Cheng & Tsui - Bringing Asia to the World

Little Dragon Tales

megnorlund — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 14:05:11 -0400

Little Dragon Tales: Chinese Children's Songs is a collection of 12 classic Chinese Children’s songs with a modern twist. This exciting CD has been produced by the electronic music group The Shanghai Restoration Project and features the voices of the Yip’s Children’s Choir Canada.

Track Listing

01. Making Friends (找朋友 - Zhǎo péngyǒu)
02. Where is Spring? (春天在哪里 - Chūntiān zài nǎlǐ?)
03. Clay Doll (泥娃娃 - Ní wáwá)
04. Two Tigers (两只老虎 - Liǎng zhī lǎohǔ)
05. Congratulations (恭喜恭喜 - Gōngxǐ gōngxǐ)
06. Sticky Dumplings for Sale (卖汤圆 - Mài tāngyuán)
07. Selling Newspapers (卖报歌 - Mài bào gē)
08. Finding Flowers in the Snow (踏雪寻梅 - Tà xuě xún méi)
09. The Schoolboy (读书郎 Dúshū - láng)
10. Feng Yang Flower Drum (凤阳花鼓 - Fèng Yáng huāgǔ)
11. Little Swallow (小燕子 - Xiǎo yànzi)
12. Little White Boat (小白船 - Xiǎo bái chuán)

Li Bai & Du Fu

ginevra — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 10:57:45 -0400

"不学诗, 无以言: If you do not study poetry, you will have no words."
—Confucius

Returning to a Chinese tradition that locates poetry at the heart of education, Li Bai & Du Fu: An Advanced Reader of Chinese Language and Literature offers an innovative approach to studying the writings of China’s most revered classical poets.

In this volume, Tang poetry expert Zu-yan Chen has artfully compiled and annotated twenty-six poems of Li and Du in their original, classical Chinese. Organized by poet and by themes such as “Moon Poetry,” “Wine Drinking Poetry,” and “War Poetry,” each poem is accompanied by a short essay of analysis and appreciation in contemporary Chinese, which discusses the poem’s linguistic, historical, literary, and philosophical aspects. Together these poems and essays encourage students to assimilate the subtleties of both contemporary and classical Chinese language. A beautifully arranged audio companion, performed by master voice artist Hong Zhang, brings to life the twenty-six poems. Combined with biographical and historical background in both Chinese and English, exercises in translation and comprehension, and indexed vocabulary, Li Bai & Du Fu will be a welcome and enduring addition to any advanced Chinese literature or language classroom. Audio recordings of the poems in this volume are available for sale in audio CD format and as downloadable files. Available in both traditional and simplified characters.

Digital Geishas and Talking Frogs

eavan — Thu, 23 Dec 2010 16:45:49 -0500

Digital Geishas and Talking Frogs: The Best 21st Century Short Stories from Japan charts the enormous social and cultural changes that have taken place in Japan in the last twenty years. This collection of short stories features the most up-to-date and exciting writing from the most popular and finest award-winning authors in Japan today. These wildly imaginative and boundary bursting stories unfold fascinating and unexpected personal responses to the shattered bubble economy, sometimes with a playful magic realism, and sometimes by pulling back the covers on a dark backlash to the mass media immersion Japan's youth culture has undergone in the last two decades. Along with some of the world's best-known Japanese authors this collection will include writers making their English language debut. Digital Geishas and Talking Frogs: The Best 21st Century Short Stories from Japan will be the first short story collection of its kind to capture the unlimited range of imagination and excellence in Japanese fiction today.

Editor, Helen Mitsios also edited New Japanese Voices: The Best Contemporary Fiction from Japan, which was twice listed as a New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice. She has recently co-authored the memoir Waltzing with the Enemy: A Mother and Daughter Confront the Aftermath of the Holocaust.

