Yes, it is a book on Chinese grammar, but it is so DIFFERENT.
"Chinese Mandarin is so hard to learn". These words are widely heard among the learners who are learning it as a foreign language. Many times, they complain about the complexity in characters, the irrelevance between appearance and pronunciation as well as the flexibility in application.
For teachers, they are facing a same problem: "Chinese Mandarin is hard to teach". They need to find an effective and efficient way to extend the knowledge and skills to their students, a way that should fit to the learners.
The key to making things easy is to discover the peculiar mode of thinking of this ancient language and interpret the mechanisms and the rules basing on the common sense and reasoning - that is, we need to find the "humanity" lying as cornerstones in this language.
This book concerns on Chinese grammar, however, it is so different to many others.
- It is profound. Besides extending the language phenomena, it interprets the mechanisms and reasons in the language. With this book, you can tell "whys" to your students in a way easy to understand.
- It is practical. This book covers most of the essential knowledge and skills in learning Chinese. The contents are organized in a flexible way and you can easily embed the parts into your teaching plans.
- It is interesting. There are lots of pictures and examples coming from real life, which show the sketches of the social life and culture in nowadays China to learners.
Contents
Chapter 1 Preparation before Start Chapter 2 Secrets of the Combining Process Chapter 3 Detailed Types Chapter 4 Flexibility in Creation Chapter 5 Structure and Layers Chapter 6 Special Types in the Vocabulary Chapter 7 Quantity, Time and Position Chapter 8 About the Sentence Chapter 9 Make Comments and Descriptions Chapter 10 Describe the Existence of an Object Chapter 11: Describe the Actions and Behaviors Chapter 12 Raise a Question 1: Yes or No Chapter 13 Raise a Question 2: Get Details Chapter 14 Past, Present and Future Chapter 15 Describe a start, an end and a span Chapter 16 Connecting and Integrating