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The second edition of Beyond the Basics was field tested at Middlebury College, and features:

  • Newly revised content and vocabulary to reflect the contemporary field of Chinese language learning.
  • A greater variety of exercises and activities.
  • A Suggested Teaching Methodology Index and Vocabulary Index.
  • Both simplified and traditional characters, with pinyin for new vocabulary.
  • Includes free audio downloads.

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  • Beyond the Basics 2nd Edition Transition Guide

Beyond the Basics

Communicative Chinese for Intermediate and Advanced Learners

樂在溝通

By Jianhua Bai, Juyu Sung, Janet Zhiqun Xing

Ideal For: High-intermediate and advanced college students (2+ years at college level); adult learners.

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Combining thought-provoking conversation topics with a communicative approach, this textbook and accompanying audio recordings emphasize the spoken language by encouraging serious dialogue among students.

Task-based activities encourage genuine, active communication and create a meaning-centered atmosphere for intermediate and advanced learners. Through discussing subjects related to their upbringing, politics, music, and the meaning of life, students learn to express themselves descriptively, quizzically, philosophically, and opinionatedly. While eliciting spontaneous responses, this course contextualizes linguistic patterns and makes suggestions for active engagement in the classroom.

Beyond the Basics also features a special Teaching Methodology Index, which provides teachers with objectives, teaching procedures and techniques specific to each lesson, and additional activity ideas.

In simplified and traditional characters and pinyin. The new, second edition includes free access to audio downloads.

Reviews

Beyond the Basics fosters awareness of contextual meanings and nuances, training students to describe, narrate, and express opinions.
—Yanfang Tang, TheCollege of William & Mary
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Items in the Beyond the Basics series

1st Edition

Audio Cass. (Ind.)9780887272509$34.95Add to cart
Audio Cass. (Lab)9780887275975$62.95Add to cart
Txbk. (Pbk.)9780887272264$36.95Add to cart

2nd Edition

Txbk. (Pbk.) + Free Audio DownloadsJUST PUBLISHED9780887276231$49.95Add to cart

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