Success With Chinese: A Communicative Approach for Beginners: Reading & Writing (English and Chinese Edition)

Educated in China and the U.S., Swihart has taught Chinese to university students in the U.S. for 19 years. She offers a beginning-level text for English speakers who plan to visit or work in China and want to be able to get around independently; a parallel listening/speaking text is also available in the series. The opening chapter introduces Chinese characters and the general rules of character writing. Each of the 17 subsequent chapters introduces 12 to 18 new characters used in everyday life, including numbers, money, foods, tastes and cooking methods, cutting methods and kinds of foods, drinks, reading menus, telephones, hotels, signs and directions, time, calendars, and filling in forms. The text is also suitable for use in regular college courses, immersion programs, intensive summer programs, and language training schools. No subject index. Annotation ©2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

De-an Wu Swihart holds degrees from Peking University, the University of Chicago, and Princeton University. She has spent the past decade accompanying English speakers to China and preparing them to live and work there. She has taught Chinese to university students in the U.S. for 19 years and currently is Co-Director of the Center for Teaching and Learning in China LLC, Memphis, Tennessee. She has published numerous books and articles in English and Chinese.