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Jia You! Chinese for the Global Community is a full-year program for intermediate students of Chinese. It is designed for college students in second-year Chinese as a foreign language program and senior high school students taking the AP Chinese Language and Culture Exam. Jia You! encompasses 10 units and is divided into two volumes. Each unit addresses a specific theme of contemporary or historical Chinese culture with two lessons designed around the theme. Each lesson consists of Chinese texts, content-based presentations of vocabulary, grammar, common expressions, and exercises. The program includes Student Textbooks, Workbooks, Audio CDs, Instructor's Resource Manuals, Video on DVD and a companion website. The bound-in Jia You! Audio CDs provide the audio program for all narratives, dialogs and vocabulary in the textbook.

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PublisherCengage Learning Asia

ISBN-109814221651

ISBN-139789814221658

eBay Product ID (ePID)208615122

Product Key Features

Publication Year2008

SubjectChinese

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameJia You! Chinese for the Global Community

TypeLanguage Course

Subject AreaForeign Language Study

AuthorFu Chen, Xu-Jialu, Ruiping Zhu, Ruojiang Wang

FormatHardcover

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Item Weight40.9 Oz

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Reviews"I really like this part [supplementary culture notes in the Instructor's Resource Manual]. Not every Chinese teacher knows all the culture aspects. For a teacher, who's been abroad for a long time, the notes on the recent culture not only provide information but also some new vocabulary words (such as proper nouns)."--Yangyang Daniell,The Lawrence School, NJ, "I like the scope and sequence, a good balance between aspects of personal, social life and those of important Chinese culture and traditions...I like the general structure of "Warm-up", "Pre-reading", "Main text (with narratives and dialogs)", Practice (vocabulary, grammar, communication)", and "Listen & Speak". It flows well and should be easy for teachers to use because the arrangement itself presents a good pedagogical sequencing."--Dr. Chao-mei Shen, Rice University, Texas, "The very first groundbreaking project in the development of instructional materials in Chinese! The program well reflects ACTFL's five National Standards and corresponds to cutting-edge pedagogy. I'm truly heartened by such a wise move towards the development of instructional materials. I look forward to its great success!"--Dr. Miao-fen TsengUniversity of Virginia, VA, "With one unit that I reviewed, I already sense the direction of the textbook meeting our needs in preparing our AP Chinese students for their AP Exam. Hopefully, the whole book will follow the same spirit and I would like to be the first one to recommend this series to our school district and teachers in other districts for adoption."--Baocai Paul Jia, Cupertino High School, CA, "[The book design and layout] are very attractive in comparison with the books I have used. The combination of the clear illustrations and interesting page layouts attract student's attention...The unit [I reviewed] provides students with interesting cultural information. My students love it!"--Xing King,The Bishop's School, CA

Target AudienceCollege Audience