1. This edition retains many features from the first edition, including: a concise structure with practical language; a focus on conversation, phonetics and characters at the elementary level; an emphasis on well-structured grammar and the unique features of Chinese characters; a vocabulary based teaching method；2. In Volume 1 of this edition, ”lesson” is changed into ”unit”, with each unit including three lessons; this allows a clearer structure and more concise texts. 3. Scaffoldi...

New Contemporary Chinese, a complete textbook series, is tailored for adult learners of the Chinese language. The series includes four volumes, with each volume consisting of a Textbook, an Exercise Book and the corresponding Teacher's Book, Supplementary Reading Materials, Testing Materials, Character Writing Workbook, and multimedia teaching resources. Volume 1 and Volume 2 each contains a Character Book. New Contemporary Chinese aims to develop the learners' comprehensive abilities of list...

New Contemporary Chinese, a complete textbook series, is tailored for adult learners of the Chinese language. The series includes four volumes, with each volume consisting of a Textbook, an Exercise Book and the corresponding Teacher's Book, Supplementary Reading Materials, Testing Materials, Character Writing Workbook, and multimedia teaching resources. Volume 1 and Volume 2 each contains a Character Book. New Contemporary Chinese aims to develop the learners' comprehensive abilities of list...

This is the Kanji workbook that accompanies Tobira: Gateway to Advanced Japanese. This will carry you to the advanced level by effectively helping you master the 503 Kanji introduced in the textbook and reviewing the 290 beginner-level Kanji, covering a total of 800 Kanji. It has two sections, "Basic Information" and "Problems," helping build both foundational knowledge and learning skills that are essential in reaching the advanced level. Answer sheets can be easily separated out from the book.

The Sounds of Language is an introductory guide to the linguistic study of speech sounds, which provides uniquely balanced coverage of both phonology and phonetics. * Features exercises and problem sets, as well as supporting online resources at www. wiley.

An up-to-date introduction to language acquisition for advanced undergraduates and beginning graduate students in linguistics and cognitive science

You are no longer a beginner, but not yet advanced. Now what? Tobira: Gateway to Advanced Japanese is your answer. This is the first textbook that addresses the gap between beginner- and advanced-level learners in all of the four language skills. A wide range of topics is explored, from Japanese geography and history to pop culture. Tobira facilitates learning through the use of multimedia, and helps you construct a Japanese environment even while living abroad.

Level: Intermediate

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Reflecting the many-sided development of Hindi during the 20th century, the dictionary provides over 70,000 entries with illustrative material showing words in use. Both colloquial and literary vocabulary is covered, together with some modern regional variants.

“Met mama praat ik Nederlands, met papa Italiaans en met mijn zus Frans”

Meertalig opgroeien is een mooi cadeau voor kinderen. Ze switchen moeiteloos van de ene naar de andere taal, het is goed voor hun cognitieve ontwikkeling en ze bouwen een enorme woordenschat en een groot referentiekader op. Maar meertalig opvoeden gaat niet vanzelf. Meertalige gezinnen stuiten op dezelfde moeilijkheden en vragen. Hoe leert mijn kind twee of drie talen tegelijk, is dat vermoeiend en hoe werkt het in z...

Taal is een communicatiemiddel, maar ook een systeem van regels en woorden. In dit Elementaire Deeltje wordt taal bekeken met de blik van onder andere een kind, een dier, een hersendeskundige, een socioloog en een politieman, om zo tot een compleet beeld te komen van wat taal allemaal is, wat we ermee kunnen doen, en waarom we maar niet kunnen ophouden met (erover) praten. Het eerste hoofdstuk begint met taal, zoals alle mensen beginnen: als kind dat de taal nog moet verwerven. In de hoofdstu...