Acting Chinese : an intermediate-advanced course in discourse and behavioral culture = Xing weu Han yu / Yanfang Tang, Kunshan Carolyn Lee, Li Xu, and Jin Zhang, Peng Yu.
By: Tang, Yanfang [author.].
Contributor(s): Lee, Kun Shan Carolyn [author.] | Xu, Li [author.] | Zhang, Jin (Of Zhejiang University) [author.] | Yu, Peng [author.].
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BookPublisher: LAbingdon, Oxon ; New York, Ny : Routledge, 2021Copyright date: ©2021Description: 1 online resource.Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781351662130; 1351662139; 9781315160313; 1315160315.Subject(s): Chinese language -- Textbooks for foreign speakers -- English | China -- Social life and customs | FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY / Chinese | LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / JournalismDDC classification: 495.18/0071 Online resources: Taylor & Francis | Taylor & Francis | OCLC metadata license agreement Summary: Acting Chinese is a year-long course that, together with the companion website, integrates language learning with the acquisition of cultural knowledge, and treats culture as an integral part of human behavior and communication. Using modern day examples of Chinese discourse and behavioral culture, it trains students to perform in culturally appropriate fashion, whilst developing a systematic awareness and knowledge about Chinese philosophy, values and belief systems that will prepare them for further advanced study of Chinese language and culture. Each lesson contains simulated real-life communication scenarios that aim to provide a concrete opportunity to see how native speakers generally communicate or behave in social situations. An essential guide for intermediate to advanced level second language learners, Acting Chinese provides a unique and modern approach to the acquisition of both cultural knowledge and language proficiency.
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Acting Chinese is a year-long course that, together with the companion website, integrates language learning with the acquisition of cultural knowledge, and treats culture as an integral part of human behavior and communication. Using modern day examples of Chinese discourse and behavioral culture, it trains students to perform in culturally appropriate fashion, whilst developing a systematic awareness and knowledge about Chinese philosophy, values and belief systems that will prepare them for further advanced study of Chinese language and culture. Each lesson contains simulated real-life communication scenarios that aim to provide a concrete opportunity to see how native speakers generally communicate or behave in social situations. An essential guide for intermediate to advanced level second language learners, Acting Chinese provides a unique and modern approach to the acquisition of both cultural knowledge and language proficiency.
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