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A Primer for Advanced Beginners of Chinese: Simplified Character Version, Volume 1: 01 Paperback – 15 September 2004

by Duanduan Li (Author)
4.2 4.2 out of 5 stars 19 ratings
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As the teaching of Chinese increasingly uses simplified characters, this new version of the popular A Primer for Advanced Beginners of Chinese fills an important gap in Chinese-language instruction.

The two-volume primer is addressed to meet the needs of the rapidly growing number of Chinese language students who were raised in the United States in Chinese-speaking homes and speak the language but cannot read or write it. This text develops lessons around readings on Chinese history, culture, geography, literature, folktales and mythology, customs, and cuisine.
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  1. ISBN-10
    023113567X
  2. ISBN-13
    978-0231135672
  3. Edition
    1st
  4. Publisher
    *Columbia University Press
  5. Publication date
    15 September 2004
  6. Language
    English
  7. Dimensions
    27.69 x 21.59 x 1.78 cm
  8. Print length
    280 pages
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About the Author

Duanduan Li is director of the Chinese Language Program at the University of British Columbia; Irene Liu was the previous director of the Chinese Language Program at Columbia University, and Lening Liu is the present director; Yanping Xie, a speech and language pathologist, was a lecturer of Chinese in the Columbia program; Hailong Wang and Zhirong Wang are lecturers of Chinese in the Columbia program.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ *Columbia University Press; 1st edition (15 September 2004)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 280 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 023113567X
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0231135672
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 27.69 x 21.59 x 1.78 cm
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4.0 out of 5 stars Great Book
Reviewed in the United States on 16 December 2010
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I purchased this book 1 month ago and it hasn't been far from my sight since then!

The layout is as follows: 10 chapters with accompanying vocabulary (in Hanzi, pinyin with tonal marks and english explanations), "themed" passage written in (simplified) characters that incorporates the identified vocabulary), questions to for the reader to answer immediatly after the passage (based on the chapter passage), grammar rules, and grammar drills. By the end of a chapter, you've learned a bit of Chinese culture (via the written passage), learned some very important rules and then practiced those rules extensively.

In the back of the book, there are several appendices which include explanation of calligraphy styles, a dictionary and stroke orders for each chapter's vocabulary.

I am just now through Chapter one (due to limited time to study each day), can write the 70 or so characters in the appropriate stroke order from memory, and understand a simple explanation of Chinese names (which was the chapter's theme).

It's the best book I've found to help me with the written Chinese language. My only criticism is that there are no answers to the grammar exercises. But, you can figure it out from the Chapter contents. Must be a motivated self-study type of person because it is, er, challenging.
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