Speak Chinese Discuss Culture

Author: Wu Xiaolu
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Publish Date: 1994-08-01
Features: This book is a cultural and oral communication textbook designed for adult learners of Chinese as a second language. The primary purpose of writing this book is to systematically introduce students to the surface-level daily communication culture of the Han ethnic group, as well as the deep-seated psychological habits, ways of thinking, and traditional concepts associated with it, so that students not only understand the surface-level cultural communication norms and customs but also grasp "why such norms and customs exist. The second purpose of this book is to provide training in extended oral expression, and several expression frameworks have been designed to help students gradually improve their ability to speak in longer segments. The target audience for this textbook is foreign students who have basically mastered the intermediate vocabulary and grammar points outlined in the "Standards and Syllabus for Chinese Language Proficiency Levels" (Trial Edition) and can use simple Chinese sentence structures with comparative proficiency.