http://www.freebookspot.in Latest books added today en-us http://www.freebookspot.in/logorss.jpg http://www.freebookspot.in 160 43 http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=24026 The Canadian Oxford Picture Dictionary contextually illustrates over 2,400 words. The book is a unique language learning tool for students of English. It provides students with a glance at Canadian lifestyle, as well as a compendium of useful vocabulary. The Dictionary is organized thematically, beginning with topics that are most useful for the "survival" needs of students in a bilingual country. The topics move on to those of a more general nature, including those that may be used in content area classes in schools in Canada. However, pages may be used at random, depending on the students' particular needs. The book need not be taught in order. Read more...
]]> Wed, 23 Sep 2009 01:08:54 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=23718 Easy Chinese Character Worksheets with order of stroke instruction. Learn to write Chinese with the worksheet. Free worksheets for learning and practice, vocabulary and verbs - at LearnChineseEveryday.com Read more...
]]> Wed, 23 Sep 2009 01:08:54 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=23587 China has become a major influence in the world today. Not only is China full of opportunities in business and politics, but Chinese culture, such as movies and literature, are also making their way into the western world. And with Chinese as the second most widely- spoken foreign language in America, more and more Americans are exposed to its language and culture. This revised edition of Chinese for Dummies shows you the basics of Mandarin Chinese and culture points that will make great impressions while communicating. Many Americans are taking time to learn Chinese, especially since it is becoming one of the most widely used languages in the world. Currently, there are: * Over 1 billion people speak some form of Chinese * More Chinese speakers in the United States than French or German speakers * 102.6 million internet users who obtain access using Chinese * At least 25 million people worldwide who are learning Chinese Chinese For Dummies will show you how to communicate effectively in Chinese as well as inform you on Chinese culture. Some of the topics this book covers include: * Basic vocabulary * Everyday conversations, including phone dialogue and small talk * Speaking in perfect pitch and tone * Easy-to-understand grammar rules * Getting around in a Chinese-speaking country * Cultural references like maintaining face, dining etiquette, and social mores Also included is an audio CD that features actual Chi Read more...
]]> Wed, 23 Sep 2009 01:08:54 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=22016 An introductory manual for writing Chinese characters specifically designed for English-speaking readers. The author guides the reader through the fundamentals of writing, introduces the various scripts used in China and demonstrates how to write with a fountain pen rather than a brush. Read more...
]]> Wed, 23 Sep 2009 01:08:54 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=19674 The Chinese language, spoken by over one billion people, has undergone drastic changes over the past century. This book presents a comprehensive, up-to-date account of the development of Modern Chinese from the late nineteenth century to the 1990s. It describes and analyzes in detail, from historical and sociolinguistic perspectives, the establishment and promotion of Modern Spoken Chinese and Modern Written Chinese, and the reform of the Chinese script, and reveals the interaction of linguistic, historical and social factors in the recent development of the language. The Chinese language, spoken by over one billion people, has undergone drastic changes over the past century. This book presents a comprehensive, up-to-date account of the development of Modern Chinese from the late nineteenth century to the 1990s. It describes and analyzes in detail, from historical and sociolinguistic perspectives, the establishment and promotion of Modern Spoken Chinese and Modern Written Chinese, and the reform of the Chinese script, and reveals the interaction of linguistic, historical and social factors in the recent development of the language. Read more...
]]> Wed, 23 Sep 2009 01:08:54 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=16904 At The Airport On The Airplane Passport Control And Customs At The Train Station Public Transportation The Automobile Asking For Directions Making a Telephone Call At The Hotel At The Bank At The Post Office At The Clothing Store At The Dry Cleaner At The Restaurant Shopping For Food At Home At The Hospital At the Theatre and the Movies Computer and Internet The Weather Education Business Appendix I: Time Expressions Appendix II: Foods Glossary: Chinese-English Glossary: English-Chinese Read more...
