Modern Mandarin Chinese Grammar Workbook, third edition, is a book of exercises and language tasks to facilitate practice and reinforce language use. Divided into two sections, the Workbook initially provides exercises based on essential grammatical structures, and moves on to practice everyday functions such as making introductions, apologizing and expressing needs. With an extensive answer key at the back to enable students to check on their progress, main features include: • exercises at various levels of challenge for a broad range of learners • cross-referencing to the related Modern Mandarin Chinese Grammar • a comprehensive index to exercises alphabetically arranged in terms of structures, functions, and key Chinese structure vocabulary. This third edition also offers a revised and expanded selection of exercises including new task-based exercises. Modern Mandarin Chinese Grammar Workbook is ideal for all learners of Mandarin Chinese, from beginner to intermediate and advanced students. It can be used both independently and alongside the Modern Mandarin Chinese Grammar (978-1-032-37050-7), which is also published by Routledge.

Modern Mandarin Chinese Grammar: A Practical Guide, third edition, is an innovative reference guide to Mandarin Chinese, combining traditional and function-based grammar in a single volume. The Grammar is divided into two parts. Part A covers traditional grammar points such as phrase order, and the structure of noun phrases, and verb phrases. Part B is carefully organized around language functions and situations such as: • Asking questions • Communication strategies • Making comparisons • Giving orders and making requests • Expressing apologies, regrets, and sympathy The two parts of the Grammar are closely linked by extensive cross-references, providing a grammatical and functional perspective on many patterns. The Grammar is coordinated with the Workbook (978-1-032-36930-3), which provides grammar focused and situation focused exercises to facilitate practice and reinforce language use. All grammar points and functions are richly illustrated with examples presented in simplified and traditional characters and pinyin romanization, with a strong emphasis on contemporary usage. The third edition includes new sections on character structure, social media, speaker perspective, and more, as well as updated illustrative sentences, and an expanded index. Modern Mandarin Chinese Grammar is ideal for all learners of Mandarin Chinese, from beginner to intermediate and advanced students.

Modern Mandarin Chinese Grammar Workbook, third edition, is a book of exercises and language tasks to facilitate practice and reinforce language use. Divided into two sections, the Workbook initially provides exercises based on essential grammatical structures, and moves on to practice everyday functions such as making introductions, apologizing and expressing needs. With an extensive answer key at the back to enable students to check on their progress, main features include: • exercises at various levels of challenge for a broad range of learners • cross-referencing to the related Modern Mandarin Chinese Grammar • a comprehensive index to exercises alphabetically arranged in terms of structures, functions, and key Chinese structure vocabulary. This third edition also offers a revised and expanded selection of exercises including new task-based exercises. Modern Mandarin Chinese Grammar Workbook is ideal for all learners of Mandarin Chinese, from beginner to intermediate and advanced students. It can be used both independently and alongside the Modern Mandarin Chinese Grammar (978-1-032-37050-7), which is also published by Routledge.

Modern Mandarin Chinese Grammar: A Practical Guide, third edition, is an innovative reference guide to Mandarin Chinese, combining traditional and function-based grammar in a single volume. The Grammar is divided into two parts. Part A covers traditional grammar points such as phrase order, and the structure of noun phrases, and verb phrases. Part B is carefully organized around language functions and situations such as: • Asking questions • Communication strategies • Making comparisons • Giving orders and making requests • Expressing apologies, regrets, and sympathy The two parts of the Grammar are closely linked by extensive cross-references, providing a grammatical and functional perspective on many patterns. The Grammar is coordinated with the Workbook (978-1-032-36930-3), which provides grammar focused and situation focused exercises to facilitate practice and reinforce language use. All grammar points and functions are richly illustrated with examples presented in simplified and traditional characters and pinyin romanization, with a strong emphasis on contemporary usage. The third edition includes new sections on character structure, social media, speaker perspective, and more, as well as updated illustrative sentences, and an expanded index. Modern Mandarin Chinese Grammar is ideal for all learners of Mandarin Chinese, from beginner to intermediate and advanced students.

Keys to Chinese Character Writing is a self-paced learning pack, particularly designed to address the common problems faced by beginners when learning the orthography of Chinese characters. The book is divided into four parts: Lessons and Worksheets on Strokes and Stroke Orders - introducing the principles that govern the construction of Chinese characters, the basic strokes and the proper stroke order; Lessons on the 18 Most Frequently-used Radicals - showing how learning radicals makes the task of learning Chinese characters much easier; Quizzes on Strokes and Stroke Orders/Radicals - including nine quizzes designed for learners to evaluate their learning progress; and Answer Keys for Radical Lessons / Quizzes - for easy reference. ""Keys to Chinese Character Writing"" is accompanied by a DVD which clearly demonstrates how to write those Chinese characters introduced in the book properly. It makes an excellent companion to ""Key to Chinese Language"" (also published by The Chinese University Press) for beginners of Chinese.