Practical Chinese Practice 2

Author: Tan Jiahu compiled and edited
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Publishing Date: 2002-08-01
Features: This book set has the following outstanding features: The author has chosen basic life sentences as the main goal for students to learn Chinese. All the sentences appearing in the textbook will be the most frequently used sentences by students. In other words, these sentences are the ones they cannot help but hear and speak in daily life. Understanding and being able to use these sentences in real-life situations is absolutely essential for beginners of Chinese. All sentences that students rarely use in daily life, even if they come from famous ancient Chinese poetry, fairy tales, or children's songs and jokes, are not included in this book. For Chinese expressions that differ significantly from English, as well as the usage of various measure words and function words, this book provides clear explanations in the grammar section. It includes rich illustrations to help interpret sentence meanings. The same sentence patterns are repeated multiple times to reinforce memory and aid learning. The main purpose of this book is to teach students to listen, read, and speak Chinese. As for writing, it is not the primary focus of this book. Therefore, if students find it extremely difficult to answer questions that require writing, they can opt for oral responses instead. The English translations in this book were carefully reviewed and edited by Ms. Patricia Todd, a master's graduate in library science and an excellent American librarian.