World Languages

• Twenty-two lessons.

Enables instructors to complete the text in one academic year.

• Clear and systematic introduction and explanation of grammar points.

Relates grammar points to communicative task-oriented content without overwhelming students and without excessive linguistic jargon.

• Differences in usage between mainland China and Taiwan are consistently identified.

Clears up any potential confusion students may experience.

• Current words, such as "internet", "cell phone," etc., are included.

Provides students with truly modern Chinese vocabulary.

• Vivid and eye-catching photographs and drawings are included.

Provides visual cues to aid in communicative exercises and activities.

• Students are instructed to build from words to phrases to sentences and beyond to communicative tasks involving description and discourse.

Builds students’ confidence by gradually building vocabulary.

• "Foundations" unit provides students with valuable information including an Introduction to Chinese language; an introduction to Pinyin; basic introduction to Chinese characters; an introduction to the most useful and common phrases encountered in the Chinese language; abbreviations of parts of speech; and a map of China.

Provides students with a helpful “starter” to the text.

• Pronunciation exercises are integrated throughout the entire text.

Helps students master expression and pronunciation of Chinese language.

• Interesting cultural notes are included in each lesson and supplemented with authentic photographs from China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong.

“Takes” students to China and helps them experience the Chinese culture.

• In-class exercises–including listening exercises, character exercises, grammar exercises and communicative activities are included in the main text.

Provides exercises so that instructors will not need to create their own.

• Each Core Lesson includes objectives, lesson photos, vocabulary, sentence patterns, main text and notes, grammar, supplementary text, exercises, cultural notes and Fun with Chinese sections.

Provides instructors and students with a consistent, well-organized format.

• Fun with Chinese sections introduce a common slang, idiom or motto that either utilizes new vocabulary presented in the lesson or is closely related to the theme of the lesson. 

Creatively presents specific phrases in an entertaining fashion.

• Appendix is included as a learning resource for both students and instructors.

Includes a vocabulary list, a Simplified/ Traditional Chinese Characters Table, review of texts with Simplified and Traditional characters reading practice.

• English translation of the texts is provided.

Makes these available for translation or interpretation practice, for self-study or in-class review.

Lesson 1:               Greetings

Lesson 2:               Name

Lesson 3:               Nationality & Languages

Lesson 4:               Talk about studies

Lesson 5:               Introduce people

Lesson 6:               Talk about family

Lesson 7:               Tell where you live & give addresses

Lesson 8:               Make and respond to a plan

Lesson 9:               Make phone calls

Lesson 10:             Describe a daily schedule

Lesson 11:             Order food at a restaurant

Lesson 12:             Request something from somebody

Lesson 13:             Go shopping

Lesson 14:             Invite/accept an invitation

Lesson 15:             Show people around your home or town

Lesson 16:             Talk about hobbies and sports

Lesson 17:             Describe the weather and seasons

Lesson 18:             Travel plans & transportation

Lesson 19:             Describe symptoms of an illness

Lesson 20:             Rent an apartment

Lesson 21:             Talk about future plans & express blessings and wishes

Lesson 22:             Describe your current situation

Elementary Chinese  (Chinese)

Sue-mei Wu, Ph.D., Lecturer of Chinese in the Modern Languages Department at Carnegie Mellon University, is currently undergoing the promotion process to associate teaching professor. She is the project leader and primary author for the Chinese Link textbook project. She has a Ph.D in linguistics, with a minor in language pedagogy and solid experience teaching Chinese at all levels. After receiving her Ph.D in linguistics from The Ohio State University in 1997, where she served as a graduate teaching associate for over four years, she taught Chinese at Harvard University from 1997-2000. She has been the coordinator for Elementary Chinese at CMU since she joined the CMU faculty in Fall 2000. She has received CMU Faculty Development Fund (2000, 2002) and Falk Grant (2001, 2003) awards to support developing online language and culture modules and incorporating them into Chinese courses at CMU. She is currently the co-author of a new textbook being developed at CMU for heritage learners, and co-author and chief editor of a new Classical Chinese textbook, written in cooperation with scholars from other institutions.

