Routledge Advanced Chinese Multimedia Course - Crossing Cultural Boundaries

An innovative multimedia course for advanced students of Chinese, this book helps to develop both strong language skills and cultural literacy.

List of contents

Preface in English. Preface in Chinese. List of Abbreviations and conventions. Unit One: Popular Culture Lesson 1 Online Dating Lesson 2 Name Brand Fever Lesson 3 Popular Culture as Seen from TV Serials Unit Two: Social Change Lesson 4 Yiwu in Zhejiang: A Miracle of Chinese Regional Economic Development Lesson 5 Floating Population Lesson 6 Changes in Marriage Customs Unit Three: Cultural Traditions Lesson 7 Chinese Food Culture Lesson 8 A Short Introduction to Confucian Thought Lesson 9 Chinese Architecture in Transition Unit Four: History & Politics Lesson 10 The Generation of ‘Educated Youth' Lesson 11 A Start for Democracy in China Lesson 12 Cross-Strait relations. Indices: Pinyin-English vocabulary. English-Pinyin vocabulary. Idioms of speech patterns.

About the author

Kunshan Carolyn Lee is Associate Professor of the Practice and the Director of the Chinese language program in the Department of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies at Duke University.
Hsin-hsin Liang is Associate Professor of Chinese and the Director of Chinese Language Studies in the Department of East Asian Languages, Literatures and Cultures at the University of Virginia.
Liwei Jiao is Lecturer in Chinese at the University of Pennsylvania.
Julian K. Wheatley is currently Adjunct Associate Professor at Tulane University. He has directed Chinese language programs at Cornell University (11 years) and at MIT (9 years). More recently, he held visiting positions in Chinese language at Singapore’s National Institute of Education and at the Hong Kong Institute of Education.

Summary

An innovative multimedia course for advanced students of Chinese, this book helps to develop both strong language skills and cultural literacy.

Product details

• Authors: Liwei Jiao, Jiao Liwei, Kunshan Carolyn Lee, Kunshan Carolyn (Duke University Lee, Kunshan Carolyn Liang Lee, Lee Kunshan Carolyn, Hsin-hsin Liang, Liang Hsin-hsin, Julian Wheatley, Wheatley Julian
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.09.2015
• EAN: 9780415841337
• ISBN: 978-0-415-84133-7
• No. of pages: 384
• Subjects: Education and learning > Adult education/adult education classes > Adult education class / course materials (language); China, Cultural Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Study & Teaching, FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY / Chinese, Chinese, Language teaching & learning material & coursework, Language teaching and learning material and coursework