Cornelius C. Kubler’s Followers

None yet.

Cornelius C. Kubler

Website

http://www.tuttlepublishing.com/language-books/...

CORNELIUS C. KUBLER, Stanfield Professor of Asian Studies at Williams College, received his B.A., M.A., and Ph.D. degrees in linguistics from Cornell University. He earned a second M.A. in Chinese literature from National Taiwan University. From 1980-1991 he was employed at the Foreign Service Institute, U.S. Department of State, where he served as Language Training Supervisor in Mandarin, Cantonese, Japanese, and Mongolian; as Principal of the advanced Chinese field school in Taiwan; and as Chair of the Department of Asian and African Languages. Since coming to Williams in 1991, he has chaired the former Department of Chinese and Asian Studies Program as well as the Department of Asian Studies, which he was instrumental in founding. He has CORNELIUS C. KUBLER, Stanfield Professor of Asian Studies at Williams College, received his B.A., M.A., and Ph.D. degrees in linguistics from Cornell University. He earned a second M.A. in Chinese literature from National Taiwan University. From 1980-1991 he was employed at the Foreign Service Institute, U.S. Department of State, where he served as Language Training Supervisor in Mandarin, Cantonese, Japanese, and Mongolian; as Principal of the advanced Chinese field school in Taiwan; and as Chair of the Department of Asian and African Languages. Since coming to Williams in 1991, he has chaired the former Department of Chinese and Asian Studies Program as well as the Department of Asian Studies, which he was instrumental in founding. He has also taught at Eisenhower College, Portland State University, Middlebury College, National Taiwan Normal University, and Chinese University of Hong Kong. Kubler, who is author or coauthor of 15 books and over 50 articles on Chinese language pedagogy and linguistics, frequently serves as reviewer or consultant for Chinese and Asian Studies programs in the U.S. and overseas. He has served as Chair of the Test Development Committee for the SAT Subject Test™ in Chinese and as member of the Executive Committee of the Association of Departments of Foreign Languages of the Modern Language Association. Below are some questions received from users of Dr. Kubler's new BASIC CHINESE series along with his answers to them:

READER QUESTION:
What are the 3 tips you'd give to someone who wants to learn Chinese on their own? I know your books are being used at a lot of top universities, but I'm not sure if I could use them to learn Chinese on my own, at home?

DR. KUBLER ANSWERS:
The Basic Chinese series was designed with the needs of independent learners like yourself in mind. The grammatical and cultural notes in each lesson of the textbook explain in detail everything you need to know, and the copious exercises in the workbook and on the DVD and CDs offer many hours of useful practice. As for my 3 tips, they would be: (1) Start with listening and speaking (at the beginning, Chinese characters tend to slow you down, you can take them up later); (2) Be sure you have not only the textbook (Basic Spoken Chinese), but also the workbook (Basic Spoken Chinese Practice Essentials), since it contains most of the exercises, which are especially important for independent learners; (3) When using the DVD, after you have mastered a Basic Conversation, click "Chinese speaker only" and YOU play the role of the American speaker, and then you can click "American speaker only" and play the role of the Chinese person. In addition, try to meet with a teacher or native-speaking friend for an hour each week for communicative practice using the new material in the lesson. There are many more suggestions for independent learners in the Basic Chinese textbook, workbook, and Instructor's Guide.

READER QUESTION:
I have a background in Romance languages; on the graduate level I studied theoretical linguistics. About a year ago, I began to study Chinese, having never before pursued an Asian language. I made progress, but was disillusioned by the slow pace at which I was learning. Then, several weeks ago, I ran across your Basic Written Chinese and purchased it. Within short order, my acquisition rate accelerated. I'm now awaiting the arrival of the Basic Spoken Chinese book; will I make faster progress using the combination of the two books, Written and Spoken?

DR. KUBLER ANSWERS:
Thank you for your kind words about Basic Written Chinese. Like yourself, I also am a linguist (I started out in German, then studied Latin and several Romance languages, and ended up specializing in East Asian languages). The Basic Chinese books, as you know, take the approach of separating the learning of SPOKEN Chinese from the learning of WRITTEN Chinese, since that helps English speakers learn Chinese more efficiently. That said, I'm gl ...more

Combine Editions
Cornelius C. Kubler’s books

Average rating: 4.16 · 69 ratings · 7 reviews · 30 distinct works

	Basic Written Chinese: Move From Complete Beginner Level to Basic Proficiency 3.88 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Elementary Mandarin Chinese Textbook: The Complete Language Course for Beginning Learners really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 6 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Basic Written Chinese Practice Essentials: An Introduction to Reading and Writing for Beginners (MP3 Audio CD and Printable Flash Cards Included) by Cornelius C. Kubler, Jerling Guo Kubler 4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2012 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Basic Spoken Chinese: An Introduction to Speaking and Listening for Beginners (DVD and MP3 Audio CD Included) (Basic Chinese) 3.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2011	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Basic Mandarin Chinese - Speaking & Listening Textbook: An Introduction to Spoken Mandarin for Beginners it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Basic Spoken Chinese Practice Essentials: An Introduction to Speaking and Listening for Beginners (Audio Recordings & Printable Pages Included) by Cornelius C. Kubler, Yang Wang 3.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2011 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Intermediate Spoken Chinese: A Practical Approach to Fluency in Spoken Mandarin (DVD and MP3 Audio CD Included) 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2013 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Intermediate Written Chinese: Read and Write Mandarin Chinese As the Chinese Do (Includes MP3 Audio & Printable PDFs) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2015 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Elementary Mandarin Chinese Workbook: Learn to Speak, Read and Write Chinese the Easy Way! really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Intermediate Spoken Chinese Practice Essentials: A Wealth of Activities to Enhance Your Spoken Mandarin by Cornelius C. Kubler, Yang Wang 2.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2013 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars