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Acting Chinese: An Intermediate-Advanced Course in Discourse and Behavioral Culture ????
 
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ISBN13:9781138064577
ISBN10:1138064572
Binding:Hardback
No. of pages:310 pages
Size:246x174 mm
Weight:453 g
Language:English
Illustrations: 55 Illustrations, black & white; 21 Halftones, black & white; 34 Tables, black & white
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Acting Chinese

An Intermediate-Advanced Course in Discourse and Behavioral Culture ????
 
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Short description:

Acting Chinese is a year-long course that, together with the companion website, integrates language learning with the acquisition of cultural knowledge, and treats culture as an integral part of human behaviour and communication.

Long description:

Acting Chinese is a year-long course that, together with the companion website, integrates language learning with the acquisition of cultural knowledge, and treats culture as an integral part of human behavior and communication.


Using modern day examples of Chinese discourse and behavioral culture, it trains students to perform in culturally appropriate fashion, whilst developing a systematic awareness and knowledge about Chinese philosophy, values and belief systems that will prepare them for further advanced study of Chinese language and culture. Each lesson contains simulated real-life communication scenarios that aim to provide a concrete opportunity to see how native speakers generally communicate or behave in social situations.


An essential guide for intermediate to advanced level second language learners, Acting Chinese provides a unique and modern approach to the acquisition of both cultural knowledge and language proficiency.

Table of Contents:

Preface


Teacher's guide ??????


List of abbreviations and symbols


List of characters in communication scenarios



Unit one


Cultural perspective: group mentality ????




  • Lesson one


Text: ???????


Behavior highlighted: love to be part of the fun ????




  • Lesson two


Text: ?????


Behavior highlighted: follow the pack ????




  • Lesson three


Text: ??????"??"


Behavior highlighted: relation-based conduct ????



Unit two


Cultural perspective: the concept of li ????




  • Lesson four


Text: ?????


Behavior highlighted: li-based civilities ????




  • Lesson five


Text: ???????????


Behavior highlighted: humble oneself and exalt others ????



Unit three


Cultural perspective: harmony orientation ????




  • Lesson six


Text: ???????


Behavior highlighted: harmony as priority ????




  • Lesson seven


Text: ???????


Behavior highlighted: forbear and forgive ????




  • Lesson eight


Text: ????


Behavior highlighted: (take) the middle road ????



Unit four


Cultural perspective: face psychology ????




  • Lesson nine


Text: ?????????????


Behavior highlighted: saving face ????




  • Lesson ten


Text: ?????????


Behavior highlighted: face work ????



Unit five


Cultural perspective: rules of renqing ????




  • Lesson eleven


Text: ???????


Behavior highlighted: reciprocation ????




  • Lesson twelve


Text: ???????


Behavior highlighted: networking ????



Unit six


Cultural perspective: differentiated mode of association ????




  • Lesson thirteen


Text: ??????????


Behavior highlighted: distinguish people based on relationships ????




  • Lesson fourteen


Text: ??????????


Behavior highlighted: distinction between the upper and lower status ????



Appendixes: reflection worksheet for cultural exploration ????


Traditional Chinese character texts ??????


Indexes


Pinyin-English vocabulary


English-Chinese vocabulary


Speech pattern index by lesson