Working Mandarin for Beginners [With CD-ROM] (Working Languages) (Working Languages Series) - Softcover

Zhou, Yi; Gerber, M. Lynne

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1589011392 ISBN 13: 9781589011397

Publisher: Georgetown University Press, 2007

Synopsis

Major Features: - Twenty-four lessons, including five review lessons. - Clear objectives for acquiring language skills, grammar, and cultural understanding. - Lessons cover important basics, such as introductions and greetings, counting, reserving a hotel room, taking public transportation, and asking for directions. - Lessons cover business tasks' such as coordinating and conducting meetings, selling products, and negotiating agreements--all in Chinese. - Lessons provide dialogues and vocabulary lists for reading and listening, language points, cultural points, pronunciation drills, and interactive homework. - Course concludes with a special independent project in which the student applies the language to his or her area of business study. - Pinyin is used throughout so students can start speaking Mandarin immediately. - Includes some basic lessons in the formation of Chinese characters. - Course can be combined with affordable online access to self-grading exercises (available through Quia.com). Teacher's Edition - Includes a CD-ROM with all MP3 tracks of dialogues, vocabulary, and audio exercises found on the students' disk. - CD-ROM also provides quizzes and exams (including necessary audio), approximately 500 supplementary PowerPoint slides for classroom use, and creative guidance for conversation practice, mini-immersions, and skits. Online Teaching Features At Quia.Com - Instructor-managed class activities and exercises. - Monitoring of student progress. - Customized grading options online. - Students can complete exercises online, submit their answers electronically to their instructor, and receive automatic feedback. -Teachers can also use Quia templates to build their own exercises or use exercises developed by other instructors to provide added help for students. - Motivated self-directed learners can also access the self-grading online exercise at Quia.com (no instructor feedback will be provided).

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Review

"Working Mandarin is a very resourceful textbook. It offers very rich cultural notes in the business context to help students understand the unique Chinese business culture and etiquettes. With its online features of exercises, this book provides flexibility and convenience of learning environment." -- Wei Hong

Edition details

• Publisher: Georgetown University Press
• Publication date: 2007
• Language: Mandingo
• ISBN 10: 1589011392
• ISBN 13: 9781589011397
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 352