Reading and Writing Chinese by William Mcnaughton

Reading and Writing Chinese by William Mcnaughton

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Reading and Writing Chinese by William Mcnaughton

Used as a standard by students and teachers in learning Chinese for morethan three decades, the best-selling Reading and Writing Chinese has beencompletely revised and updated! Reading and Writing Chinese
"I wish we'd all been given a copy of this in the first year of universityEven now I can find gems of information about Chinese characters in this book that I didn't know before. It's a nice book to have around." --Hugh Grigg, East Asia Student blog
"…learning how to write Chinese characters will provide a more thorough understanding of their structure and composition, as well as open the door to the world of Chinese calligraphy. William McNaughton's Reading and Writing Chinese is an excellent introduction to this knowledge." --Qiu Gui Su, About.com Mandarin Language
"…this book can be the best choice for Chinese beginners who want to learn Chinese characters. With exact pronunciation, lively definition and derivation, it will make the process of characters learning more interesting and easier." --Yes-Chinese.com
Jiageng Fan specializes in the linguistic relationship between the Chinese and Japanese languages and scripts, focusing on the etymology of characters. He has lived, studied and taught Chinese, Japanese and English in China and Australia and has traveled extensively. After obtaining a B.A. at Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, then working as a magazine editor, he moved to Christchurch, New Zealand, where he earned a First Class Honours Degree from the University of Canterbury.

William McNaughton was the founding teacher of Chinese at Oberlin College. From 1986 he taught at Hong Kong's City University, where he was the founding program leader of the BA (Honours) program in Translation and Interpretation.
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ISBN 13 9780804842990
ISBN 10 080484299X
Title Reading and Writing Chinese
Author William Mcnaughton
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Tuttle Publishing
Year published 2013-07-23
Number of pages 336
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.