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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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
An Advanced Chinese Multimedia Course
The China Scene textbook explores modern Chinese through a range of contemporary social and cultural topics, such as the market economy and private enterprise, child adoption, single-parent households, and film and theater personalities. Presented... Read More »
Readings in Chinese Culture Series Vol. 2
by Weijia Huang, Qun Ao
Readings in Chinese Culture Series, Volume 2
How Far Away Is the Sun? is the second of a five-volume series of supplemental reading material that corresponds to five different levels of ACTFL proficiency guidelines. This collection of ten original... 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 »
by Shumang Fredlein, Paul Fredlein
The Ni Hao Volume 1 Student Workbook offers a wide variety of fun activities correlated with each lesson of the Ni Hao Volume 1 Textbook. The workbook uses listening, speaking, reading, and writing exercises to reinforce newly learned vocabulary and... Read More »
2nd Edition
by Shumang Fredlein, Paul Fredlein
The Ni Hao Volume 1 Student Workbook offers a wide variety of fun activities correlated with each lesson of the Ni Hao Volume 1 Textbook. The workbook uses listening, speaking, reading, and writing exercises to reinforce newly learned vocabulary and... Read More »
Ni Hao, Volume 4 is the fourth level of the Ni Hao series and is designed for students who have completed Ni Hao, Volumes 1-3. This level is ideally suited for students in high school. Topics include relationships, dating, fashion, part-time jobs,... Read More »
The student workbook for Ni Hao, Volume 4 provides a variety of activities that correspond to the lessons in the Ni Hao, Volume 4 textbook using all four communication skills. Activities can be adapted to suit the needs of a class or an individual.... Read More »
Designed to cover the fifth term in a 3-year course, the New Practical Chinese Reader (NPCR), Volume 5 Textbook aims to develop the student’s ability to communicate using Chinese through the study of language structure and function, related cultural... Read More »
Expressive Literacy through Reading and Composition
Compiled by Qin-Hong Anderson
Masterworks Chinese Companion meets the needs of students from Chinese-speaking families or advanced non-native speakers who have mastered basic oral communication in Chinese but seek further development of their reading and writing skills. Students... Read More »