Foreign Students' Chinese Writing Guidance

Author: Qiao Huifang, Zhao Jianhua
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Publish Date: 2004-06-01
Features: Writing in Chinese is more challenging for foreign students than learning spoken language. The purpose of this book is to help foreign students overcome obstacles in Chinese writing, familiarize themselves with and master written Chinese, and also benefit other readers learning Chinese writing. · This book does not elaborate on writing theory but provides simple explanations of writing techniques. The textbook focuses on language practice, including common formats for Chinese writing, frequently used vocabulary for different genres, common techniques and words for describing people and events, and step-by-step training to address errors students often make in writing, combined with comments and corrections. · It emphasizes the study of students' written Chinese and training in extended expression, allowing students to learn multiple forms of expressing the same idea, appreciate the subtle differences between various expression methods, and guide them to express their thoughts and opinions in accordance with Chinese conventions. Feedback and revision are important components of each lesson. Not only are mistakes pointed out and corrected, but appropriate explanations are often provided, encouraging readers to compare and reflect. · The book is divided into four parts: practical writing, narrative writing, descriptive writing, and argumentative writing, with a focus on narrative writing. The narrative section does not categorize genres or distinguish between different narrative techniques but sets specific writing scopes based on the needs of the exercises.