Me and China

Name: Me and China
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ISBN: 9780073385785

ISBN-10: 0073385786

ISBN-13: 9780073385785

Edition: 2008

Authors: Yenna Wu, Qian He, Ying Petersen, Yang Ying

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In recent years, more and more American university students of Chinese heritage are involved in learning Chinese. It is agreed in Chinese-teaching circles that a suitable textbook should be compiled for them. "Me and China" is designed to meet this purpose. It is a first-year Chinese textbook for the university students who have some background in conversational Chinese.

Book details

List price: $140.33
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies, The
Publication date: 10/20/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 352
Size: 8.00" wide x 10.75" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 2.222
Language: English




The textbook consists of four parts:Introduction, Unit One, Unit TwoandUnit Three.TheIntroductionconsist of Pinyin, relevant Pinyin spelling rules and a Pinyin chart, basic components and radicals of Chinese characters, the strokes and stroke-order of Chinese characters, the comparison between traditional and simplified characters. Unit Onehas five lessons, which are mostly focused on the students themselves and their life, such as introducing oneself, one’s family, one’s grandparents and university life. Unit Twohas five lessons, which mostly concern Chinese culture, such as Chinese population, ethnic groups, Chinese characters and family names. Unit Threehas six lessons, regarding Chinese behavioral culture and related cultural psychology, such as the gaetronomic culture, how the Chinese address one another, terms of address used by Chinese people, and Chinese modesty



Each lesson includes a text, a vocabulary, strokes and stroke-order of Chinese characters (from Lesson 1 to Lesson 10 ), grammar notes, a reading passages and exercises. This textbook comes in traditional and simplified characters



At the end of the textbook there is a Chinese-English vocabulary index in alphabetical order



We show the strokes and stroke-order for the new words whose traditional form and simplified form are the same. The new words whose traditional and simplified forms are different and certain difficult characters are marked with the serial numbers of writing order



There are 2 CDs packaged within the book, including the texts, new words and reading passages


Introduction



Pinyin



Basic Components and Radicals of Chinese Characters



The Strokes and Stroke-Order of Chinese Characters



Comparing and Contrasting Traditional with Simplified Characters


Unit One -- My Family, My School, and Me


Lesson 1 Me


Reading Passage: Self Introduction


Lesson 2 My Family


Reading Passage: My Family Members


Lesson 3 My Grandparents


Reading Passage: Terms of Address for Relatives


Lesson 4 My University Life


Reading Passage: Chinese Corner


Lesson 5 Hosting a Dinner of Welcome


Reading Passage: Chinese People's Taste in Food ï¿½ï¿½&a