Chinese Conversation 301 Sentences · Volume 2: Thai Translation Edition

Author: Kang Yuhua Lai Siping (Thailand) Lin Yongming
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Publish Date: 2005-12-01
Features: The Handbook of Chinese Conversation is a fast-track textbook designed for foreigners who are beginners in learning Chinese. The book consists of 40 lessons, plus 8 review lessons. The 40 lessons cover nearly 30 communicative functions such as "Greetings" and "Making Acquaintances," approximately 800 vocabulary items, and basic Chinese grammar. Each lesson is divided into six parts: Sentences, Dialogues, Substitution and Expansion, Vocabulary, Grammar, and Exercises. The book focuses on cultivating beginners' ability to use Chinese for communication, employing a combination of communicative functions and grammatical structures. It presents the most common and fundamental aspects of modern Chinese through everyday contexts, enabling learners to quickly master the basic 301 conversation sentences. Based on this foundation, substitution and expansion exercises help learners achieve the goal of simple communication with Chinese people, laying a solid foundation for further study. Considering the characteristics of adult learners, the grammar section for the basic stage is explained in plain and easy-to-understand language, supplemented by simple and clear example sentences, making the explanations concise and straightforward. This allows learners to use grammatical rules to guide their language practice, achieving the effect of learning by analogy. The exercise sections are diverse and abundant in quantity. The review lessons further train students in conversational and extended expression skills, summarizing and reviewing the grammar learned. The exercises for each lesson and the review lessons can be used entirely or partially depending on the actual situation.