
Reading to Write: A Textbook of Advanced Chinese
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Therefore, there exists an increasingly urgent call for a well-rounded reading-writing curriculum and a theoretically-informed, empirically-based, student-centered advanced textbook that aims to develop the synergy between reading and writing. Reading to Write: A Textbook of Advanced Chinese is intended to fill this significant gap. It treats reading and writing as integrative parts and interactive skills in Chinese language teaching, putting them hand-in-hand, supplementing each other.
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Preface ??
User's guide ????
1. Writing about events, part one ????
Writing guide ????: key elements of event writing ????
Model text ??: an amusing account of exam preparations ????
Rhetoric ??: personification ??
Practical writing ???: email ????
2. Writing about events: part two ????
Writing guide ????: detailed descriptions ????
Model text ??: a tune in the rain ???
Rhetoric ??: metaphors and similes ??
Practical writing ???: congratulatory words ??
3. Writing about people ???
Writing guide ????: capturing key traits ????
Model text ??: mother's smiles ?????
Rhetoric ??: parallelism ??
Practical writing ???: letter of gratitude ???
4. Writing about scenery, part one ????
Writing guide ????: careful observations ????
Model text ??: impressions of Niagara Falls ???????
Rhetoric ??: exaggeration ??
Practical writing ???: posters ??
5. Writing about scenery, part two ????
Writing guide ????: blending scenery and feelings ????
Model text ??: autumn colors on campus ????
Rhetoric ??: association ??
Practical writing ???: cover letter for a job application???
6. Writing about feelings ???
Writing guide ????: true feelings and beautiful expressions ????
Model text ??: musical charm ??
Rhetoric ??: imagination ??
Practical writing ???: resume ??
7. Persuasive writing ???
Writing guide ????: three methods of argumentation????
Model text ??: confidence and conceit?????
Rhetoric ??: rhetorical question ??
Practical writing ???: reader response ???
Appendices
English translations of the model texts ????
Vocabulary index ????
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