The need for a modern text to teach Chinese to English-speaking students has long been recognized. Even today Chinese tends to be taught by rote rather than concept for the want of pedagogically sophisticated course materials. Jennifer Liu and Margaret Yan, two Indiana University professors, have now produced a cognitively based first year course for learning Chinese. The innovative features of their texts include.
* An introduction to the cultural and social contexts of Chinese * A presentation of Chinese calligraphy * Lessons with real-life situations and lively dialogue * Explanations of Chinese pronunciation and grammar * Illustrations including cartoons * Chinese characters with mnemonic visuals * Criteria-grouped vocabulary * An instructor’s manual * Student workbook

Interactions I [text + workbook]: A Cognitive Approach to Beginning Chinese (Chinese in Context Language Learning Series)

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Liu, Jennifer Li-Chia

Yan, Margaret Mian

Foreign Language Study & Reference

Indiana University Press

Interactions II [text + workbook]: A Cognitive Approach to Beginning Chinese (Chinese in Context Language Learning Series)

Praise for Interactions I &amp; II:
"Practical and lively without neglecting the structure and the writing system. The workbook is especially interesting and helpful." ―Chauncey C. Chu, University of Florida
"... by far the best first-year textbooks available." ―Sabina Knight, Smith College Connections I &amp; II is the second-year sequence to accompany the enormously popular introductory texts Interactions I &amp; II by Margaret Yan and Jennifer Li-chia Liu. This innovative system makes learning Chinese an interactive, cognitive process rather than a matter of simple rote or drill. Connections is designed to offer intermediate learners of Chinese a complete set of learning tools to improve their language skills and enhance their understanding of Chinese culture and society. Lesson topics revolve around everyday themes and real-world communication among four central characters―a mainland Chinese, a Taiwanese, a Chinese American, and a non-Chinese American―familiar to students using Interactions. Each 10-chapter volume is accompanied by a workbook. Chapters include sections on vocabulary, text, mini-dialogue, characters, grammar, and culture notes, accompanied by engaging graphics. Connections also includes stories and songs, and makes use of a wide variety of texts such as narrative, dialogue, journal entries, riddles, jokes, news headlines, and lyrics.

Connections I [text + workbook], Textbook & Workbook: A Cognitive Approach to Intermediate Chinese (Chinese in Context Language Learning)

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Connections II [text + workbook], Textbook & Workbook: A Cognitive Approach to Intermediate Chinese (Chinese in Context Language Learning)

"Connections I and II" is the second-year sequence to accompany the enormously popular introductory texts "Interactions I and II" by Margaret Yan and Jennifer Li-chia Liu. This innovative system makes learning Chinese an interactive, cognitive process, rather than a matter of simple rote or drill. "Connections" is designed to offer intermediate learners of Chinese a complete set of learning tools to improve their language skills and enhance their understanding of Chinese culture and society. Lesson topics revolve around everyday themes and real-world communication among four central characters - a mainland Chinese, a Taiwanese, a Chinese American, and a non-Chinese American - familiar to students using Interactions. Each 10-chapter volume is accompanied by a workbook. Chapters include sections on vocabulary, text, mini-dialogue, characters, grammar, and culture notes, accompanied by engaging graphics. "Connections" also includes stories and songs, and makes use of a wide variety of texts, such as narrative, dialogue, journal entries, riddles, jokes, news headlines, and lyrics.

Connections II: A Cognitive Approach to Intermediate Chinese (Chinese in Context Language Learning) (Chinese Edition)

Indiana Univ. Pr

Encounters is the advanced-level Chinese text series to accompany the popular Interactions and Connections textbooks. Encounters carries over methods and themes developed in those beginning and intermediate texts, with greater emphasis on reading comprehension and real-world texts. The advanced series is divided into four parts, organized by theme: Life and Entertainment; Media and Education; Social Realities; and World, Politics, and Economics. Encounters offers advanced learners a complete set of tools to improve their language skills and enhance their understanding of Chinese culture and society. Encounters I consists of a textbook and workbook for Lessons 1–10. The remaining 10 lessons appear in the companion set, Encounters II.

Encounters I [text + workbook]: A Cognitive Approach to Advanced Chinese (Chinese in Context Language Learning)

Encounters is the advanced-level Chinese text series to accompany the popular Interactions and Connections textbooks. Encounters carries over methods and themes developed in those beginning and intermediate texts, with greater emphasis on reading comprehension and real-world texts. The advanced series is divided into four parts, organized by theme: Life and Entertainment; Media and Education; Social Realities; and World, Politics, and Economics. Encounters offers advanced learners a complete set of tools to improve their language skills and enhance their understanding of Chinese culture and society. Encounters II consists of textbook and workbook for Lessons 11–20. The first 10 lessons appear in the companion set, Encounters I.

Encounters II [text + workbook]: A Cognitive Approach to Advanced Chinese (Chinese in Context Language Learning Series)

Encounters is the advanced-level Chinese text series to accompany the popular Interactions and Connections textbooks. Encounters carries over methods and themes developed in those beginning and intermediate texts, with greater emphasis on reading comprehension and real-world texts. The advanced series is divided into four parts, organized by theme: Life and Entertainment; Media and Education; Social Realities; and World, Politics, and Economics. Encounters offers advanced learners a complete set of tools to improve their language skills and enhance their understanding of Chinese culture and society. Encounters I consists of a textbook and workbook for Lessons 1¿10. The remaining 10 lessons appear in the companion set, Encounters II.

Encounters 1 A Cognitive Approach to Advanced Chinese

Indiana

These innovative DVDs provide a lively study resource for beginning students of Chinese, using real-world communication and familiar situations. Based on Margaret Mian Yan and Jennifer Li-chia Liu’s popular textbooks Interactions I and II: A Cognitive Approach to Beginning Chinese, the Chinese in Action DVDs can be used alongside the texts or as stand-alone study tools. Twenty live-action videos present dialogues on everyday themes and cross-cultural communication. The four central characters―a mainland Chinese, a Taiwanese, a Chinese American, and a non-Chinese American―will be familiar to students using Interactions. The flexibility of the DVD format makes it possible for the same materials to be used in the classroom or for individual study, with a DVD player or on a personal computer. Users can watch the videos without subtitles or with Chinese subtitles, moving easily from main menus to specific lessons. This classroom-tested approach makes learning Chinese an interactive, cognitive process.
2-DVD set

Chinese in Action (DVD)

Words, Language & Grammar

This multimedia CD-ROM complements the popular intermediate Chinese language textbooks Connections I and II. Organized to correspond to lessons in the textbooks, each lesson on the CD-ROM contains texts, songs, and exercises. Students can listen to recordings of the text while characters are highlighted on the screen, and can access English translations or pinyin versions of the text alongside Chinese characters. Each lesson is accompanied by a song appropriate to the topic, and exercise sections include work on vocabulary, grammar, and listening and reading comprehension. Like the Connections textbooks, the CD-ROM emphasizes real-world conversation and printed materials (advertisements, maps) in situations relevant to the interests of college students (cross-cultural communication, college life, dating, work, and other contexts).

Connections CD-ROM (Chinese in Context Language Learning Series)

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