The Lady in the Painting: A Basic Chinese Reader, Expanded Edition, Traditional Characters

by Claudia Ross, Fred Fang-Yu Wang, Luke Chen (Illustrator)

This expanded edition of The Lady in the Painting can be used as the primary textbook for a low-intermediate class or as a supplementary text, depending upon the reading proficiency of the students. The CD-ROM provides sentence-by-sentence and paragraph-by-paragraph audio recordings for listening practice, as well as listening comprehension questions and dictation sentences that can be used for writing characters or Romanization. Each of the eight chapters of the book includes an expanded vocabulary list, structure notes and exercises and reading comprehension questions. The book is available in either simplified or traditional characters.

Genres: China, Language

139 pages, Paperback

First published August 28, 2007

Reviews

[Cadmium · Rating 4 out of 5]

People seem to hate on this book, but there aren't a lot of resources that target this specific purpose and it does the job well. It's a fun read that can be completed with limited vocabulary and enjoyed.

After the first couple of chapters I realized even if I didn't know every word, I knew enough to get the meaning just fine. Once that happened I was able to enjoy the book a lot more because I was treating it more like a book than a textbook. I was just reading it and when there was some character I didn't understand, I would look it up out of curiosity more than for reading comprehension. If you really need this to be a textbook, you might have different experiences, but for entry-level reading practice, I think it's great.

[TheBookinist · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book grabbed my attention right from the start,faster than my morning coffee ☕📚 The engaging story and well-crafted characters kept me hooked throughout. By the way, do you have a beta reader for your book, or has it been beta read?