
Digital Chinese
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1st Edition
Published on 17. February 2025
Book
Hardback
160 pages
978-1-032-86382-5 (ISBN)
Description
Digital Chinese integrates situational and communicative methods to provide practical language skills and a deep understanding of the digital world.
Digital Chinese is a pioneering textbook designed to meet the dual needs of Chinese language proficiency and digital literacy. Each of the ten chapters focuses on a specific theme, from social media and online shopping to AI chatbots, reflecting the most engaging aspects of contemporary Chinese digital life. Each lesson features a narrative and a dialogue that simulate real-life interactions, accompanied by vocabulary lists covering specialized digital terms and everyday words. The textbook also includes audio recordings (www.routledge.com/9781032863818) to aid pronunciation and listening comprehension. Grammatical points are clearly explained with examples, and exercises in reading, speaking, writing, and translation reinforce language acquisition.
Tailored for Chinese learners at the intermediate-high level and above, this textbook equips students with the tools to navigate and engage with China's vibrant online ecosystem. By combining traditional Chinese language education with insights into China's dynamic digital landscape, Digital Chinese is an essential resource for students and educators seeking to understand the intersection of language, technology, and society in contemporary China.
Digital Chinese is a pioneering textbook designed to meet the dual needs of Chinese language proficiency and digital literacy. Each of the ten chapters focuses on a specific theme, from social media and online shopping to AI chatbots, reflecting the most engaging aspects of contemporary Chinese digital life. Each lesson features a narrative and a dialogue that simulate real-life interactions, accompanied by vocabulary lists covering specialized digital terms and everyday words. The textbook also includes audio recordings (www.routledge.com/9781032863818) to aid pronunciation and listening comprehension. Grammatical points are clearly explained with examples, and exercises in reading, speaking, writing, and translation reinforce language acquisition.
Tailored for Chinese learners at the intermediate-high level and above, this textbook equips students with the tools to navigate and engage with China's vibrant online ecosystem. By combining traditional Chinese language education with insights into China's dynamic digital landscape, Digital Chinese is an essential resource for students and educators seeking to understand the intersection of language, technology, and society in contemporary China.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Undergraduate Core
Illustrations
20 s/w Abbildungen, 20 s/w Photographien bzw. Rasterbilder
20 Halftones, black and white; 20 Illustrations, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 250 mm
Width: 175 mm
Thickness: 14 mm
Weight
480 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-032-86382-5 (9781032863825)
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Persons
Feng Lan is Associate Professor of Chinese Language and Literature at the Florida State University. His research interests include digital Chinese humanities, modern Chinese literature, Chinese cinema, and Chinese-English translation studies. He has published extensively in both Chinese and English in these fields.
Tong Chen is Lecturer of Chinese at MIT. He has also served as the lead teacher at Middlebury College's Summer Chinese School. As an author and editor of many Chinese textbooks, his fields of interest include multimedia in Chinese language education, second language acquisition, sociolinguistics, and curriculum design.
Tong Chen is Lecturer of Chinese at MIT. He has also served as the lead teacher at Middlebury College's Summer Chinese School. As an author and editor of many Chinese textbooks, his fields of interest include multimedia in Chinese language education, second language acquisition, sociolinguistics, and curriculum design.
Content
Abbreviations of Grammatical Terms
Introduction
Lesson 1: Typing Chinese on Computers ?????
Lesson 2: Email ????
Lesson 3: Smartphones????
Lesson 4: Social Media ????
Lesson 5: Machine Translation ????
Lesson 6: E-Commerce ????
Lesson 7: Internet Literature ????
Lesson 8: AI Chatbot ?????????
Lesson 9: Online Videos ????
Lesson 10: Online Games ????
Vocabulary Index
Introduction
Lesson 1: Typing Chinese on Computers ?????
Lesson 2: Email ????
Lesson 3: Smartphones????
Lesson 4: Social Media ????
Lesson 5: Machine Translation ????
Lesson 6: E-Commerce ????
Lesson 7: Internet Literature ????
Lesson 8: AI Chatbot ?????????
Lesson 9: Online Videos ????
Lesson 10: Online Games ????
Vocabulary Index