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A Classical Chinese Reader
1st Edition
1st Edition
by Gregory Chiang
This is a one-year subscription starting from date of purchase to the e-book version of the Language of the Dragon Volume 2 Textbook. An Internet connection is required to access this title.
The Language of the Dragon Volume 2 Textbook builds on the... Read More »
Communicative Strategies and Activities
1st Edition
1st Edition
Editor-in-Chief Tong Chen
Edited by Min Wan, Mairead Harris, Yuqi Gao, Lijuan Guo
Far more than a grammar dictionary, Teaching Basic Chinese Grammar distills the knowledge and expertise of active, seasoned instructors from the Middlebury College Summer Chinese School. This handbook supplies teachers with classroom-tested... Read More »
A Classical Chinese Reader
1st Edition
1st Edition
by Gregory Chiang
This is a one-year subscription starting at date of purchase to the e-book version of the Language of the Dragon Volume 1 Textbook. An Internet connection is required to access this title.
The Language of the Dragon Volume 1 Textbook is designed to... Read More »
A Functional Approach
Learn classical Chinese the sensible way! This unique functional approach provides the perfect balance of linguistic detail and applied practice for students learning classical Chinese for literary study, historical research, or to improve their... Read More »
A New Five-Skilled Approach
This companion Grammar Book to Chinese for Tomorrow, Volume 2 systematically explains grammatical principles of Mandarin Chinese. Based on a step-by-step progression, and published separately from the textbook in order to give students and teachers... Read More »
Readings in Chinese Culture Series, vol. 3
by Weijia Huang, Qun Ao
The Moon Is Always Beautiful invites students to investigate the rich textures of traditional and contemporary Chinese culture while sharpening their reading skills. The third in the five-volume Readings in Chinese Culture Series, this collection... 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 »
Life and Art in the Yangzhou Tradition
by Vibeke Bordahl, Jette Ross
Chinese Storytellers takes us to the teahouses and hidden corners of Yangzhou to explore the ancient art of Chinese storytelling (shuoshu). Interviews with contemporary masters allow readers a rare glimpse into the personal and professional lives of... 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 »
A New Five-Skilled Approach
This Companion Grammar Book to Chinese for Tomorrow, Volume 1 systematically explains the basic grammatical principles of Mandarin Chinese. Based on a step-by-step progression, and published separately from the textbook in order to give students and... Read More »
Revised Edition
by Xiao Hong, Howard Goldblatt (Translator)
Xiao Hong is considered by many to be China's first feminist novelist. Originally published in Chinese in 1936, The Field of Life and Death is an unflinching collection of vignettes set in the rural China in which Xiao Hong grew up. Though it was... Read More »
A Novel
by Wang Shuo
Translated by Howard Goldblatt
Called "China's Kerouac" by the New York Times, Wang Shuo applies his genius for cultural irreverence to one of the world's sacred rituals: the Olympic Games. He imagines an Olympics where nations compete not on the basis of athletic prowess, but... Read More »
The Origin of Chingis Khan
Adapted by Paul Kahn
This adaptation of what is recognized today as the oldest Mongolian text (written two decades after Chingis Khan's death) tells the Mongols' own version of the origin of their nation, the life of Chingis Khan, and the creation of an empire that... Read More »
Plays and Performances for Grades K-6
Children learn by doing, and with Setting the Stage for Chinese, children of all ages will learn Chinese as they perform Aesop's fables and classic stories from China. By combining language learning with theater performance, this innovative new... Read More »