Kategoria BISAC: Foreign Language Study >> Chinese

Although there is an extensive literature on the teaching of English as a Second or Other Language, there is very little published research on the teaching or learning of Chinese in similar contexts. This book is the first to bring together research into the teaching and learning of Chinese as a foreign language to non-native speakers, as a second language to minority groups and as a heritage/community language in the diaspora.The volume showcases the contribution of researchers working in such areas as language teaching and learning, policy development, language assessment, language...

Language matters in China. It is about power, identity, opportunities, and, above all, passion and nationalism. During the past five decades China's language engineering projects transformed its linguistic landscape, affecting over one billion people's lives, including both the majority and minority populations. The Han majority have been juggling between their home vernaculars and the official speech, Putonghua - a speech of no native speakers - and reading their way through a labyrinth of the traditional, simplified, and Pinyin (Roman) scripts. Moreover, the various minority groups have...

Using Baidu, China's form of Google, young Chinese web-surfers are creating their own language on the Internet. With this book, you can get an insider's view of the way the new wave of Chinese youth communicates in code. Author and translator Veronique Michel guides you on a tour of the lifestyles inhabiting modern-day "tribes" on the Internet:

• The "Moonlight" or "Starlight" Tribe
• The "Ant" Tribe
• The "Corporate Insects"
• The "Diamond...

Guide de conversation Francais-Chinois et mini dictionnaire de 250 mots

La collection de guides de conversation "Tout ira bien ," publiee par T&P Books, est concue pour les gens qui voyagent par affaire ou par plaisir. Les guides contiennent l'essentiel pour la communication de base. Il s'agit d'une serie indispensable de phrases pour "survivre" a l'etranger. Certains des sujets inclus dans ce guide de conversation sont: demander des directions, les affiches, les transports, acheter un billet, a l'hotel, au restaurant, le shopping, les salutations, les connaissances, la communication,...

This book provides a reasoned, comprehensive understanding of what religion is as well as a clear and critical assessment of whether, in the light of modern developments in philosophy, contemporary thinking people can responsibly maintain religious belief in God.

The book is divided into three major sections: the first deals with what all religions may be said to have in common; the second discusses theistic religion and the issue of intellectually responsible belief in God; the third examines current developments within a particular theistic religion, Christianity.

Sun Tzu on the Art of War

"Master Sun's Rules of Warfare"

Translated from the Chinese with Introduction

and Critical Notes by Lionel Giles

The Art of War, literally: "Master Sun's Rules of Warfare," is an ancient Chinese military treatise dating from the 5th century BC. Attributed to the ancient Chinese military strategist Sun Wu - "Master Sun," the text is composed of 13 chapters, each of which is devoted to one aspect of warfare. It is commonly thought of as a definitive work on military strategy and tactics. It was placed at the head of China's Seven Military Classics upon the...