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CHINESE PARADISE
Chinese Paradise is intended for elementary school students of Chinese. It has three levels, each of which consists of: Student's Book A and B, accompanied with CD, CD-ROM, and cards of words and expressions. Workbook A and B are accompanied by a CD and expressions. This course in 3 levels uses pictures, songs and games. At the end of the course students will know 50 characters and 300 words, be able to recite some nursery rhymes and will have learned a little about Chinese culture.
    Level 1
  • CHI4397 Student Book 1A & CD
    ISBN:9787561914397  $11.95

  • CHI4403 Workbook 1A & CD ISBN:9787561914403   $9.95

  • CHI4670 Student Book 1B
    ISBN:9787561914670  $10.95

  • CHI4687 Workbook 1B
    ISBN:9787561914687 $9.95

  • CHI4410 Teacher's Book 1 ISBN:9787561914410  $19.95
    Level 2
  • CHI4434 Student Book 2A & CD ISBN:9787561914434  $11.95

  • CHI4441 Workbook 2A & CD ISBN:9787561914441  $11.95

  • CHI4694 Student Book 2B ISBN:9787561914694  $10.95

  • CHI4700 Workbook 2B ISBN:9787561914700  $9.95

  • CHI4458 Teacher's Book 2 ISBN:9787561914458  $21.95
    Level 3
  • CHI4366 Student Book 3A & CD ISBN:9787561914366  $13.95

  • CHI4373 Workbook 3A & CD ISBN:9787561914373  $13.95

  • CHI4656 Student Book 3B ISBN:9787561914656  $11.95

  • CHI4663 Workbook 3B ISBN:9787561914663   $11.95

  • CHI4380 Teacher's Book 3 ISBN:9787561914380  $23.95


CHINESE PARADISE FLASHCARDS (3 Sets) $22.95 Each
Part of the popular “Chinese Paradise” textbook series featuring colorful illustrations, this set of bound flashcards is a perfect way to study and memorize characters.


CHINESE MADE EASY FOR KIDS
The primary goal of this series is to provide elementary school student with a solid foundation for learning Chinese as a second/foreign language. This collection is designed to emphasize the development of communication skills ie: listening and speaking. The materials include four full color textbooks, each supplemented by a CD, flash cards and a workbook. Flash cards are available for levels 1 & 2, each flash card is associated with a lesson in the book, and the set includes 135 word cards, and 39 picture cards.

    Level 3
  • CHI5196 Text+CD $21.95 ISBN:9789620425196
  • CHI2520 Workbook $14.95 ISBN:9789620425202
    Level 4
  • CHI5233 Text + CD $21.95 ISBN:9789620425233
  • CHI5240 Workbook $14.95 ISBN:9789620425240

EVERYDAY CHINESE SIMPLIFIED CHARACTER
Everyday Chinese is a beginning Mandarin Chinese language program designed for students aged nine to twelve. Each lesson features a specific topic with relevant learning materials, designed to help learners acquire basic communication skills in everyday Chinese. To assist comprehension and to encourage language use, the book includes vivid pictures, cartoons, and photographs. A variety of listening and speaking activities provide students with opportunities to imitate and repeat the language in meaningful contexts. It is abundant in all kinds of material designed for different purposes, aimed at making the learning of Chinese more complete and inspiring. There are five components of the series: Student Book, Workbook, Teacher's Guide, CD, and CD-ROM.
System requirements: Microsoft Windows 98 to Vista

