商务汉语101

by 关道雄

Pub 2015-01-01 464 Chinese. English Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press. English 101 is set for students studying in China. and the Chinese expatriate staff at the beginning. intermediate learners written oral series manuals. content simple. practical. targeted. This series of manuals designed to help readers learn basic sentences in a relatively short time. and in the relevant context of imitation. use. in order to achieve the rapid elimination of language barriers. improve their Chinese communication capabilities. easy integration into the purpose of Chinese life. English 101 by Life Chinese 101 Business Chinese 101. 101 Chinese tourism. and so on. This includes a number of topics in each unit. each unit consists of a number of topics. and each topic sentence beginning with a core. expanded into short practical dialogue on its bas...

446 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 2015

Reviews

[Gillian · Rating 1 out of 5]

The main reason this book is getting 1 star from me is this actual quote from pages 302 and 303. "It's very easy to cause misunderstandings due to cultural differences... Similarly, it is not easy for a foreigner with a different cultural background to distinguish between sexual harassment and off-color jokes, as well as the difference between discrimination and an unfriendly attitude." What an view to have and include in a book aimed at foreigners! Wish I hadn't seen that gem of a quote when I'd only just flicked through the book... It left a bad taste in my mouth and put me off finishing it at all.

Another reason I disliked it was the strange mix of pretty advanced Chinese and ridiculously low level phrases like "have a good weekend." Many of the earlier sections are repetitive at times and I felt the book would have been better with a greater number of sample sentences. The book has no practice exercises either.