Beyond the Basics

Resumen del libro

Segunda edición de un libro de texto dirigido a alumnos de nivel intermedio a avanzado.

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Descripción del producto en inglés:

Beyond the Basics takes intermediate and advanced-level students of Chinese to new heights of interpersonal communication. The updated second edition textbook with free audio downloads takes a communicative approach to contemporary and thought-provoking conversation topics such as childhood, vocation, crime, poverty, romance, politics, art, and the meaning of life. An emphasis on the spoken language encourages serious dialogue among students, while task-based activities require genuine, active communication and create a meaning-centered atmosphere.

Each of 15 chapters comprises a model dialogue, discussion questions, an indexed list of new words, text pattern explanations, and supplementary vocabulary.

This 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.
A new design that makes it easier for students of both simplified and traditional characters to follow the text and exercises.
Free access to online audio downloads.
Descripción de la serie:

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.