Intermediate Chinese Reader, Part I (Yale Language Series) - Softcover

DeFrancis, John

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0300000650 ISBN 13: 9780300000658

Publisher: Yale University Press, 1967

Synopsis

The general approach in writing this text is the same as that in Beginning Chinese Reader.  It is discussed in some detail in the introduction to that work.  Salient features include:1) Selection of characters on the basis of frequency;2) Provision of a large number of compounds and a large amount of reading matter relative to the number of characters;3) Inclusion of dialogue material in order to provide students with audiolingual support of what they read;4) Close correlation with Beginning Chinese, Advanced Chinese, and the character versions of these two texts.The present volume contains 400 characters, some 2,500 compounds, and about 200,000 characters of running text.

Published for Seton Hall University. With the assistance of Ten Chia-yee and Yung Chih-Sheng.

About this title

From the Back Cover

All the material introduced in this book is presented according to a carefully worked-out schedule repition. Each combination is used at least once each in the illustrative sentences, dialogues, and narratives, and occurs once again for review purposes in the Unit-final lesson. All the 1,250 compounds introduced in Beginning Chinese Reader are reviewed at least once in the present text.

Edition details

• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Publication date: 1967
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0300000650
• ISBN 13: 9780300000658
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 740