Integrated Chinese

Jeremiah — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 15:17:16 -0400

Cheng & Tsui's leading Chinese textbook series is new, revised, and better than ever! Integrated Chinese is already the leading introductory Chinese textbook at colleges and universities around the world. The third edition has been significantly updated to meet the needs of today's students with a full-color design, fewer lessons in Level 1 to allow for more flexible pacing, more communicative activities, up-to-date vocabulary, expanded cultural notes, an exciting new storyline linking all the dialogues and readings, and more review sections. In the third edition, Level 2 has also been split into two parts to match the format of Level 1. This new arrangement covers the material from the second edition—with 10 lessons in each part—yet allows for additional exercises in each lesson and accommodates more flexibility in teaching schedules.

The series provides coordinated practice in the four skills of listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Throughout the series, Integrated Chinese builds on the three modes of communication - interpretive, interpersonal, and presentational - and ACTFL's "Five Cs"—Communication, Culture, Connections, Comparisons, and Communities—to build proficiency in using the Chinese language in a variety of real-life situations. With its emphasis on practicing a broad range of written and verbal communication skills and building cultural understanding, Integrated Chinese is ideally suited for students who want a comprehensive grounding in the Chinese language.

The Integrated Chinese series is a two-year course that includes textbooks, workbooks, character workbooks, online workbooks, audio CDs, multimedia resources, and teacher's handbooks. Materials are available in both simplified character and traditional character versions.

LEVEL 1 PART 1

Begins the first year of study in Chinese, and introduces about 350 vocabulary items
Covers the basics with simple, graded activities on essential topics such as greetings, dates and times, family, and shopping
Introduces essential grammatical structures
Positions pinyin texts close to Chinese character texts so students can focus on speaking and pronunciation

LEVEL 1 PART 2

Continues the first year of study and introduces about 350 more vocabulary items

Helps learners build communicative skills as they discuss everyday topics and learn useful sentence structures

LEVEL 2 PART 1

Begins the second year of study with about 350 more vocabulary items
Covers topics of interest to college-age students, such as campus life, career planning, and Chinese cultural traditions
Includes pinyin texts at the end of each lesson, so students can read characters without relying on pinyin

LEVEL 2 PART 2

Focuses on important linguistic structures to build and refine learners' understanding of Chinese grammar
Introduces approximately 400 more vocabulary items
Gradually introduces more formal speech and written-style language

What's New in the Third Edition?

An all-new, four-color design to facilitate student learning
Fewer lessons in Level 1 (20) to allow for more flexible pacing
Level 2 split into two parts for more flexibility
More task-based, communicative language applications and exercises in both the textbook and the workbook

A reorganization of the lessons so that each of the dialogues or readings is followed by its own Vocabulary, Grammar, and Language Practice sections

An exciting new storyline now links all the dialogues and readings in each level
New photos, illustrations, and authentic materials such as menus, street signs and tickets have been added throughout

Learning Objectives have been added to the beginning of each lesson to help students focus their studies and achieve language learning goals
Relate and Get Ready introductory questions for each lesson, designed to help students relate the learning objectives to their own cultural knowledge and communicative goals
New up-to-date, relevant vocabulary and a How About You? section in Level 1 that presents fun supplementary vocabulary personalized to fit students' interests

The Culture Highlights section provides just the right amount of relevant, interesting cultural information in a consistent place in each lesson
Review sections after every five lessons for review and reinforcement

A Progress Checklist at end of each lesson allows students to track their own progress and identify areas for further review
The comprehensive grammar coverage now has clearer explanations and examples
A detailed plan of scope and sequence to aid in lesson planning.
Exercises in the Workbook are arranged in two parts for each lesson, corresponding to the two dialogues or readings in the textbook
The Workbook now includes brief review lessons after every five lessons for cumulative practice and reinforcement
Audio recordings include English translations for studying on the go and are available on CD or as MP3 downloads
The Character Workbook includes more practice space for each character and radical information for each character
Teacher's Handbook (available since spring 2010) includes sample syllabi, lesson planning and teaching tips, answer keys, additional classroom activities, sample tests and quizzes, and more!