Collection: Language Learning

A concise, dialogue‑based analysis of key Chinese grammatical concepts that examines parts of speech, subject–object relations, hierarchical structure, and the overall grammatical system. By tracing major debates in Chinese linguistics since the 1950s, the book argues that applying Indo‑European ...

Chinese Grammar Step by Step is a useful, easy to understand reference guide to the Chinese language. Based on Hanban’s International Curriculum for Chinese Language Education, it organizes grammar topics in a progressive manner and offers a clear, concise explanation for each language point. Ref...

A clear, systematic study of how modern Chinese vocabulary is structured and how words relate in meaning and form. Through comparisons with English, abundant examples, and explanations of lexical organization, the book shows how the Chinese lexicon functions as a coherent system that evolves whil...

"Chinese made easy" adopts a new approach to teaching Chinese as a second or foreign language. It has two levels: level 1 (Book 1-3); and level 2 (Book 4-5) After completing this series, learners will acquire a vocabulary of approximately 1,700 Chinese characters and several thousand phrases.

"Chinese made easy" adopts a new approach to teaching Chinese as a second or foreign language. It has two levels: level 1 (Book 1-3); and level 2 (Book 4-5) After completing this series, learners will acquire a vocabulary of approximately 1,700 Chinese characters and several thousand phrases.

Mike Hainzinger's distinctive and video-based approach makes learning Chinese easy and approachable. This is a fully blended learning experience which includes a student book, activity book plus DVDs and audio content. After gaining a fan base in the thousands on YouTube, Mike's methods lead to a...

This guide, with its bilingual dictionary and practical phrasebook, is an essential tool for students, travelers, and business people -- Back cover.

This is the teacher's guide to the Tobira textbook. It is written chiefly in Japanese with detailed explanations of the content covered and suggestions on how to teach the various points.

Comical and dramatic, Maupassant tales take us into the peasant world of the nineteenth century which is nevertheless still so close.

"A thematic anthology of contemporary authors, which pays particular attention to the context in which the various texts are situated and to the cultural threads that intertwine within them, making the literary text a tool for understanding Italian cultural reality"--Publisher's website.