Developing Writing Skills in Chinese
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- Price: $39.95
- Binding: Paperback (also available in Hardback)
- Pages: 216
- Published by: Routledge
- Publication Date: 6th March 2003
- Illustrations: 20 illustrations
- ISBN: 978-0-415-21584-8
About the Book
Developing Writing Skills in Chinese has been devised for post-intermediate students who need to write Chinese in the course of their life, work or study.
Suitable for classroom or self-study use, each unit contains a selection of model texts, followed by clear notes in English on the format, style, grammar or special phrases demonstrated. A variety of exercises allow students to practise these writing techniques themselves.
Functionally based, with each unit focussing on a particular form of writing, from New Year's cards to business correspondence, key features include:
* glossaries for each chapter, giving Chinese characters, pinyin and English translation
* answer key
* flexible structure
* variety of model texts.
Written by experienced teachers and thoroughly trialled with non-native learners of Chinese, Developing Writing Skills in Chinese will help students to write coherently, clearly and appropriately in a variety of contexts.
Table of Contents
1. Cards 2. Notes 3. Personal Letters 4. Announcements, Small Ads and Others 5. Formal Letters 6. Reporting Speech 7. Exemplification, Reformulation and Summary 8. Comparison and Contrast, Simile and Metaphor 9. Procedure, Process and Development 10. Descriptions of People's Physical Attributes 11. Descriptions of People's Emotional Attributes 12. Description of People's Disposition and Moral Attributes 13. Description of People's Movements and Actions 14. Description of Places and the Weather 15. Business CorrespondenceAbout the Author(s)
Boping Yuan is Lecturer in Chinese Studies and Kan Qian is Senior Language Teaching Officer in Chinese Studies at the University of CambridgeCustomers who bought Developing Writing Skills in Chinese also bought:
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