Integrated Chinese - Simplified Character Edition: Level 1 Part 2

by Tao-Chung Yao

The Character Workbooks are designed to help the student learn Chinese characters in their correct stroke order. In the Level 1 workbooks, stroke order for each new character is displayed, along with its pinyin pronunciation and English translation. Character boxes allow students to practice writing the characters. The Level 2 Character workbook, in addition to stroke order, presents example sentences to illustrate word usage in context. The Level 2 Character workbook includes both simplified and traditional character forms. Four useful appendices are included in the Level 2 Character workbook: A list of proper nouns and measure words; an English-Chinese glossary that includes all vocabulary in Levels 1 and 2; a Chinese character index that lists all characters appearing in Levels 1 and 2; and the simplified-form example sentences that appear in traditional characters throughout the book's text.

Genres: China, Textbooks, Language, Reference, Linguistics

191 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 1999

Reviews

[Maureen · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not complaining about inanity of dialogues in itself- it is an introductory language course, after all- but I resent the expectation that I should be able to remember which character is Gao Wenzhong and which is Wang Peng. The writers (justly) focus on hitting the appropriate vocab and grammar, neglecting the finer points of storytelling, so why can't we do the same?

[Tabitha Murray · Rating 5 out of 5]

I am currently a 2nd year in Chinese and have purchased the book because I find it very useful and good.

[Merrari · Rating 3 out of 5]

This text should just automatically come with a supporting audio disc. With any language, especially a tone-based one, it's just useless not to.