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An Invitation to Chinese
The Huanying, Volume 1, Part 1 Workbook contains a variety of activities that integrate listening, speaking, reading, and writing exercises to accompany the Huanying, Volume 1 Textbook in the first semester of study. Communicative activities for... Read More »
An Invitation to Chinese
The Huanying Volume 1 textbook is designed for learners who have no prior knowledge of Chinese. The Textbook is designed as a full-year course. There are six units, each with a specific communication theme and learning objectives, five lessons, a... Read More »
An Invitation to Chinese
If you're like most teachers, you're faced with the challenge of finding teaching materials that engage students, enrich their learning experience, and meet content standards—without spending hours creating your own activities for every lesson. The... Read More »
2nd Edition
by Shumang Fredlein, Paul Fredlein
Ni Hao Volume 3 is the third installment of the Ni Hao series, and is designed for middle school or high school students who have completed Ni Hao Volumes 1 and 2.
The text uses Chinese characters extensively, accompanied by pinyin as a... Read More »
The Ni Hao, Volume 3 student workbook provides a variety of activities using all four communication skills, corresponding to the lessons in the Ni Hao, Volume 3 textbook. Activities can be adapted to suit the needs of the class or the individual.... Read More »
An Advanced Reader of Chinese Language and Literature
by Zu-yan Chen
"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... Read More »
An Advanced Reader of Chinese Language and Literature
"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... Read More »
In Adventures in Japanese, Volume 2 textbook, students expand their horizons by learning to express themselves in a Japanese speaking community. This textbook builds on the lessons learned in Volume 1, reviewing and introducing new topics in a... Read More »
In Adventures in Japanese, Volume 1 textbook, students learn to talk about themselves (family, daily routines, hobbies, school) and learn about Japanese culture.
Each lesson begins with two or three tasks, which are the proficiency goals for each... Read More »
The Adventures in Japanese, Volume 2 Teacher’s Handbook offers teachers additional course materials and resources for the Volume 2 textbook, workbook, and audio CDs.
The handbook provides teachers with overhead materials that explain vocabulary and... Read More »
The Adventures in Japanese, Volume 1 teacher’s handbook offers instructors additional course materials and resources for the Volume 1 textbook, workbook, and audio CDs.
The handbook provides teachers with overhead materials that explain vocabulary... Read More »
A Guide to the 2000 Most Frequently Used Characters
edited by Wang Huidi
For non-native speakers of Chinese, learning to write characters correctly is often a major stumbling block to mastery of the language. This pocket-sized guide to the core 2,000 characters provides the easiest road to success in written Chinese.... Read More »
Political, Economic, and Philosophical Essays from Early China
Cheng & Tsui is pleased to offer the first revised paperback edition of this monumental work. First published in 1985, W. Allyn Rickett's authoritative translation of the first 33 essays of Guanzi (or Kuan tzu) performs an inestimable service to... Read More »
by Chieko Kano, et al.
This popular and well-reviewed textbook is the ideal reference for students of Japanese who seek a firm foundational knowledge of the most important kanji for daily use. Volume 2 teaches approximately 250 of the most useful kanji, organized... Read More »
22 Miniscripts for Developing Advanced Listening Skills in Chinese
by Jianhua Bai, Juyu Sung, Hesheng Zhang
The Across the Straits transcript includes all of the listening material from the audio CDs and enhances the intermediate to advanced student’s listening comprehension.
Written in both simplified and traditional characters with pinyin.
22 Miniscripts for Developing Advanced Listening Skills in Chinese
The Across the Straits student book contains 22 miniscripts to help improve the listening skills of intermediate and advanced students.
Each of the 22 lessons within the book corresponds to the listening material found in the audio download and... Read More »
This companion to the bestselling Japanese: the Spoken Language begins with the two kana syllabaries and introduces approximately 300 kanji, following the Spoken Language text lesson by lesson. Appropriate for classroom or self-study programs. Non-... Read More »
Themes and Variations
Edited by Y. W. Ma, Joseph S. M. Lau
For centuries the Chinese referred to their fiction as xiaoshuo, etymologically meaning "roadside gossip" or "small talk," and held it in relative disregard. Not until the twentieth century was the Chinese story internationally recognized as a... Read More »
by Shumang Fredlein, Paul Fredlein
Ni Hao Volume 1 is the first level of the Ni Hao series, designed for students in upper elementary or lower secondary school who have no prior knowledge of Mandarin Chinese.
The text uses Chinese characters extensively, accompanied by pinyin as a... Read More »
2nd Ed
The Adventures in Japanese, Volume 1 workbook contains reading and writing exercises that correspond to the lessons in the Volume 1 textbook, and listening exercises from the Adventures in Japanese, Volume 1 audio CDs. Anime-inspired illustrations... Read More »
The Adventures in Japanese, Volume 2 workbook contains reading and writing exercises that correspond to the lessons in the Volume 2 textbook, and listening exercises from the Adventures in Japanese, Volume 2 audio CDs. Anime-inspired illustrations... Read More »
The Adventures in Japanese, Volume 3 Teacher’s Handbook offers teachers additional course materials and resources for the Volume 3 textbook, workbook, and audio CDs.
The handbook provides teachers with overhead materials that explain vocabulary,... Read More »
by Hiromi Peterson, Naomi Hirano-Omizo, Michael Muronaka (Illustrator), Emiko Kaylor (Illustrator)
In Volume 3 of Adventures in Japanese, students experience Japan from the point of view of a young traveler. Ken, the central character throughout Adventures in Japanese, arrives in Tokyo and is greeted by his Japanese host family. Students will... Read More »
The Adventures in Japanese, Volume 3 workbook contains reading and writing exercises that correspond to the lessons in the Volume 3 textbook, and listening exercises from the Adventures in Japanese, Volume 3 audio CDs. Anime-inspired illustrations... Read More »
The Adventures in Japanese, Volume 4 Workbook contains reading and writing exercises that correspond to the lessons in the Volume 4 textbook, and listening exercises from the Adventures in Japanese, Volume 4 audio CDs. Anime-inspired illustrations... Read More »