Summer Intensive Chinese Program

Ordering Your Books

  • There is no bookstore on campus. Textbooks are available at the MIIS Online Bookstore or you may order textbooks through the vendor of your choice.
  • Order early so your books have time to arrive before the session begins.
  • Use your score from the diagnostic test as a guide. If you're unsure, you may want to purchase two sets of books and send one back after the session begins.

Elementary Chinese

The elementary class is designed for students with no or minimal knowledge of Chinese. The class uses a communicative approach to engage students in the learning process. Students are introduced to the Chinese pronunciation system (pinyin), basic grammar, and commonly-used Chinese characters. A typical day starts with a warm-up for the presentation of new material. After learning and practicing new material, students engage in functional and communicative activities, such as informal dialogue, role-play, and presentation to practice listening, speaking, reading, and writing  The goal is to improve students' overall ability to understand and use the language accurately and appropriately.

Elementary-Level Textbooks

**Please check with Chinese Coordinator before purchasing materials**

Required

Chinese Link: Beginning Chinese, Simplified Character Version Level 1/Part 1
Edition: 2nd
ISBN-10: 0205637213
ISBN-13: 9780205637218
Publisher: PrenticeHall

Student Activities Manual for Chinese Link: Beginning Chinese, Simplified Character Version Level 1/Part 1
Edition: 2nd
ISBN-10: 0205696384
ISBN-13: 9780205696383
Publisher: PrenticeHall

Audio CDs for Chinese Link: Beginning Chinese, Text & SAM Level 1/Part 1
Edition: 2nd
ISBN-10: 0205783031
ISBN-13: 9780205783038
Publisher: PrenticeHall

Chinese Link: Beginning Chinese, Simplified Character Version Level 1/Part 2
Edition: 2nd
ISBN-10: 020569196X
ISBN-13: 9780205691968
Publisher: PrenticeHall

Student Activities Manual for Chinese Link: Simplified Character Version Level 1/Part 2
Edition: 2nd
ISBN-10: 0205741231
ISBN-13: 9780205741236
Publisher: PrenticeHall

Audio CD's for Chinese Link: Beginning Chinese, Text & SAM Level 1/Part 2
Edition: 2nd
ISBN-10: 0205829198
ISBN-13: 9780205829194
Publisher: PrenticeHall
Copyright: 2011

Recommended

Character Book for Chinese Link: Beginning Chinese, Traditional & Simplified Level 1/Part 1
Edition: 2nd
ISBN-10: 0205782981
ISBN-13: 9780205782987
Publisher: PrenticeHall

Character Book for Chinese Link: Beginning Chinese, Traditional & Simplified Level 1/Part 2
Edition: 2nd
ISBN-10: 020578304X
ISBN-13: 9780205783045
Publisher: PrenticeHall

Note:

  1. Please make sure you get the second edition.
  2. The program coordinator highly recommends that you purchase simplified Character version teaching materials if you don't have any personal aim or requirement.

Intermediate Chinese

The intermediate class is designed for students with at least one year of recent college-level Chinese studies. Specifically, students should have the ability to understand and participate in questions and answers of everyday situations, to read and write sentences and short paragraphs on simple topics, have knowledge of basic sentence structures, and the ability to read and write, at least, the 400-500 most commonly used Chinese characters. Students are required to take a placement test at the start of the program. Placement is determined by students' language proficiency level, not the length of their previous studies.

The class uses a communicative approach to engage students in the learning process. A typical day starts with a warm-up for the presentation of new material. After learning and practicing new material, students often engage in interactive and functional activities, such as dialogues, role plays, problem solving, and discussions to practice listening, speaking, reading, and writing. The instruction is designed to improve students' overall ability to understand and use the language accurately and appropriately.

Intermediate-Level Textbooks

**Please check with Chinese Coordinator before purchasing materials**

Required

Chinese Link: Zhongwen Tiandi, Intermediate Chinese, Level 2 Part 1
ISBN-10: 0131947664
ISBN-13: 9780131947665
Publisher: Prentice Hall

Workbook: Homework and Character Book for Chinese Link: Zhongwen Tiandi, Intermediate Chinese, Level 2 Part 1
ISBN-10: 0132249774
ISBN-13: 9780132249775
Published by Prentice Hall

Audio CD for Chinese Link: Zhongwen Tiandi, Intermediate Chinese, Level 2 Part 1
ISBN-10: 0132411938
ISBN-13: 9780132411936
Published by Prentice Hall

Chinese Link: Zhongwen Tiandi, Intermediate Chinese, Level 2/Part 2
ISBN-10: 0132409313
ISBN-13: 9780132409315
Publisher: Prentice Hall

Workbook: Homework and Character Book for Chinese Link: Zhongwen Tiandi, Intermediate Chinese, Level-2/Part-2
ISBN-10: 0136137148
ISBN-13: 9780136137146
Published by Prentice Hall

Audio CD for Chinese Link: Zhongwen Tiandi, Intermediate Chinese, Level 2/Part 2
ISBN-10: 0132059169
ISBN-13: 9780132059169
Published by Prentice Hall

Note:

  1. The program coordinator highly recommends that you purchase simplified Character version teaching materials if you don't have any personal aim or requirement.

Advanced Chinese

The Chinese advanced-level course is a content-driven course designed to provide students with the skills necessary to function effectively in both academic and professional environments. By the end of the program, students should achieve a level of proficiency that will enable them to express facts and opinions and engage in discussion on a broad range of topics related to Chinese society, culture, politics, history and other relevant content. This course will help students understand both formal and informal speech patterns, gather important information from news reports and interviews from radio and television broadcasts, read online news releases, and comprehend the gist of short book chapters and other authentic reading materials. Finally, this program should improve students' ability to write in Chinese. Upon completion of the program, students should be able to reproduce at least 2000 Chinese characters, use computers to type an essay in Chinese, and produce handwritten assignments ranging from 500-1000 words.

Advanced-Level Textbook

**Please check with Chinese Coordinator before purchasing materials**

Required

The Routledge Advanced Chinese Multimedia Course:  Crossing Cultural Boundaries
Edition: 1st
ISBN-10: 0415774071
ISBN-13: 9780415774079
Publisher: Routledge

Contact

Tang Le
SILP Chinese Language Coordinator
letang@stanford.edu