]]> Wed, 23 Sep 2009 01:08:54 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=16465 Schaum's Outline of Chinese Grammar is designed to assist beginning and intermediate students of Mandarin Chinese develop and enhance their knowledge of Chinese grammar. Chinese morphology can be intimidating to students. By simplifying the learning process, this practical book enriches the student's understanding of the Chinese language.The accessible summary of the major features of Chinese grammar complete with clear explanations of terms and usage is especially helpful to students. The book features 200 sets of practice exercises as well as Chinese-English and English-Chinese glossaries. It serves as a much-needed supplement to textbooks and class materials currently being used in first-and second-year college-level courses. Read more...
]]> Wed, 23 Sep 2009 01:08:54 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=11480 Review ...exceptionally useful, accessible and easy-to-use grammar. - Forum for Modern Language Studies Product Description A brand new title for the Modern Grammars series to add to the existing European Languages and to the forthcoming Japanese title. The grammar will present Chinese as spoken in the People's Republic of China (specifically, that spoken around Beijing) and give all examples in simplified characters, traditional characters, romanization (pinyin) and in translation. It will follow the series structure (two parts - one for grammar structures, one for functions), with an accompanying workbook. Linguistic jargon will be kept to a minimum throughout. We will also be creating an accompanying homepage for the workbook with additional exercises (and a reporting system enabling students to send their results to their tutors); this we hope will go further to enhance the performance of the workbook. Product Details * Paperback: 396 pages * Publisher: Routledge; 1 edition (August 1, 2006) * Language: English * ISBN-10: 0415700108 * ISBN-13: 978-0415700108 Read more...
]]> Wed, 23 Sep 2009 01:08:54 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=10966 Product Description An essential reference both for English-speakers learning Chinese and Chinese-speakers learning English, this brand new Oxford Chinese Dictionary offers authoritative, up-to-the-minute coverage, with over 88,000 words and phrases, and 130,000 translations in a practical format. The Dictionary's clear layout makes it accessible and straightforward to use, and a detailed index system of radicals helps you find the entry you need quickly and easily. Chinese simplified characters, orthodox characters, and pinyin forms are given for each. Putonghua tones are included. The Dictionary has also been updated to include the very latest vocabulary, including bioterrorism, e-shopping, WAP phone, domain name, and SARS. The CD-ROM offers an essential and quick reference tool, eliminating the multi-stage look-up process in the print dictionary. The CD contains character recognition and audio pronunciations for 22,000 single-characters. Read more...
]]> Wed, 23 Sep 2009 01:08:54 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=9725 By Annie Wei ??Uncocoro: for Natural Unco Life, also known as “the book of poos” (192pp, Beifang Wenyi Press House, 29 yuan) is a new book about intestinal health with simp texts and cute illustrations. ??Written by Fujita Koichiro, a doctor who specializes in parasites, and illustrated by Yorifuji Bunpei, the book describes the human body as a factory and how it produces different things. According to the book, certain diet habits may put an unfair strain on production. ??It details different kinds of “end-products” and gives suggestions on how to improve ons health. ??“For a long time, what comes out of people’s bodies has be considered filthy, but unavoidable ...Uncocoro: for Natural Unco Life will make you pause from your mad rush to exterminate waste and carefully consider some questions,” Wu Jun-ming, head of Taiwan’s Bureau of Health omotion, said. ??Instead of talking about how intestinal health is related to digestive or beauty concerns, the author boldly announces how much he likes what he studies. The book contains health information, especially signs our bodies give, but which we frequently ignore. ??Reading the book is like reading a Japanese comic: any reader can discover his or her body from a totally new angle. There is no need to be fluent in Chinese to understand what each page means. ??On Joyo, an online book store, some readers were critical about how the book was overly simplified, but most loved its illustrations and agreed it deserv Read more...
]]> Wed, 23 Sep 2009 01:08:54 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=5612 Product Description Chinese: A Comprehensive Grammar is a complete reference guide to Chinese grammar. It presents a fresh and accessible description of the language, concentrating on the real patterns of use in modern Chinese. The Grammar is an essential reference source for the learner and user of Chinese, irrespective of level. It is ideal for use in schools, colleges, universities and adult classes of all types and will remain the standard reference work for years to come. The volume is organized to promote a thorough understanding of Chinese grammar. It offers a stimulating analysis of the complexities of the language, and provides full and clear explanations. Throughout, the emphasis is on Chinese as used by present-day native speakers. An extensive index and numbered paragraphs provide readers with easy access to the information they require. Features include: · thorough and comprehensive coverage of the modern language · use of script and romanisation throughout · detailed treatment of common grammatical structures and parts of speech · extensive and wide-ranging use of examples · particular attention to areas of confusion and difficulty Product Details * Paperback: 434 pages * Publisher: Routledge; 1 edition (December 22, 2003) * Language: English * ISBN-10: 0415150329 * ISBN-13: 978-0415150323 Read more...
