Developing Writing Skills in Chinese

ISBN-13: 9780415678889 / Angielski / Twarda / 2013 / 216 str.

Boping Yuan; Kan Qian

Opis

This text has been devised for post-intermediate students who need to write Chinese in the course of their life, work or study. Each unit covers a specific style of writing and is reinforced with a rich selection of model texts. All texts are followed by supporting notes examining the formats, styles, grammar structures or special phrases featured.

Recenzje

'When I taught a composition class to third-year students of Chinese a couple of years ago ... I could not find any textbook in English on teaching writing to learners of Chinese in the West. Here, at last, is such a textbook ... The carefully constructed samples not only illustrate how the Chinese language is used in writing, but also reflect developments in China.' - Times Higher Education Supplement

'Developing Writing Skills in Chinese covers a wide range of styles from greeting cards to business correspondence, which is helpful for both teacher and learner.' - Song Lianyi, Times Higher Education Supplement

Spis treści

Preface 1. Cards 2. Notes and text messages 3.Personal letters and emails  4. Announcements, small ads and others  5.Formal correspondence  6. Narratives  7.Reporting speech 8. Exemplification, reformulation and summary 9. Comparison and contrast, simile and metaphor 10. Procedure, process and development 11. Descriptions of people’s physical attributes 12. Descriptions of people’s emotional attributes  13. Descriptions of people’s disposition and moral attributes  14.Descriptions of people’s movements and actions 15. Descriptions of places and the weather 16. Business correspondence 17. Key to some exercises (positioned upside down) Chinese–English Glossary