Go! Chinese 1, 2e Student Textbook (Simplified Chinese)

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Students can hear the spoken voice and view English definitions for all textbook passages. Hanyu Pinyin phonetics displayed

These qualifications allow learners to obtain recognised certification for introductory work done in Chinese. Currently, both Business and Practical Chinese certifications are offered. History books have recorded quite a number of ardent Go fans from each dynasty, including emperors, officials, poets, educated women and even monks. Today, there are still many Go fans in China, Japan and South Korea, indicating that this game can exert a powerful hold over many people. Long time professional Wu Yulin explains the attraction of Go. Go! Chinese now comes with a second edition offering new and improved content! As a multi-level, fully integrated Chinese language Rapidly and easily online-enables any instructor-created lessons or exercises, with multimedia and learning elements auto-generatedpair work, and language exchanges are incorporated to allow students to communicate in meaningful contexts. Go! Chinese Workbook 3 Able to project GoChinese for group viewing or allow students to access their individual accounts in computer labs, during class. Outside the classroom, GoChinese provides continued learning guidance and supports online homework assignments Emily Yih is an experienced Chinese language teacher, having sp ent more than 20 years teaching the language to foreign student s. Gain a seamless learning experience, with access to learning materials used both in and out of the classroom

GoChinese supports a quality selection of Chinese teaching materials for a wide range of students with specific learning needs and goals. The GoChinese platform reads aloud the text in all lessons, displays the definition for all words and supports practice and assessed exercises. Today, China boasts a number of topnotch players, such as Ma Xiaochun and Chang Hao, who have achieved remarkable results in international contests. Meanwhile, the number of Go fans in China is at 36 million and rising, with support provided by a wealth of media coverage. Some universities like Beijing University are evening offering courses in Go to undergraduates. Online exercises include vocabulary matching, listening comprehension, reading comprehension and sentence completion – all automatically graded GoChinese is an online language publishing and learning platform in which learning materials are contributed or customized by all participants in the learning process - publishers, authors, instructors and learners.There is some similarity between military stratagem and the game of Go. You can understand Go as featuring two sides with equal military strength fighting over a fixed territory. The Go stones represent your manpower and the board is your territory, whereas the players are the field commanders. Success lies in how much territory you occupy. It's a war between equal powers." of Education in 2003. After her retirement, Julie continued to pursue her passion for Chinese and teaching by volunteering with the Jian In fact, Scholars have labeled Go as a game of military stratagem. This stress on the scientific and practical aspects of the game has undoubtedly helped raise its social status. Here"s Hua Yigang again to explain more.

Qualifications. The qualifications are approved by the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority of the UK. They are offered at Entry Level and Level One of the National Qualifications Framework (NQF) and fully mapped to the new National Occupational Standards for Languages (2006). These qualifications are endorsed by The National Centre for Languages (CiLT). University of Education and served as a local education counselor. She retired as Assistant Professor from the National Taipei UniversityGowell is offering the first fully supported, UK QCA-recognised Chinese language qualifications and courses. The GoChinese platform delivers the course materials and supports the internal assessment for the qualifications. The certificates are issued by leading UK examination boards. The influence of the Go game on Chinese society is quite evident in various works of literature, which often include a scene or two featuring the Go board. One of China's classics, "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms," depicts the famous general Guan Yu playing Go while receiving surgery on this arm. Another general Fei Wei was said to deploy his troops using a Go board as his visual layout. Effectively supports mixed-level classes, courses with less instructor time, collaborative learning and projects Rapidly develops practical language skills for beginner learners. Focuses on listening, speaking and cultural skills on everyday and commercial matters. This course leads directly to UK QCA-recognized certifications and the GoChinese platform delivers much of the assessment online. Chinese characters displayed in lessons but character knowledge not assessed. See Accreditations.

Wu Yulin is a Go professional, and coach for young players in the National Go Team. He explains how the game is historically another high-brow art-form. Chinese culture. They will also have opportunities to compare different cultures, make connections with other discipline areas, and extend The course and qualifications also serve as an ideal path to more advanced qualifications, including the UK's GCSE, U.S. AP exams and the PRC's HSK exams. This comprehensive offering serves effectively as a foundation for a new course or infused into an existing curriculum. The original intellectual group of go practitioners gradually lifted this high-brow pastime up into the realms of art, alongside the seven-stringed zither, calligraphy and painting. As such, the equipment of go become an increasingly fastidious feature, with precious wood, jade, clamshell, crystal and quartz used to make the pieces. Only those with some degree of education can approach this game, because it's so complicated. It has too many variations of play and requires a great deal of calculation. An ancient scientist once calculated that the board positions in a single game can be a number that is 768 digits long."

basic vocabulary and simple sentence structures with emphasis on listening and speaking. Activities such as role play, interviews, games, Rapidly develops practical language skills for beginner learners. Focuses on everyday listening and speaking skills. This course leads directly to UK QCA-recognized certifications and the GoChinese platform delivers much of the assessment online. This course also maps closely to and is a stepping stone for UK GCSEs. Knowledge of characters is not assessed for the related certification. See Accreditations. Go embodies a spirit of equality, in that every stone is equal. They don't carry a preset role as in other games, such as chess. Women can play it just the same as men. If everyone loved to play Go, ours would be a much more peaceful world." As a result, GoChinese is able to support a wide range learners, from those in primary schools to universities and corporations. Lessons introduced by phrase and vocabulary following functional use; Cantonese-Putonghua differences; listening and phonics drills (for upper primary / lower secondary students in Hong Kong). Explanatory descriptions in Chinese.