TY - BOOK ID - 77940713 TI - Teaching and learning Chinese as a foreign language : a pedagogical grammar. PY - 2006 SN - 9882207472 9882203655 1282750186 9786612750182 9789882203655 9789882207479 9622097626 9789622097629 9622097634 9789622097636 9781282750180 6612750189 PB - Hong Kong Hong Kong university press DB - UniCat KW - Chinese language KW - Study and teaching KW - Foreign speakers. KW - S15/0500 KW - S15/0600 KW - S15/1250 KW - Sino-Tibetan languages KW - Study and teaching&delete& KW - Foreign speakers KW - China: Language--Phonology KW - China: Language--Grammar: general and wenyan KW - China: Language--Teaching Chinese to Foreigners UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77940713 AB - This book provides a research-based account of how to teach and learn Chinese as a foreign language. Specially written for Chinese language teachers, student teachers, and applied linguists, this is the first book written in English that systematically addresses all major aspects involved in teaching and learning Chinese as a foreign language. It identifies five key areas: pronunciation (tones and pinyin), characters and words, sentences, discourse and pragmatic competence, and cultural competence. It covers all the fundamental grammar elements in Chinese, explains their functions in discourse ER -