Chinese Unmasked, Resource Book and Workbook (Traditional)

Chinese Unmasked addresses common pitfalls and problems language learners encounter in the study of Mandarin Chinese. The series' items specifically focus on core grammar principles covered in a first-year Chinese course. The Resource Book consists of 14 modules: Numbers; Measures; Locality; Time; The Markers le and guo; zhe, zai, and ne; Adverbs; Auxilliary Verbs; Coverbs; Forms and Patterns for Comparison; ba Constructions; the bei Construction and Related jiao, rang, gei Constructions; shi...de Constructions; and Resultative Verbs. Each module offers a detailed and clear explanation of the grammar topic/pattern covered, as well as numerous helpful example sentences. The Student Book is essentially an exercise book, and contains exercises that accompany each topic covered in the Resource Book; questions are in pinyin and Chinese characters. Exercises include multiple choice, fill-in-the-blank, translations, and short and long answer. Because the grammar modules can be studied in any sequence, this series is an excellent companion to any beginning Chinese course. In simplified characters with pinyin.