Business Chinese Today - Listening & Speaking - Beginner,
1st Edition

Hong Zhi Peng, Kiat Hock Koh

ISBN-13: 9789814336925
Copyright 2011 | Published
168 pages | List Price: USD $21.90

Business Chinese Today is a three-level, six-title series developed to meet the learning needs of both working adults and mature students who are seeking to develop their fluency in business Chinese. This series is authored by Dr Koh Hock Kiat, director of the Confucius Institute at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore; and Dr Peng Zhihong, assistant director at the same institute. Both Dr Koh and Dr Hong have extensive experience in offering business Chinese courses and are very aware of the learning needs of this group of students. Business Chinese Today aims to equip learners with the essential skills (listening, speaking, reading and writing) for effective communication in Chinese business settings. This title comes with two audio CDs.

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Introduction to Chinese Phonetics 汉语拼音简介

Lesson 1 Numbers 学数字

Lesson 2 Dates 看日历

Lesson 3 Holidays 谈假期

Lesson 4 Telling Time 说时间

Lesson 5 Being Late 迟到了

Lesson 6 Buying Fruits 卖水果

Lesson 7 Travelling 去旅游

Lesson 8 In the Office 办公室

Lesson 9 Reading a Map 看地图

Lesson 10 Comparing Climates 比天气

Lesson 11 Nice to Meet You 很高兴认识您

Lesson 12 Eating at a Food Court 在食阁吃饭

Lesson 13 Hobbies 谈爱好

Lesson 14 Making Appointments 约谈工作

Lesson 15 Preparing Materials for a Meeting 准备会议资料

Lesson 16 Picking up Clients from the Airport 去机场接客户

Lesson 17 Reporting a Repair 物业报修

Lesson 18 Bargaining 讨价还价

Lesson 19 Making Reservation 餐厅定位

Lesson 20 Taking a Taxi 乘德士

Lesson 21 Taking Sick Leave 请病假

Lesson 22 Congratulations on your Promotion 恭喜迁升

Lesson 23 Dining in a Restaurant 去餐厅吃饭

Lesson 24 Job Interview 招聘面试

Lesson 25 Looking for a New Office Location 找新办公地点

Appendix 1 Hanyu Pinyin Table 汉语拼音总表

Appendix 2 Vocabulary Index 词汇总表

  • Hong Zhi Peng

    Affiliation: Assistant Director, Confucius Institute at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

  • Kiat Hock Koh

    Dr. Koh Hock Kiat Affiliation: Director, Confucius Institute at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

  • Business Chinese course designed to quickly raise Chinese language proficiency

  • Modular system caters for learners of different levels with different skills

  • Developed by the experienced teaching team at the Confucius Institute, NTU

  • Extensive coverage of modern business related topics

  • Reading passages based on real-life business/work scenarios

  • Introduce commonly used business/work related vocabulary

  • Vocabulary section with pinyin and English meanings to aid learning

  • Listening, speaking, reading and writing exercises designed to develop language fluency

  • Audio CDs for each level provide listening practice

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