Chinese Stories for Language Learners: A Treasury of Proverbs and Folktales in Chinese and English (Free Audio CD Included) - Softcover

Vivian Ling; Wang Peng

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0804852782 ISBN 13: 9780804852784

Publisher: Tuttle Publishing, 2021

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Vivian Ling was born in wartime China and educated in the U.S. She taught for 24 years at Oberlin College before moving overseas to direct study-abroad Chinese language programs, most notably the Inter-University Program for Chinese Language Studies at National Taiwan University in Taipei and Tsinghua University in Beijing. Her last position was Director of the Chinese Flagship program at Indiana University. She has authored and edited Chinese language textbooks, dictionaries, books on modern Chinese literature and, most recently, The Field of Chinese Language Education in the U.S.: A Retrospective of the 20th Century. She lives in Washington DC. Peng Wang has been on the faculty at Georgetown University since 2002, teaching various Chinese language courses including Business Chinese and Chinese for Heritage Learners. Previously, she was the chief instructor at the Inter-University Program for Chinese Language Studies at Tsinghua University, as well as a visiting faculty at Oberlin College and Brown University. Yang Xi is an up-and-coming artist and illustrator in China. She is currently a Master of Arts candidate at the Nanjing Art Institute College of Fine Arts. Her distinctive style can be characterized as amalgamation of classical and contemporary, Chinese and Western.

Edition details

• Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
• Publication date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0804852782
• ISBN 13: 9780804852784
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256