Developing Writing Skills in Chinese

By Boping Yuan and Kan Qian

Book Overview

Developing Writing Skills in Chinese has been devised for post-intermediate students who need to write Chinese in the course of their life, work or study.

Each unit covers a specific style of writing and is reinforced with a rich selection of model texts. All texts are followed by supporting notes examining the formats, styles, grammar structures or special phrases featured. A wide variety of exercises are featured throughout, and each unit concludes with a helpful glossary given in Chinese characters, pinyin and English translations. An answer key is also included in the back of the book.

The following writing styles and genres are covered:

Personal correspondence--greetings and condolences, explanations and apologising, making arrangements and keeping in touch

Formal writing--announcements and adverts, letters of enquiry and application, business correspondence, developing an argument, facts and data

Narration--story narratives, reporting speech, exemplifying and summarising

Description and comparison--outlining people's characters, physical attributes and appearance, places and weather

This new edition has been comprehensively revised and updated throughout. It includes a brand-new chapter on narratives and there is new coverage of digital communication methods such as text messages and emails. An additional English-Chinese glossary is also available for free download at http: //www.routledge.com/books/details/9780415678896/

Developing Writing Skills in Chinese will help students to write coherently, clearly and appropriately in a variety of contexts. It is suitable for both classroom and self-study use.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415678897
• ISBN13: 9780415678896
• Release Date: August 2013
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.8" x 9.7"

Customer Reviews

a very practical book

I have just received this book a few days after the colloquial chinese by Kan Qian. Both are very very practical. I am learning Tang Poems in traditional characters and a lot of people agree those are/were the best poems at all times. I wish they had both traditional and simplified characters side by side, otherwise I will spend a lot of time looking up the traditional-character dictionaries.