Yueming Yu, PhD.,  is an Associate Teaching Professor and Coordinator of the Chinese Program of the Department of Modern Languages at CMU and co-author of this project. She came to CMU in 1992 to start the Chinese Program at the Department of Modern Languages and has been the Coordinator of the program ever since. She has 35 years of experience in teaching a foreign language. She was an Associate Professor of English as well as the coordinator of the International Journalism Program at the Shanghai International Studies University before she came to the US. She was also one of the founding members of the English newspaper (Students Weekly) in Shanghai and a pioneer for the English News Program of Radio Shanghai. She has translated several books from English to Chinese, and compiled English-Chinese dictionaries. Her doctoral dissertation was a research on the criteria used in the selection of textbooks for teaching Chinese in the United States. Her current research focuses on pedagogical issues in Chinese language education with an emphasis on the relationship between teaching the language and teaching the culture, including a special focus on the teaching of heritage students. She is also the project leader of another textbook of Chinese for heritage students.

Yanhui Zhang, Instructor of Chinese in the Modern Languages Department at Carnegie Mellon University, is a co-author and an editor for the project.  She is currently an adjunct faculty member at CMU, teaching Elementary Chinese I and II. She is also a graduate student of MCALL (Masters of Computer Assisted Language Learning) and has recently started her Ph.D program in second language acquisition at CMU.  She has taught various levels of English as well as English for business management in China. She is currently working on a project for the computer-assisted learning of Chinese language and culture.

Linda Tian,  Instructor of Chinese in the Modern Languages Department at Carnegie Mellon University, is a co-author and an editor for the project.  She obtained her BA in English Language and Literature from Peking University, one of the most prestigious universities in mainland China. She has taught various levels of English as well as English for business management at a University in China.  She also has solid management experience. As a senior human resources representative for Hewlett-Packard China, she designed and conducted several courses for computer software training for business administrators and managers. She is currently an adjunct faculty member at CMU, teaching Elementary Chinese I and II and Mandarin Chinese for Oral Communication. She is currently working on a project for computer-assisted learning of Chinese pronunciation.

This title is a member of the The Chinese Link Series, which also contains the titles below . You can also visit the Chinese Link Series page.

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  Chinese Link: Zhongwen Tiandi Simplified Character Version
  Wu, Yu, Zhang & Tian
  ©2006 | Prentice Hall | Paper; 544 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0131946048 | ISBN-13: 9780131946040
  Suggested retail price: $98.00  Buy from myPearsonStoreNet price: $73.50  (What's this?)Brief Description

  

  Chinese Link: Zhongwen Tiandi Simplified Character Version  is a dynamic, learner-centered textbook for beginning students of modern Chinese. Its communicative focus helps students develop their competencies in the four basic skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing the Chinese language and allows for practice through an abundance of in-text activities.  In addition a strong cultural component is provided in the end of chapter Chinese Link section, giving the learner exposure to Chinese culture and opportunities to explore further through different activity types.  In addition, each version of the text presents vocabulary in both the simplified and traditional versions giving the learner exposure to both character types. 

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

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  Chinese Link: Zhongwen Tiandi Traditional Character Version
  Wu, Yu, Zhang & Tian
  ©2006 | Prentice Hall | Paper; 544 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0131930338 | ISBN-13: 9780131930339
  Suggested retail price: $98.00  Buy from myPearsonStoreNet price: $73.50  (What's this?)Brief Description

  

  Chinese Link: Zhongwen Tiandi Traditional Character Version  is a dynamic, learner-centered textbook for beginning students of modern Chinese. Its communicative focus helps students develop their competencies in the four basic skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing the Chinese language and allows for practice through an abundance of in-text activities.  In addition a strong cultural component is provided in the end of chapter Chinese Link section, giving the learner exposure to Chinese culture and opportunities to explore further through different activity types.  In addition, each version of the text presents vocabulary in both the traditional and simplified versions giving the learner exposure to both character types. 

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