Chinese for Young Beginners 1: Chinese/English - Bilingual Edition

This first one-of-its-kind Chinese/English bilingual textbook is written by Chinese American author Mr. Bill Li, a linguist, teacher and author who specializes in Chinese as a Foreign Language. With a focus on the specific needs of children from non-Chinese speaking families, Chinese For Young Beginners Book 1 contains 10 lessons, covering numbers, colors, daily greetings, my home, school, calendar, time, weather, family and friends. The features of the textbook are: activity-based, various exercises, mini dialogues expanding students vocabulary and conversational skills, quizzes for reading abilities, and 200+ new words/expressions. Designed for teachers and parents of children between five and ten years old, this textbook creates a context for a nurturing and interactive learning environment, where Chinese listening, speaking, reading and writing skills are acquired through language usages in real life situations, and small group or one-on-one activities. It attempts to fill the gap between the increasing demand of learning Chinese at an early age and the lack of teaching materials with age appropriate contents that are relevant to American children's daily life, cultural environment and imagination.

Author: Bill Li
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Published: 02/02/2011
Pages: 186
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.84lbs
Size: 10.00h x 7.99w x 0.40d
ISBN: 9781456505707

About the Author
Bill has developed a children's language acquisition and culture immersion program for non-native Chinese speakers - Chinese for Young Beginners. Formerly, Bill was a lecturer at the Chinese as a Foreign Language Department of Shanghai International Studies University (SISU), where he taught students from the United States, United Kingdom, Italy, France, Germany, Japan, Australia, New Zealand and former Soviet Union. While teaching at SISU, Bill co-authored the book titled Approaches and Methods of Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language, the first book of its kind published by the Shanghai Foreign Language Press in 1990. In addition, Bill published numerous articles on Mandarin and foreign language teaching methods and its evaluation measurements in The Journal of International Chinese Language Teaching, Foreign Language Circle, Journal of Foreign Language Teaching Using Audio-Video Methods, to name a few. Bill has also translated four published books including Cultural Analysis. During his graduate studies at the University of Pennsylvania, Bill taught Mandarin at inlingua International Language School, Lingual Institute and the Wharton School of Business in Philadelphia. Bill continued his Mandarin teaching at DPW law firm and China Institute after moving to New York in 1994. Bill received his first M.A. in Applied Linguistics from Shanghai International Studies University (SISU), and his 2nd M.A. in Communication from the Annenberg School for Communication of the University of Pennsylvania. Bill is working for a global financial service corporation. He held various database management positions at other leading global corporations in U.S.A. in the past two decades. Bill is a native of Shanghai, China. He lives in New York with his family. He is the instructor of Yale University's PIER Chinese language program at Scarsdale High School of New York.

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