Integrated Chinese: Traditional Character Edition Textbook : Level 1 (Level I Traditional Character Texts)

by Daozhong Yao;, Tao-Chung Yao

The Integrated Chinese Level 1 Part 1 Textbook is appropriate for beginning students at the high school or college level, or for anyone seeking to communicate effectively in Chinese wherever it is spoken. This acclaimed, best-selling series is successful because it "integrates" all four language skills--listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Integrated Chinese helps you understand how the Chinese language works grammatically, and how to use Chinese in real life—how to understand it on the street, speak it on the telephone, read it in the newspaper, or write it in a report. The materials within Integrated Chinese’s set of textbooks, workbooks, character workbooks, and audio CDs are divided into sections of listening, speaking, reading and writing. Two types of exercises are traditional exercises (fill-in-the-blank, sentence completion, translation) to help learners build a solid grammatical foundation, and communication-oriented exercises (speaking drills, discussion topics, etc.) to prepare them to function in a Chinese language environment. Frequently, authentic materials written for native Chinese speakers and realia (newspaper clippings, signs, tickets, etc.) are used. Notes on language use and Chinese culture are found throughout the textbooks. Textbooks and workbooks are available in simplified or traditional characters.

Genres: Reference, Textbooks, Linguistics

4 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 1999

Reviews

[Aaron Dietz · Rating 3 out of 5]

Some creepy scenarios involving the fictional student characters, which I've documented here: https://docs.google.com/presentation/...

But otherwise, helpful instruction and a good intro vocabulary list, though of course they need to cram in too many words at once and all the other weaknesses of language textbooks--a good job of it given the limitations.