Learning Languages - Chinese - Ch. Activities

100 key items of vocabulary covering 8 everyday topics: at home; around town; clothes; parts of the body; the countryside; animals; opposites; useful expressions. Modern teaching methods: flashcards; matching games; memory games; joining exercises; word searches; etc. Review, round-up and tests: a final revision of all the 100 words together. 100 tear-out flashcards: help with whole word recognition.

This practice pad provides an enjoyable and motivating way for learners to practise writing Chinese characters. It is in the form of a memo block containing basic instructions, plus 365 numbered sheets: one per day for a year of learning or more than one per day for faster progress! Each sheet presents a single Chinese character in the form currently used, together with its pronunciation and meaning.

Building on the success of Volume 1, A Chinese Character A Day Practice Pad Volume 2 further extends and consolidates the difficult task of memorizing hundreds of unfamiliar Chinese characters. Students can master one character a day by spending only a few minutes of practice time writing it. Designed in the form of a numbered tear-sheet and packaged as a convenient memo block, there are 365 sheets for a year's worth of practice.

Part of Tuttle's best-selling page-a-day line, this new edition teaches useful everyday phrases and words. The sequence of phrases is structured to help you build your vocabulary gradually over the months. Each page includes a Chinese phrase; a short culture note; a brief, interesting fact or tip about Chinese culture; and an on-line audio aspect that features native speakers.

Chinese in a Flash Volume 2 is an excellent new language learning resource for travellers and those who want to learn Chinese quickly and easily. Following on from Volume 1, it consists of a complete boxed set of flashcards for Chinese character recognition, vocabulary learning and testing. It has a full range of features to help beginners and intermediate learners.

Chinese in a Flash Volume 4 continues to provide more resources for beginning, as well as intermediate learners of Chinese who want to learn the language quickly and easily. This unique set of flashcards enables learners to acquire more Chinese words and their derivatives in an easy-to-use manner, at a pace to be set by the learners themselves. Common idiomatic expressions are widely distributed among the cards; learners who master these will come to appreciate the beauty of the Chinese language by using a few words to say a thousa... read more

Teachers, you won’t have to rack your brain trying to think of ways to keep your students motivated! Chinese Treasure Chest is an unprecedented collection of ready-to-use games, songs, craft projects, delightfully illustrated student worksheets and teacher-directed activities to help elementary students learn Chinese as a foreign language.

This imaginative teaching resource (two-volume set) contains hundreds of reproducible pages of activities designed around themes in the elementary curriculum and organized into 12 mo... read more

Topics
Telling Time 时间, Fruits/Chinese Food 水果/中国菜, Animals/Insects 动物/昆虫, Sports/Hobbies 运动/爱好, Shopping 购物 , Public Places 公共场所 , Community Helpers 好邻居 , Health 健康

Cultural Themes
Chinese New Year 农历新年 , Valentine’s Day 情人节 , Tomb Sweeping Day 清明节 , Dragon ... read more

This is a brand new set of flashcards for use at home or in the classroom. Flashcards are a great learning resource for young children, helping them master simple vocabulary. The cards can be used to play games, for self-testing, or simply be propped up around the house or classroom as useful reminders. The cards are durable and robust, to survive repeated use by little hands.

Learn to speak Chinese in 40 lessons with this set of revised textbooks focusing on communication and presenting the 301 most essential conversational sentences for quick learning. The 40 lessons and 8 review activities encompass 30 communicative functions such as ''Greetings'' and ''Making an Acquaintance''. Each lesson is divided into six parts - Sentences, Conversation, Substitution, New Words, Grammar and Exercises with 800 new words and fundamentals of Chinese grammar explained. The exercises are numerous and detailed and will... read more

Intended as an intensive course for those who have just started to learn Chinese. The book consists of 40 lessons and eight reviews. The 40 lessons encompass nearly 30 communicative functions, such as 'Greeting' and 'Making an Acquaintance', about 800 new words and the fundamentals of Chinese grammar. Each lesson is divided into six parts: Sentences, Conversation, Substitution and Extension, New Words, Grammar, and Exercises. The book lays emphasis on improving the ability of the learner to use Chinese for communication. It integra... read more

This title contains four new additions to the best-selling "First Hundred Words Language" series. These books are an excellent way to encourage language learning for beginners. Each book contains an online pronunciation guide through the Usborne Quicklinks website. With 100 everyday words combined with pictures, this is a valuable vocabulary building tool for young children.

Learning words in Mandarin Chinese becomes a fun game for kids when they open this brand-new addition to Barron's "Hide & Speak "series. The book features vertical half-page flaps that extend from the top of the back cover. Kids use the flaps to cover either half of any right-hand page, on which a column of color illustrations adjoins a column of Chinese words that name the illustrated objects. The words column presents the phonetic spelling for each Chinese word as well as a simplified Chinese character to match each picture. Afte... read more

Students love to play games, and games offer engaging, motivating and fun ways to learn and consolidate language in purposeful contexts. This collection of 38 games is an indispensable resource for language teachers. The games represent a full repertoire of excellent teaching and learning strategies. The games are clearly set out and easy to follow. Implementation is made simple by organising the games as follows: Grasping Grammar Successful Script Maximising Memory Creative Communication. Teachers can readily pho... read more

This Living Language calendar makes learning another language easy and fun. Each page of this calendar contains a simple Chinese word or phrase accompanied by the English translation and a phonetic pronunciation guide for key words. Scattered throughout the calendars are cultural theme pages related to the language. This calendar is ideal for beginners as well as those who want to refresh their skills.* An audio CD of basic phrases and expressions is included with the calendar, with topics such as "Days and Months" and "Making Frie... read more

1,000 two-sided Vocabulary Study Cards will help students of all ages learn, review and build confidence in their Mandarin Chinese! They have been compiled by an experienced teacher to help you improve at your own pace. They are totally portable and interactive, making them ideal for individual study or for quizzing your friends!

This title includes a book & a CD. It is suitable for children of ages 3 years and over. A new and unique concept that introduces children to languages and cultures through songs, making learning fun: listen to the songs; look at the pictures; discover new words; and, dance and sing in English! Developed by ABC Melody, an innovative publisher specialising in early childhood, this set entertains and enables children to sing and learn at their own pace whilst having fun, at home or in the car. It features such themes as: Greetings; T... read more

This title is suitable for children of ages 2 to 12 years. It contains a book & a CD. It offers a 45-minute CD and 20-page colouring book that includes all lyrics and translations.

Since 1985, the "Teach Me [trademark]..." series has been embraced by teachers, parents and children alike because of its innovative, inviting and fun approach to foreign language learning. Knowing that music is a universal means of communication, the award-winning "Teach Me[trademark]..." books use familiar songs to teach children the fundamentals of foreign language vocabulary, the alphabet, numbers and colours, days of the week and much more. Available in 10 languages, this series offers the ideal method for teaching children a ... read more

This title is suitable for ages 2 to 12 years. It includes a 45-minute CD and 20-page colouring book that includes all lyrics and translations.