Reading & Writing Chinese Simplified Character Edition by William McNaughton
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(Paperback - Third Edition)
- Pub. Date: June 2005
- 336pp
- Sales Rank: 101,405
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Product Details
- Pub. Date: June 2005
- Publisher: Periplus Editions (HK) Ltd.
- Format: Paperback, 336pp
- Sales Rank: 101,405
- ISBN-13: 9780804835091
- ISBN: 0804835098
- Edition Number: 3
- Edition Description: Third Edition
Synopsis
Now retired, McNaughton was the founding teacher of Chinese at Oberlin College, Ohio, established Chinese-language programs at four other colleges and universities in the U.S., and taught at City U. of Hong Kong from 1986 to 1998. The third edition of his reference text for students and teachers has been completely revised with modern simplified forms. The content and organization are now linked to Chinese language proficiency level standards utilized by Chinese universities and employers for prospective students and employees who are nonnative speakers of Chinese. The new edition features some 1,067 characters, including 450 new ones. Pronunciation and core meanings are provided for each character, along with examples of its use in common compounds and a stroke-order diagram showing how to write it correctly. Includes both an alphabetical index and a stroke index. Annotation ©2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
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William McNaughton was the founding teacher of Chinese at Oberlin College. From 1986 he taught at Kong Kong's City University, where he was the founding program leader of the BA (Honors) program in Translation and Interpretation. He now lives in retirement in Hong Kong.
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Reading & Writing Chinese Simplified Character Editionby Anonymous
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April 13, 2008: This book describes each character: origins, how to write it, how to pronounce it, and of course what it means. All-in-all the book covers around 2000 characters and even more words. I am currently studying through it, learning each character one-by-one, in addition to my regular textbook-studies.
Reading & Writing Chinese Simplified Character Editionby Anonymous
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December 14, 2006: I became interested in Chineses my sophmore year of college, and it was this book, that completely unlocked the seemingly endless confusion associated with understanding written Chinese. The author does an incredible job explaining the concepts behind each character, essentially showing what the picture is and why.
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