]]> Wed, 23 Sep 2009 01:08:54 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=4991 About the Book By arranging frequently used characters under the phonetic element they have in common, rather than only under their radical, the dictionary encourages the student to link characters according to their phonetic. The system of cross-referencing then allows the student to find easily all the characters in the dictionary which have the same phonetic element, thus helping to fix in the memory the link between a character and its sound and meaning. More controversially, the book aims to alleviate the confusion that similar looking characters can cause by printing them alongside each other. All characters are given in both their traditional and simplified forms. Appendix one clarifies the choice of characters listed whilst the second appendix provides a list of the radicals with detailed comments on usage. The dictionary has a full pinyin and radical index. This innovative resource will be an excellent study-aid for students with a basic grasp of Chinese, whether they are studying with a teacher or learning on their own. Reviews 'The whole thrust of the work is that it is more helpful to learners of Chinese characters to see them in terms of sound, than in visual terms. It is a radical, provocative and constructive idea. The book would be ideal for teachers of Chinese language and for students beyond elementary level, as well as for anyone learning on their own.' Dr. Valerie Pellatt, University of Newcastle Table of Contents Foreword Introduction Read more...
]]> Wed, 23 Sep 2009 01:08:54 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=2929 Hundreds of useful phrases at your fingertips Speak Chinese - instantly! Traveling to China but don't know Chinese? Taking Chinese at school but need to kick up your conversation skills? Don't worry! This handy little phrasebook will have you speaking Chinese in no time. Discover how to * Get directions, shop, and eat out * Talk numbers, dates, time, and money * Chat about family and work * Discuss sports and the weather * Deal with problems and emergencies Read more...
]]> Wed, 23 Sep 2009 01:08:54 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=2349 Learning Chinese Characters from Ms. Zhang is a set of textbooks for an elective course of Chinese characters for foreign students without any Chinese learning experience. This set of textbook includes Reading and Writing Chinese Characters and From Characters to Words, separating in a proper way the teaching of writing Chinese characters from that of reading Chinese characters. Reading and Writing Chinese Characters has 2 volumes containing 25 lessons in total. With the help of pictures, Reading and Writing Chinese characters encourages learners to associate pictographic elements with meanings. Grouping pictophonetic characters by their pictographic elements, the book lays special emphasis on writing characters and analyzing the origin and structure of the characters, aiming at helping learners establish a cognitive construct for Chinese characters. Read more...
]]> Wed, 23 Sep 2009 01:08:54 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=1897 Chinese Characters: Their Origin, Etymology, History, Classification and Signification - A Thorough Study from Chinese Documents Books published by Dover tend to have certain similarities: they tend to be books that were considered primary reference sources in their (usually eccentric) field at one time, but are now outdated and while their contents are frequently interesting, possibly useful and occasionally enlightening, they should not be considered authoritative except in the sense that they reflect scholarly opinion of several generations past. Fr. Wieger's book should be treated in this manner. We have a great deal more resources regarding the evolution of the Chinese writing system at our disposal now than when he wrote a hundred years ago. The book is interesting in that it reflects the accepted wisdom of Chinese scholars of the nineteenth century on the subject, and in this sense it resembles James Legge's translations of the Chinese classics - they're considered almost unreadable nowadays (as is Wieger) but Legge had the benefit of real mandarins of the old regime to consult with. Fr. Wieger's book is a reflection of the sholarship that put together the Kang Xi dictionary, which despite its drawbacks in retrospect was a monumental work in its time. If you're looking for a dictionary don't waste your time with Wieger - in this respect he was inaccurate even when he was new, and it's doubtful that preparing a dictionary was his major concern anyway. If you're loo Read more...
