Integrated Chinese Level 1 Pt. 1, 2nd Ed. Textbook: Simplified Character Edition

by Tao-Chung Yao, Yuehua Liu

Since its release, Integrated Chinese has become the leading introductory Chinese textbook at colleges and universities around the world. The course works because it provides coordinated practice in all four language listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Integrated Chinese helps learners understand how the Chinese language functions grammatically, and how to use Chinese in real life--how to understand it on the street, speak it on the telephone, read it in the newspaper, or write it in a report. Now this completely expanded and revised second edition contains updated, contemporary situations, new cultural notes, student-friendly grammar explanations, and an exciting new two-color design that makes learning and teaching even easier!

Genres: China, Language, Reference, Linguistics

332 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 1999

Reviews

[Maureen · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not complaining about inanity of dialogues in itself- it is an introductory language course, after all- but I resent the expectation that I should be able to remember which character is Gao Wenzhong and which is Wang Peng. The writers (justly) focus on hitting the appropriate vocab and grammar, neglecting the finer points of storytelling, so why can't we do the same?

[Tabitha Murray · Rating 5 out of 5]

I am currently a 2nd year in Chinese and have purchased the book because I find it very useful and good.

[Merrari · Rating 3 out of 5]

This text should just automatically come with a supporting audio disc. With any language, especially a tone-based one, it's just useless not to.