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Modern Chinese is a beginner Chinese language textbook designed for college students and adult learners with no previous exposure to Chinese.This unique program adopts a story-based approach that follows the lives of six college students whose multi-cultural backgrounds reflect today's globalized world. The themes are designed to provide students with the vocabulary and context to engage and communicate in real life conversations quickly. Each lesson comes with clear and practical grammar instructions presented in an accessible format.
Each textbook includes complimentary access to lesson audios, lesson animations and additional resources such as an interactive pinyin table which was specially designed for the second edition. Other new features in the second edition are the introduction of 儿话 in the lessons and alternative ways to communicate in the vocabulary section.
> Download the Modern Chinese sampler. The sampler contains the scope and sequence for the entire 2-volume series and 4 sample lessons (Volume 1, Unit 4: Food and Volume 2, Unit 1: Weather)
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Product Details
2A
Item Code: BK000706M
ISBN Code: 978-1-60603-487-3
Publisher: Better Chinese
School Grade: College
Level: Intermediate
2A
Modern Chinese Textbook 2A includes the following lessons:
Unit 1 天 Weather
Lesson 1: 天气 Weather
Lesson 2: 旅游和气候 Travel and Climate
Unit 2 学 Academics
Lesson 1: 申请留学 Applying to Study Abroad
Lesson 2: 加入社团 Joining a Student Club
Unit 3 住 Housing
Lesson 1: 住校与租房 Living On-Campus vs. Off-Campus
Lesson 2: 找公寓 Apartment Hunting
Unit 4 买 Shopping
Lesson 1: 网上购物 Shopping Online
Lesson 2: 退货 Returning Merchandise
Unit 5 娱 Hobbies
Lesson 1: 篮球比赛 At a Basketball Game
Lesson 2: 采访 An Interview
Unit 6 食 Cuisine
Lesson 1: 学做中国菜 Learning Chinese Cooking
Lesson 2: 逛超市 Going to the Supermarket
Unit 7 祸 Emergencies
Lesson 1: 交通意外 A Traffic Accident
Lesson 2: 自然灾难 Natural Disasters
Unit 8 行 Travel
Lesson 1: 在机场 At the Airport
Lesson 2: 中国游 Traveling in China
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