First Step - Workbook for Modern Chinese

This workbook is a companion volume to First Step, the elementary Chinese textbook. Featuring both traditional and simplified characters along with pinyin and English translation, the workbook includes comprehensive exercises and character writing sheets with information on the stroke orders of newly introduced characters. Perforated pages facilitate student use and easy handling of homework, and the workbook also includes more than 120 color illustrations. Listening exercises that help students learn to identify and pronounce the tones used in contemporary spoken Chinese are paired with free online audio files, accessible on smartphones, tablets and laptops.

List of contents

Users's Manual Hanyu Pinyin Romanization System 1 1 Teacher and Students 3 2 The Books Are on the Table 15 3 I Am Very Busy Today 27 4 Beijing Roast Duck 39 5 A Picture 53 6 My Two Friends 67 7 Choosing Classes 77 8 Cannot See Clearly 89 9 To Drink Tea or Coffee 99 10 Looking for Glasses While Wearing Them 111 11 Who Ate My Stuff 121 12 The Door Is Locked, I Cannot Get In 133 13 Buy Shoes 145 14 Cannot Get up and Late for School 157 15 It's Snowing! 169 16 Getting Fatter, What Shall I Do? 181 17 Ride a Bike 193 18 The Bike Was Stolen 203 19 Chinatown 211 20 East Asian Library 223 21 Chinese Table 233 22 Our Chinese Teachers 241 23 Individual Sessions 251 24 See a Movie 259 25 I'm Vegetarian 267 26 Speech Contest 275 27 I Have to Move 285 28 Living Off Campus Is Not as Good as Living in the Dorm 293 29 Xiao Ding and Susan 301 30 An Email to Parents 309

About the author

Chih-p'ing Chou is professor of East Asian studies at Princeton University and director of the university's Chinese language and Princeton in Beijing programs. Jing Wang is senior lecturer in Chinese at Princeton. Jun Lei is a former lecturer in Chinese at Princeton.

Summary

Featuring both traditional and simplified characters along with pinyin and English translation, this book includes comprehensive exercises and character writing sheets with information on the stroke orders of introduced characters.

Product details

• Authors: &apos, Chih-P&apos Chou, Chih-P'Ing Chou, Chih-P''ing Wang Chou, Chih-P''ing Wang Jing Lei Chou, Jun ing Wang Jing Lei, Jun Lei, Lei Jun, Jing Wang, Wang Jing
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 06.04.2014
• EAN: 9780691159980
• ISBN: 978-0-691-15998-0
• No. of pages: 328
• Series: The Princeton Language Program: Modern Chinese; Princeton Language Program: Mo; The Princeton Language Program: Modern Chinese; Princeton Language Program: Mo
• Subjects: Education and learning > Schoolbooks, general education schools; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Other languages / Other literatures; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Study & Teaching, FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY / Chinese, Chinese, Language teaching & learning material & coursework, Language teaching and learning material and coursework