Action China: A Field Guide To Using Chinese In The Community

Winner of the Cengage Learning Award for Innovative Excellence in the Teaching of Chinese as a Foreign Language, 2014. Action! China is a practical guide for intermediate to advanced students of Chinese wanting to maximize their study abroad experience and enhance their language skills. This handy guide contains over 90 Field Performance tasks which prompt real-life interactions with native speakers. By carrying out these real-life tasks, students refine and solidify existing communication skills and gain a fuller understanding of, and participation in, Chinese culture. The guide also provides over 60 Performance Watch task suggestionswhich help students understand how native speakers accomplish communicative goals through guided observation and analysis of naturally occurring interactions. Action! China helps students understand and participate socially in Chinese, guiding them through skill-acquiring and skill-using processes and enabling them to form meaningful connections with Chinese people in the community.