]]> Wed, 23 Sep 2009 01:08:54 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=1896 Power Chinese is a PC Windows-based application designed for those who want to learn Chinese quickly through self study. Features include: fully animated stroke-by-stroke writing of 600 most common simplified Chinese characters; more than 800 phrases and 1200 sentences; over 2500 audio clips of words, phrases and sentences spoken by native Chinese speakers; video interviews with people using real Chinese; interactive drills and games. credit for this book goes to: trung1906 thank you! Read more...
]]> Wed, 23 Sep 2009 01:08:54 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=1895 Fun with Chinese Characters (in three volumes) makes learning Chinese characters entertaining and memorable! Every page contains all the information you need to learn a Chinese character: the origin (etymology) of a character, its description and an entertaining illustration by cartoonist Tan Huay Peng. Knowing the origin greatly simplify the recognition the characters. The cartoons which accompany each character are often comical and clever. Examples of how the character is used in compound phrases are offered. First volume contains an in-depth introduction on the genesis of the characters. The third volume contains index of all 480 characters and their location. The characters are written in traditional and simplified characters and has romanized pinyin pronunciation. Stroke orders, definition and example sentence make this book a valuable resource. Learning Chinese characters has never been so much fun! Read more...
]]> Wed, 23 Sep 2009 01:08:54 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=1847 Go2China Ultimate Chinese Learning Software Windows application | 2005 | ~200 MB Short summary of the program features from http://ultimatechinese.com/ Download: http://rapidshare.com/files/16705621/Go2Ch.part1.rar http://rapidshare.com/files/16707488/Go2Ch.part2.rar Included in mdf/mds format, to be mounted with Alcohol 120% or Daemon Tools. After installation you will not need the original image, so you can unmount it. ATTENTION: During installation DO NOT CHOOSE the "Install Go2China Simplified Chinese Support", as it will probably destroy your system font, and you will have to reinstall Windows (or use RegDoctor to cure your registry). Every Chinese text will be finely read without this support as well (at least on XP). Read more...
]]> Wed, 23 Sep 2009 01:08:54 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=1836 Practical Chinese Reader vol.1 very good book for studying chinese language. this is only volume 1 out of 3 (sorry I haven't got vol.2 and 3, if anyone has please share!) You will find also vocabulary and exercises concerning these first 30 units and the audio MP3 of the dialogs. Added full audio also of units 17-30 Read more...
]]> Wed, 23 Sep 2009 01:08:54 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=847 Customer review from amazon.com: "This book teaches reading comprehension of 750 Chinese characters in a minimum amount of time. It starts from scratch - no prior knowlege of Chinese characters is assumed. Most other books are just lists and lists of Chinese characters, that apparently you must stare at a sufficiently long for them to sink in. This book, however, is from the source - the Beijing Chinese Institute. The method here to teach "Rapid Literacy in Chinese" is near perfect - and appears to be something new. Let me describe: There are 25 chapters. Each chapter introduces a single sentence containing 30 new letters. You memorize each sentence, and practice the reading sections in each chapter, getting extensive use with the 30 characters of that chapter. By the time you finish 25 chapters, you can read 750 Chinese characters near fluently. The 25 core sentences are also listed on 2 summary pages, and can be read through quickly for an entire review of the 750 characters (something you should want to do frequently). Additionally, the 750 characters are listed in alphabetical order on a page by themselves, for quick review. There is also an extensive dictionary of all terms and letter combinations learned in the many practice texts - the longest text being two full pages of Chinese containing all the letters you've been learning. " Review in Chinasprout: " This book is specially designed for non-Chinese students who want to learn Chinese. It uses a novel approac Read more...
]]> Wed, 23 Sep 2009 01:08:54 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=843 Now learning non-Roman-alphabet languages is as easy as A-B-C! Readers wanting to learn the basics of reading and writing a new language that employs script will find all they need in the Teach Yourself Beginner's Script series. Each book includes a step-by-step introduction to reading and writing in a new language as well as tips and practice exercises to build learners' skills. Thanks to the experts at Teach Yourself, script will no longer be all "Greek" to language learners--unless of course, it is Greek script! Teach Yourself Beginner's Script series books feature: - Origins of the language - A systematic approach to mastering the script - Lots of "hands-on" exercises and activities - Practical examples from real-life situations Read more...
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