My Chinese Book Simplified Character
Far East My Chinese Book is a complete program for students aged 6-9 learning Chinese as beginners. It is designed to enable young students to experience and learn Chinese language and culture in a fun and exciting way through lively pictures, photos, games, sounds and more. This series consists of three levels, each accompanied by a Students Book, a Workbook, a Teacher's Guide, Flash Cards, and an audiotape. Colorful illustrations and photos in the Student's Book create communicative and meaningful contexts to make learning authentic and appealing to young students. The workbook reinforces learning through hands-on activities. The Teacher's Guide provides creative ideas for instruction, as well as reproducible worksheets. The audiotape is a must for classroom and home review. Both traditional Chinese and simplified Chinese editions are available, please contact us for prices if you are interested in the traditional edition.
    Level I
  • FEP557X Textbook Level I ISBN:957612557X $25.95
  • FEP5588 Workbook Level I ISBN:9576125588 $11.95
  • FEP0858 CD Level I ISBN:8159800858 $14.95
    Level II
  • FEP7106 Textbook Level II ISBN:9576127106 $23.95
  • FEP7114 Workbook Level II ISBN:9576127114 $14.95
  • FEP7130 Teacher's Guide II ISBN:9576127130 $27.50
  • FEP 0865 CD Level II ISBN:8159800865 $13.95

Chinese Culture and Language
Written in simple sentences in both English and Chinese, this book is divided into three parts. Part One contains authentic photos that are self-explanatory. Part Two provides coloring sheets for the entertainment of younger readers. Part Three includes an assortment of activities that can assess the reader's knowledge of Chinese culture.




FOLLOW JADE! 30 minutes, $19.95 Each DVD
Children will learn over 40 different words and phrases in each video that they can use everyday. In Let’s Go To Market children will visit a market and farm in China, and learn about fruits, animals, body parts, action verbs, and more. In Let's Visit Chinese Kindergarten the children will spend the day with students at a Chinese kindergarten, where they will learn greetings, numbers, counting, colors, songs, and more. Children learn while having fun, through Jade’s engaging and interactive teaching style. Key vocabulary words are shown on screen with Romanized Pinyin spellings, and each section completes with a special review to enhance learning. DVD contains chapter marks and interactive menus.
  • MCC4487 Let’s Go To Market in China ISBN:9781888194487
  • MCC4470 Let's Visit Chinese Kindergarten ISBN:9781888194470

PRACTICAL CHINESE LEARNING GAME (10 IN 1) - $19.95
An effective, efficient and fun way to learn speaking, listening, and reading Chinese while playing a simple board game. With ten different levels, the game package includes 100 picture cards and 100 Chinese character cards, a colored poster, a Chinese character poster and more. Students will be challenged to recognize characters, make sentences, and exercise their powers of recall. After playing the games, they should be familiar with the words on the cards and should be able to create sentences based on these cards.
CHI2156 - Simplified Characters ISBN:9780972952156
CHI2101 - Traditional Characters ISBN:9780972952101

FEP0500 Listen and Read, Think and Learn (8 Books and 1 CD) $38.50 ISBN:4718159310500
This series contains eight easy, large print books and one CD. The bright, attractive, easy-to-read design appeals to young students. The superb full-color illustrations encourage browsing. Elementary students can easily learn the basic Chinese characters through vivid pictures. The language is age-appropriate. This series is a part of any student's first step toward success in learning Chinese. Appendix includes Pinyin/Zhuyin/Chinese/English.

SAY IT EASILY
An innovative, comic book-style series in three volumes designed to teach everyday Chinese. Each page contains an illustration depicting a social situation and accompanying the drawing is the phrase which corresponds to it in English, Pinyin Chinese characters, with notes in Korean and Japanese. The primary purpose of the texts is to teach learners how to express thoughts such as gratitude, delight, annoyance, surprise, disappointment, and hope verbally. Each volume comes with a CD.
  • CHI4061 Say it Easily Volume 1 with CD ISBN:9787801874061 $14.95
  • CHI4078 Say it Easily Volume 2 with CD ISBN:9787801874078 $14.95
  • CHI4085 Say it Easily Volume 3 with CD ISBN:9787801874085 $14.95

FLUENT CHINESE
This is a continuation of the “Say it Easily” series for advanced students with more nuanced expressions and longer dialogs which depict how to use the expressions in context.
  • CHI8144 Fluent Chinese 1 with CD 334 pp., ISBN:9787801878144 $11.95
  • CHI8151 Fluent Chinese 2 with CD 340 pp., ISBN:9787801878151 $11.95

High School & University

CHI2617 CHINESE SAT II SAMPLE TESTS VOLUME 2 $24.95
College Board, 134 pp., Softcover with CD, ISBN:9780979182617
Compiled by the Association of Northern California Chinese schools, this new study guide includes sample tests and tips on how to score high on the SAT II Subject test in Chinese. It greatly expands on volume 1. Each book includes a free audio CD and new questions that test grammar, reading and listening comprehension.

