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Year of the Goat: An AI-Savvy Approach to Learning Intermediate Chinese: Volume 2 - Softcover

Li, Chris Wen-chao

 
9781041001300: Year of the Goat: An AI-Savvy Approach to Learning Intermediate Chinese: Volume 2
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1041001304 ISBN 13: 9781041001300
Publisher: Routledge, 2026

Synopsis

Year of the Goat adopts a learner-centered approach and infuses elements of AI-assisted language acquisition into its lessons. Volume 2 of the textbook explores the themes of food, family, ancestry, religion, livelihood, and romance.

The book follows a student, an interpreter, a flight attendant, a software engineer, and a music artist whose lives become intertwined during a year in China. In the process, it addresses such hot-button issues as student debt, illegal immigration, relationship infidelity, and gun violence by introducing uncomfortable situations in which characters must draw on their cultural understanding and pragmatic knowledge to navigate problems.

The book is an intermediate-level Chinese language textbook that contains traditional and AI-powered exercises and is paired with a companion website (resourcecentre.routledge.com/books/9781041001300) that provides access to grammar podcasts and audiovisual content.

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About the Author

Chris Wen-chao Li is a Professor in the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures at San Francisco State University and teaches courses in linguistics, translation and interpreting, news writing, and Chinese language.

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
2026
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1041001304
ISBN 13 
9781041001300
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
400