传承中文 Modern Chinese for Heritage Beginners: Stories about Us

Description

Modern Chinese for Heritage Beginners aims to serve as a stepping-stone for Chinese heritage language learners’ future Chinese learning, inspiring them to reflect on their identities, learn Chinese American history, and embrace their cultural heritage. The book starts with talking about individuals and families and then expands to the Chinese and Asian American communities in the U.S. and eventually to the entire American society, all from the unique perspective of Chinese American students. Taking a macro approach that builds learners’ literacy skills on their initial abilities in speaking and listening, each lesson starts with listening and speaking activities and then moves to reading and writing. The content complexity and language difficulty are balanced to present rich content that matches students’ critical thinking abilities in a language appropriate for their literacy level. Lively and humorous language makes the book a joy to read. Each lesson has a conversation and an essay to expose students to informal and formal registers. Moreover, authentic tasks are designed to facilitate students’ language output, following the three modes of communication promoted by the American Council on Teaching Foreign Languages: interpersonal, interpretive, and presentational. This theme-based Chinese textbook is written for high school and college-level Chinese heritage language learners. Cover Half Title Title Copyright Contents 前言 致谢 Preface 前言 Acknowledgment List of Abbreviations and Symbols Background of Main Characters Introduction 拼音篇 汉字篇 Unit One 我和家庭 Lesson One 我的名字 Lesson Two 我是华裔美国人 Unit Two 家庭语言 Lesson Three 我家的方言 Lesson Four 普通话和方言 Unit Three 教育 Lesson Five 家庭教育 Lesson Six 中文教育 Unit Four 移民故事 Lesson Seven 移民故事 Lesson Eight 中国版图 Unit Five 社区和社会 Lesson Nine 中国城 Lesson Ten 中国城的未来 Pinyin-English vocabulary