Learning Through Listening - An Introduction to Chinese Proverbs and Their Origins

Learning Through Listening  - An Introduction to Chinese Proverbs and Their Origins
Item# 110100
$12.99

Product Description

Chinese(simplified/traditional character edition) accompanied with CD-ROM. 128 pages. Large page size.

This book is integrated material for intermediate and advanced students of Chinese. It is designed to improve students' listening, reading, speaking, and writing skills. It also broadens their cultural understanding. The material for this project is derived from idiomatic expressions used in modern spoken Chinese called ChengYu or YuYan. Each ChengYu alludes to a particular source narrative preserved and savored by the Chinese as an encapsulation of unique and significant comment upon life and society. Fifteen source narratives have been selected and rewritten for presentation. The selection emphasizes fundamental cultural values of traditional Chinese society. The material reflect the insights of China's best scholars and writers over the centuries.

The design of this book accompany the multi-media CD to benefit the learning of the students. This CD has a great impact on the results of students learning from the book.

ISBN: 7-5619-0971-3 or 7561909713

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