Developing Chinese Fluency
By Phyllis Zhang
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DEVELOPING CHINESE FLUENCY is a rigorous communication skills training program that seeks to systematically expand the intermediate learners’ vocabulary, and help them achieve advanced level proficiency in the oral and written use of the language -- particularly in the areas of description, comparison and introduction -- in a relatively short period of time.
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About this product
DEVELOPING CHINESE FLUENCY is a rigorous communication skills training program that seeks to systematically expand the intermediate learners’ vocabulary, and help them achieve advanced level proficiency in the oral and written use of the language -- particularly in the areas of description, comparison and introduction -- in a relatively short period of time.
Offers thematically organized word lists and grammatical structures for comprehensive treatment of five core areas: Objects, People, Nature, Geography, and City.
Develops fluency in each of the five areas in three progressive stages – (1) Building Core Vocabulary builds a strong vocabulary base essential for everyday conversations; (2) Building Expressive Power adds more sophisticated vocabulary, idiomatic expressions, set phrases and native speech patterns to elevate students’ expressive ability; and (3) Building Paragraph Discourse equips students with sentence connectives, transitional words and phrases for paragraph-length connected discourse.
Incorporates a stimulating array of interactive classroom tasks and technology-supported activities that develops fluency, promotes acquisition and reinforces learning.
Lessons are reinforced through exercises in the accompanying Workbook (printed and online)
Table of contents
- Unit 1: DESCRIBING OBJECTS –’’’’’.
- Lesson 1: Colors and Shapes’’’’’’.
- Lesson 2: Forms of Objects’’’’’.
- Lesson 3: Describing Visual Impressions’’’’’’’.
- Lesson 4: Describing a Scene or Space’’’’’’’’.
- Unit 2: TALKING ABOUT PRODUCTS –’’’’’.
- Lesson 1:Types of Products’’’’’.
- Lesson 2: Materials and Specifications’’’’’’.
- Lesson 3: Product Information’’’’’’’.
- Lesson 4: Comparing Products’’’’’.
- Enrichment Unit 1: Products and Culture –’’’’.
- Unit 3: DESCRIBING PEOPLE –’’’’’.
- Lesson 1: Physical Features’’’’’.
- Lesson 2: Apparel and Attire’’’’’.
- Lesson 3: Describing Impressions of a Person’’’’’.
- Lesson 4: Portraying a Person’’’’’.
- Unit 4: INTORDUCING PEOPLE –’’’’’.
- Lesson 1: Industry and Profession’’’’’’.
- Lesson 2: Identity and Position’’’’’’.
- Lesson 3: Hobbies, Skills and Education’’’’’’’’’
- Lesson 4: Work Experience’’’’’
- Lesson 5: Introducing a Person’s Profile’’’’’’’
- Enrichment Unit 2: People and Society –’’’.
- Unit 5: TALKING ABOUT NATURE –’’’’’.
- Lesson 1: Nature and Weather’’’’’.
- Lesson 2: Natural Disasters’’’’’.
- Lesson 3: Climate and Personal Feelings’’’’’’.
- Lesson 4: Disaster Report’’’’’.
- Lesson 5: Comparing Climates and Reporting Natural Disasters –’’’’’’’’.
- Enrichment Unit 3: Climate and Environment –’’’’.
- Unit 6: TALKING ABOUT GEOGRAPHY –’’’’’.
- Lesson 1: Geographic Environment’’’’’.
- Lesson 2: Natural Resources’’’’’.
- Lesson 3: Characteristics of a Place’’’’’.
- Lesson 4: Introducing an Area’’’’’.
- Enrichment Unit 4: Tapping into Natural Resources –’’’’’.
- Unit 7: TALKING ABOUT CITIES –’’’.
- Lesson 1: In the City’’’’’.
- Lesson 2: Urban Characteristics’’’’’.
- Lesson 3: Changes and Development of a City’’’’’’’’.
- Lesson 4: Introducing Cities’’’’’.
- Enrichment Unit 5: Development and Challenges –’’’’.
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