Developing Chinese Fluency - Workbook,
1st Edition

Phyllis Zhang

ISBN-13: 9789814296236
Copyright 2010 | Published
List Price: USD $39.95

Developing Chinese Fluency Workbook serves as a handy reference to help students review and retain key points of each lesson. It is designed to be used together with the Online Workbook. The Online Workbook enhances the learning experience by combining multimedia materials with interactivity and ease of access of information. The printed Workbook grants access to the Online Workbook through an access key that is printed inside the book. The Workbook offers two main categories of exercises: Aural-Oral Drills allow students to have aural/oral repetitive practice of new vocabulary items, native speech patterns and question-and-answer prompts. Fluency Enhancement offers a variety of activities such as chunking, typing, listening/reading, fluency drilling and writing to reinforce vocabulary, and improve speed, accuracy and fluency.

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Unit 1: Describing Objects 描述物体特征
Lesson 1: Colors and Shapes 颜色与形状
Lesson 2: Forms of Objects 外形特点
Lesson 3: Describing Visual Impressions 描述视觉印象
Lesson 4: Describing a Scene or Space 描述场景与空间

Unit 2: Talking About Products 谈论物品特点
Lesson 1:Types of Products 物品种类
Lesson 2: Materials and Specifications 材料与规格
Lesson 3: Product Information 介绍产品特点
Lesson 4: Comparing Products 比较物品

Enrichment Unit 1: Products and Culture 物品与文化

Unit 3: Describing People 描述人物印象
Lesson 1: Physical Features 生理特征
Lesson 2: Apparel and Attire 穿着打扮
Lesson 3: Describing Impressions of a Person 人物印象
Lesson 4: Portraying a Person 描绘人物

Unit 4: Introducing People 介绍人物简况
Lesson 1: Industry and Profession 行业与职业
Lesson 2: Identity and Position 身份与职务
Lesson 3: Hobbies, Skills and Education 爱好、专长、学历
Lesson 4: Work Experience 工作经验
Lesson 5: Introducing a Person's Profile 介绍人物简况

Enrichment Unit 2: People and Society 人与社会

Unit 5: Talking About Nature 谈论自然现象
Lesson 1: Nature and Weather 自然现象
Lesson 2: Natural Disasters 自然灾害
Lesson 3: Climate and Personal Feelings 气候与感觉
Lesson 4: Disaster Report 灾害介绍
Lesson 5: Comparing Climates and Reporting Natural Disasters 比较气候、报道灾情

Enrichment Unit 3: Climate and Environment 气候与环境

Unit 6: Talking About Geography 谈论地理环境
Lesson 1: Geographic Environment 地理环境
Lesson 2: Natural Resources 自然资源
Lesson 3: Characteristics of a Place 地方特色
Lesson 4: Introducing an Area 介绍地区

Enrichment Unit 4: Tapping into Natural Resources 开发自然资源

Unit 7: Talking About Cities 谈论城市
Lesson 1: In the City 城市设施
Lesson 2: Urban Characteristics 城区特点
Lesson 3: Changes and Development of a City 城市发展与变化
Lesson 4: Introducing Cities 介绍城市

Enrichment Unit 5: Development and Challenges 发展与挑战

  • Phyllis Zhang

    Dr. Phyllis Zhang is Associate Professor and Director of the Chinese Language Program at George Washington University. A native Chinese speaker, Dr. Zhang received a Doctorate of Education in Applied Linguistics from Columbia University in New York. She is the author of DAVID AND HELEN IN CHINA: AN INTERMEDIATE COURSE IN MODERN CHINESE (Yale University Press 1999, 2003) and DEVELOPING CHINESE FLUENCY (intermediate to advanced; Cengage Learning Asia 2010), and NI WO TA/ DEVELOPING CHINESE FLUENCY: AN INTRODUCTORY COURSE (Cengage Learning, 2015). She also is a certified tester of Chinese language proficiency by the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL).

  • Offers thematically organized word lists and grammatical structures for comprehensive treatment of five core areas: Objects, People, Nature, Geography, and City.

  • Develops fluency in each of the five areas in three progressive stages – (1) Building Core Vocabulary builds a strong vocabulary base essential for everyday conversations; (2) Building Expressive Power adds more sophisticated vocabulary, idiomatic expressions, set phrases and native speech patterns to elevate students' expressive ability; and (3) Building Paragraph Discourse equips students with sentence connectives, transitional words and phrases for paragraph-length connected discourse.

  • Incorporates a stimulating array of interactive classroom tasks and technology-supported activities that develops fluency, promotes acquisition and reinforces learning.

  • Offers thematically organized word lists and grammatical structures for comprehensive treatment of five core areas: Objects, People, Nature, Geography, and City.

  • Develops fluency in each of the five areas in three progressive stages – (1) Building Core Vocabulary builds a strong vocabulary base essential for everyday conversations; (2) Building Expressive Power adds more sophisticated vocabulary, idiomatic expressions, set phrases and native speech patterns to elevate students' expressive ability; and (3) Building Paragraph Discourse equips students with sentence connectives, transitional words and phrases for paragraph-length connected discourse.

  • Incorporates a stimulating array of interactive classroom tasks and technology-supported activities that develops fluency, promotes acquisition and reinforces learning.

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