Cornelius C. Kubler - Intermediate Spoken Chinese: A Practical Approach to Fluency in Spoken Mandarin

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Other Abbreviations and Symbols

For explanations of the above word classes, see the section on Word Classes of Spoken Chinese on the disc.

Acknowledgments

I am indebted to a great many people in Beijing, Taipei, Hong Kong, Macao, Singapore, Malaysia, and the United States for their assistance in the preparation of this course. Its not possible to mention everyone who participated, but special thanks are due the following for their contributions:

For assistance with the preparation of the basic conversations that serve as the core of this course: Jerling G. Kubler, Lu Zhi, Amory Yi-mou Shih, Wu Zong, and Yang Wang.

For recording situational dialogs used as source material for some of the basic conversations: Cao Jianying, Chang Ling-lan, Li Yueying, Li Zhenwen, Liu Shu-yen, Eileen H. Seng, Amory Yi-mou Shih, Tony Chungyan Yang, and Yang-Hou Kun.

For assistance in preparing the accompanying drills and exercises: Huang Ya-Yun, Jerling G. Kubler, Yang Wang; and my student research assistants Jenny Chen, Hoyoon Nam, Alexander T. Ratt, and Tron Wang.

For assistance in preparing the accompanying audio recordings: Jerling G. Kubler, Jun Yang, Weibing Ye and over one hundred other native speakers in Beijing, Taipei, Hong Kong, Macao, Singapore, and Malaysia. Of these, Dr. Jun Yang, Senior Lecturer in Chinese at the University of Chicago, deserves special recognition for the many hours he spent recording the majority of the Build Ups for the basic conversations.

For serving as actors in the accompanying video recordings or for assistance with arrangements for the videotaping: Flora Banker, Lindsay Benedict, Chen Limin, Chiu Ming-hua, Chou Shu-yen, Cynthia Cramsie, Darryl Crane, M. O. Danun, Chris Folino, Foo Si Min, Susan Harmon, Ho Tsu-chi, Brad Hou, Hou Lanfen, Mr. and Mrs. Hsueh Fu-hua, Ingrid Hsue, Hu Weiguo, Angie Huse, Jonathan Isaacs, Yun Yong Khang, Teng Jian Khoo, Jerling G. Kubler, Kuo Chih-hsiung, James Lambert, Gavin LaRowe, Siu-lun Lee, Roger Levy, Debbie Lee, Heidi Lee, Li Chen, Li Mei, Li Yingyou, Li Zhenqiang, Li Zhenwen, Liang Chunshen, Liao Hao-hsiang, Liu Jifeng, Liu Xiaodong, Kevin Lo, Michelle Lopez, Sweeheong Low, Ziqing Low, L Lin, Ma Yulan, Rachel Mac-Cleery, Mao Hui-ling, Maja Mave, Max Mayrhofer, Nicholas Minekime, Emily Murray, Chin Kwee Nyet, Gwen-dolyn Pascoe, David Rieth, Todd Roma, Thomas Rowley, Michael Saso, Mr. and Mrs. Amory Shih, Matthew Stein, Peter Stein, Su Weiming, Beth Sutter, Tang Chu-shih, Tang Wei-ying, Alex Tsebelis, Natasha Tyson, Wang Lixin, Michael Warres, Tim White, Wong Ho Put, Wu Hsian-jong, Yang Chunxue, Yang Ping, Yap Mae, Charles Yonts, Yun Yong Khang, Zhou Lei, and others.

For performing and granting permission to record and use their classical Chinese music in the audio and video recordings: Bai Miao, Chang Jing, and Tian Weining. In the recordings, Part 1 of each unit features the g zh ng , a 21-stringed plucked instrument similar to the zither; Part 2 features the rh , a two-stringed bowed instrument; Part 3 features the yngqn or dulcimer; and Part 4 features the s nxin , a three-stringed plucked instrument.

For assistance with the editing and dubbing of the accompanying audio and video recordings: An Zi; Bruce Wheat and Philip Remillard of the Office of Instructional Technology at Williams College; and my student research assistants Hoyoon Nam and Freeman Ningchuan Zhu.

For assistance with computer-related work: Adam Jianjun Wang, Senior Instructional Technology specialist at Williams College; student research assistants Daniel Gerlanc, Hoyoon Nam, Daniel Nelson, and Freeman Zhu; and Carl E. Kubler. Of these, Daniel Nelson and Daniel Gerlanc deserve special recognition for their continued support of the project over a period of several years.

For clerical assistance with various tasks related to the preparation of the manuscript: Donna L. Chenail of the Faculty Secretarial Office at Williams College; and my student research assistants Jenny Chen, Steven P. S. Cheng, Angie Chien, Niki Fang, Hoyoon Nam, Amy Sprengelmeyer, Tron Wang, and Freeman Zhu.

For assistance in checking the Chinese contained in this volume and/or providing helpful comments and suggestions: Cecilia Chang, Jingqi Fu, Han Bing, Hsu Yu-yin, Jerling G. Kubler, Liao Hao-hsiang, Nicholas Minekime, Eric Pelzl, Cathy Silber, Tseng Hsin-I, Chen Wang, Yang Wang, Tony Chung-yan Yang, and Li Yu. Of these, Yang Wang, my coauthor for the accompanying Intermediate Spoken Chinese Practice Essentials , deserves special recognition for her detailed review of the entire manuscript. I also wish to thank the students in my Chinese 101-102 courses at Williams College from 1992 through 2012 for numerous suggestions and corrections, as well as for their inspiration and encouragement. Students at St. Marys College of Maryland, where the course was field-tested with the assistance of Professor Jingqi Fu, and at Wisconsin Lutheran College, where the course was field-tested with the assistance of Professor Eric Pelzl, similarly provided helpful comments. Professor Pelzl deserves special thanks for his many insightful comments and excellent suggestions.

For meticulous editing and many other helpful suggestions during the production of this course: Sandra Korinchak, Senior Editor at Tuttle Publishing. I wish, once again, to express my appreciation for their enthusiastic support of the project and its development to Tuttles Publisher Eric Oey and Vice President Christina Ong; and to Nancy Goh, Tan Cheng Har, and the Tuttle Sales and Marketing Team for their expertise and assistance throughout.

It will be obvious to those familiar with the field of Teaching of Chinese as a Foreign Language how this course builds upon the work of others. I would like to single out the following, whose work has been especially helpful and inspiring to me: Y. R. Chao, Chien Wang-Chen, John DeFrancis, Beverly Hong, Thomas E. Madden, Victor Mair, Shou-hsin Teng, Galal Walker, and A. Ronald Walton. I should express here my appreciation to my own teachers of Chinese language and linguistics: Nicholas C. Bodman, Paul Jen-kuei Li, John McCoy, Mei Kuang, Tsu-lin Mei, Pei Shin Ni, Ting Pang-hsin, Harold Shadick, and Pilwun Wang. I wish also to acknowledge my debt to my teacher of Japanese, the late Eleanor H. Jorden, whose innovative contributions to the field of Teaching of Japanese as a Foreign Language served both as inspiration and example during the development of this course. Finally, I wish to express thanks to my wife, Jerling G. Kubler; my son, Carl E. Kubler; and my mother, Gisela H. Kubler, for their advice, support, and patience over a period of many years.