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Kung Fu (I) : An Elementary Chinese Text (Student Exercise Manual) (Paperback)



Kung Fu (I) : An Elementary Chinese Text (Student Exercise Manual) (Paperback)
Author/Publisher: Lin Tao, Zhao Shuhua, John C. Jamieson
Format: paperback
Emphasis: Chinese Textbook
Level: Beginning - Intermediate
Note: Simplified Chinese & Traditional Chinese
List Price: $12

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Book Description
 

The Kung Fu series, a set of learning material on the Chinese language, is the product of collaborative efforts of experts from mainland China, Hong Kong and the U.S. It aims at providing texts and exercises that will have fresh and accurate language, communicate effectively with an international audience, have clear and orderly structural explanations, and contain a good number of contextual, task-based exercises for stimulating students to higher levels of fluency.

Kung Fu (I) is the first volume in the series and is meant to satisfy the requirements of an elementary Chinese program. There are twenty-two lessons in total, each including: lesson text in Chinese characters; vocabulary, with contextual examples for selected entries; supplementary vocabulary; grammar notes: points of structure are explained fully, with adequate contextual examples as reinforcement; phrases and sentences, a series of phrases and complete declarative, imperative, interrogative, or exclamatory sentences for drill reinforcement of new material; lesson text in pinyin romanization; lesson text in English translation; task-based classroom activities; and reading comprehension for selected lessons.

These twenty-two lessons are preceded by eight that systematically cover the sound structure of Putonghua and introduce expressions routinely used in class.

A separate Student Exercise Manual is also available for use by students outside class. The manual is designed to be used in conjunction with the Kung Fu textbook. It contains two types of material for use by students outside class: (1) Chinese script introduction and practice and (2) exercises on material introduced in each lesson of the Kung Fu (I)text.

The Kung Fu exercises are self-explanatory. Chinese writing material includes: the standard simplified version of characters introduced in each lesson; stroke-by-stroke break down of each newly introduced character; the radical, or indicator, of each character; the traditional form of the character in the far right column, should it differ from the simplified; and a gridded page for writing practice once correct stroke order has been learned.



About the Author
 

John C. Jamieson is emeritus professor of East Asian languages and cultures at the University of California, Berkeley He is the editor or author of a number of Chinese texts, including Elementary Chinese Companion.

Tao Lin is an advisor of doctoral candidates in the department of Chinese at Peking University. His major works include Studies in Phonetics: Collected Essays and A Course in Phonetics (all in Chinese).


Product Details
 
  • Paperback: 168 pages
  • Publisher: The Chinese University Press (December 31, 2002)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN: 9629960427
  • Product Dimensions: 10.3 x 7.3 x 0.4 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces.
  • Average Customer Review: based on 2 reviews.

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

Very Good, August 31, 2004
 

Reviewer: Sebastian F. (Hong Kong)

Excellent book for anyone interested in learning Mandarin Chinese. Its texts are fresh, interesting and up-to-date. (Unlike the outdated/boring topics used in many other Chinese text books). Even though Kung Fu (I) is meant to be used for classes in universities, it is also very suitable for self-study.


 

0 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

Superficial book, August 28, 2003
Reviewer: A reader
I like Chinese kung-fu very much. But this book isn't the sort of stuff that will appeal to me, for it's very superifical, without touching on the deep and varied tradition of the martial arts.
 





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