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

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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. 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." Go! Chinese now comes with a second edition offering new and improved content! As a multi-level, fully integrated Chinese language

A full range of learning resources for Chinese ab initio and Chinese B levels students. Features reading passages, comprehension assessment, writing modules, oral questions and vocabulary/phrase lists, all categorized by commonly introduced IB vocabulary topics. Over 200 reading and writing passages and almost 3,000 vocabulary words.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. pair work, and language exchanges are incorporated to allow students to communicate in meaningful contexts. Go! Chinese Workbook 3 Du Mu was a famous poet living in the ninth century. He once wrote a poem about playing a farewell game of Go with his friend, where they used jade stones and a catalpa table. Today the most popular stones are the Yunzi, made from pebble stone from Southwestern Yunnan province.

Many people also love this ancient game for the essence of Chinese philosophy that it contains. For example, Confucianism stresses the rule of Golden Mean, that people should not go to extremes, and not reveal the edges of their personality. Similarly in Go, you must hide your intensions and not fully reveal them until necessary. There's also the traditional Daoist doctrine that if you want to take something from others, you first need to give up something of your own. This is equally applicable to the strategies of Go. Effectively supports mixed-level classes, courses with less instructor time, collaborative learning and projects University of Education and served as a local education counselor. She retired as Assistant Professor from the National Taipei UniversityAs a result, GoChinese is able to support a wide range learners, from those in primary schools to universities and corporations. Reading passages and comprehension exercises that are customized to fit your teaching curriculum and regional focus ¨C whether you are teaching GCSE students in Asia or U.S-curriculum students in the UK. A full range of levels are available, with each module featuring reading comprehension exercises as categorized by commonly introduced vocabulary topics. Access Courses & Textbooks for an overview of the unique approach of these courses as well as sample lessons. Lessons introduced by phrase and vocabulary following functional use; Cantonese-Putonghua differences; listening and phonics drills (for adult learners). Everyday business topics introduced. Explanatory descriptions in Chinese.

Introduces healthcare-related vocabulary, phrases and dialogues; sections on functional use; Cantonese-Putonghua differences; listening and phonics drills 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. Students can hear the spoken voice and view English definitions for all textbook passages. Hanyu Pinyin phonetics displayed

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It's pretty certain that Go was invented by Chinese ancestors, yet nobody knows exactly when. The Encyclopedia Britannica records that the game originated from China in 2306 B.C. According to legend, a Chinese ruler of some 2200 years ago, Emperor Yao, invented Go to help enlighten his son Dan Zhu. Based on the success of GoChinese, GoEnglish was launched to support English learning for Chinese-based learners. Like GoChinese, GoEnglish delivers enriched learning materials and online assessment – auto-generating spoken voice, definition and phonetic support to any text displayed on the platform. Our academic users have won a range of educational excellence awards with GoEnglish, with innovative courses supporting test preparation as well as learning English with video clips. 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). Secretary General of the China Go Association, Hua Yigang, explains the reason why this game has predominantly been played by intellectuals. 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.GoChinese is an award-winning, online language learning platform that supports Mandarin Chinese learning for English-based and native Chinese learners. GoChinese delivers enriched learning materials and online assessment – auto-generating spoken voice, definition and phonetic support to any text displayed on the platform. Online exercises include vocabulary matching, listening comprehension, reading comprehension and sentence completion – all automatically graded Networking with China Culture Connect, Chinese Business Social Network & other organisations to get involved in China-related experience Offering fantastic opportunities to get an insight into how a different culture works with regular social events 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.