinese language knowledge and introduces Chinese culture in twenty-two lessons, covering a variety of cultural content, including customs and manners, holidays and festivals, poems and idioms, calligraphy and couplets, myths and legends, feng shui and superstitions, and historical relics.

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Learning Chinese Language and Culture is an intermediate-level textbook intended for use throughout the entire school year. It is designed mainly for students who have completed introductory courses in Chinese as a foreign language. Written in English and in both traditional and simplified Chinese, this book illustrates Chinese-language knowledge and introduces Chinese culture in twenty-two lessons.

The book covers a variety of cultural content, including customs and manners, holidays and festivals, poems and idioms, calligraphy and couplets, myths and legends, feng shui and superstitions, as well as historical relics and sceneries, among many others.

In every lesson, the authors have strived to maintain a clear topic and a coherent structure. They have also endeavoured to keep the contents lively and achieve a fluent writing style while closely controlling the structure and grammar of every lesson.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9789882370616

Publisher: The Chinese University Press

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 28 February 2020

Country: Hong Kong

Imprint: The Chinese University Press

Contributors:

  • Edited by Qun Ao
  • Edited by Weijia Huang

Audience: Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 22.0mm

Width: 208.0mm

Height: 284.0mm

Weight: 950g

Pages: 284

About the Author

Weijia Huang is Senior Lecturer of the Department of World Languages and Literatures at Boston University.

Qun Ao is Professor of Chinese in the Department of Foreign Languages, U.S. Military Academy at West Point.

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