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 in both traditional and simplified characters, each of sixteen lessons focuses on original television news reports and features, and includes transcripts of each broadcast, related dialogues, vocabulary, and background information. Key language points—words and phrases, sentence structures, and cultural notes—explain the relationship between the text and the grammar as it is used in everyday speech. At the end of each lesson, "language structure" and "language practicum" exercises help students master new vocabulary and apply what they’ve learned to real-life situations. About the China Scene Series China Scene comprises a textbook with workbook exercises, downloadable audio files, and a DVD. Cross-platform, multimedia, interactive software can also be downloaded for free at http://academics.hamilton.edu/eal/home//Software.html. Features Created by De Bao Xu and Hong Gang Jin, this cross-platform software is a complete, multimedia version of China Scene, including simplified and traditional character texts, interactive learning activities, video, audio, graphics, and animation to accompany the China Scene series.

Ideal For: Intermediate to advanced college students.

736pp

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Listening & Speaking