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Chinese for Everyone: Chinese For All Ages And Learning Styles

by Marie-Laure de Shazer

166 pages; quality trade paperback (softcover); catalogue #07-1672; ISBN 1-4251-4078-5; US$25.00, C$29.50, EUR17.00, £13.00

Designed for beginner to intermediate students, this book will help anyone learn Chinese leveraging the learning tools and concepts they use in their everyday lives.

About the Book

Many thousands of people have tried to learn a language using the most typical methods - studying grammar or rote memory. While these methods work for some people, many others struggle. They find these learning methods don't work well for them. The structure and content of "Chinese For Everyone" applies the methods of learning people use everyday. The research of Karl Jung and Howard Gardner is leveraged in this book to help you learn the same way you perceive the world; through sensing and intuition.

Learning a language can be an enjoyable undertaking. Learning Chinese is no exception. To help in your journey from beginner to intermediate Chinese, your preferred style of learning will be found in each of the 31 chapters and in the different activities. Your experience will be enhanced and made enjoyable as you practice your most effective learning styles. The different learning tools include illustrations, vocabulary, pronunciation, dialogues, grammar notes, exercises, puzzles, creative activities and culture. The activities are designed to enable you to reach the beginner to upper intermediate level. This can form a good basis to prepare for either the HSK (the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi exam is a Chinese proficiency test) or Advanced Placements tests.

About the Author

Marie-Laure Rosita de Shazer is a certified teacher of the Chinese, French, and Spanish languages. She holds Master degrees in 'Chinese language, Culture and Civilization' and 'Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment'. She has lived, studied and taught in Europe, China and the United States. She enjoys researching methods that make learning language easier and more enjoyable for all ages and levels of students. Her passion is to help develop language programs for Chinese, French and Spanish for kids through adults.

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