BA4009 BARRON'S AP CHINESE LANGUAGE AND CULTURE WITH AUDIO CDS $29.99
Book and 3 CDs 592 pp., ISBN:9780764194009
This brand-new manual prepares students for a subject that has just been added to the Advanced Placement program. Separate sections review all parts of the new exam: Listening, Reading, Writing, Grammar, Speaking, and Culture. Each section also includes exercises, and the listening and reading sections include practice questions with answer keys and answer explanations. The book reflects the AP exam’s standards, presenting questions in both traditional and simplified Chinese characters. Two full-length practice exams are presented with answer keys. Enclosed are three audio compact discs, which present spoken material covering the exam’s Listening, Writing, and Speaking sections.

CHINESE MADE EASY
Chinese Made Easy adopts a new approach to teaching Chinese as a second or foreign language. It is designed for students taking the SAT II / AP-Chinese Examinations, IB Chinese Exam, HSK , or for those students who are starting to learn Chinese on their own. This method has five levels with textbooks and CDs, workbooks and teacher's guides. After completing the series, learners will have acquired a vocabulary of approximately 1,700 Chinese characters and several thousand phrases. This course features task-based learning coupled with a focus on form and function. Textbooks are in full color and include both simplified and traditional Chinese characters on vocabulary lists.

    Level 2
  • CHI5868 Textbook with CD $31.95 ISBN:9789620425868
  • CHI0511 Workbook $22.95 ISBN:9789620425875
  • CHI3826 Teacher's Guide with CD $14.95 ISBN:9789620426261
    Level 3
  • CHI1051 Textbook with CD $33.95 ISBN:9789620425882
  • CHI1068 Workbook $22.95 ISBN:9789620425899
  • CHI3697 Teacher's Guide with CD $14.95 ISBN:9789620423697
    Level 4
  • CHI2478 Textbook with CD $31.95 ISBN:9789620425905
  • CHI2959 Workbook $24.95 ISBN:9789620425912
  • CHI2980 Teacher's Guide with CD $14.95 ISBN:9789620422980
    Level 5
  • CHI3024 Textbook with CD $31.95 ISBN:9789620425929
  • CHI3031 Workbook $22.95 ISBN:9789620423031
  • CHI3352 Teacher's Guide with CD $14.95 ISBN:9789620423352

Everyday Chinese Traditional
Everyday Chinese provides learners with texts in modern standard Chinese, along with a variety of exercises in phonetics, grammar, contextual meaning, and usage to help them improve their skills in listening, speaking, reading and writing. This series includes: Textbook, Student's Workbook, Teacher's Manual, CD-ROM, Cassette Tapes and CDs for Textbook and Student's Workbook, Video, and Character Guide. Both traditional Chinese and simplified Chinese editions are available, please contact us for prices if you are interested in the simplified edition.

    Level I
  • FEP4824 Textbook ISBN:9789576124822 $34.95
  • FEP4859 Workbook ISBN:9789576124853 $14.50
  • FEP4832 Teacher's Manual ISBN:9789576124839 $24.95
  • FEP4840 Character Guide ISBN:9789576124846 $17.95
  • FEP0568 CD's ISBN:4718159800568 $24.95
  • FEP0575 CD for Workbook ISBN:4718159800575 $13.95
    Level II
  • FEP4875 Textbook ISBN:9789576124877 $52.95
  • FEP4905 Workbook ISBN:9789576124907 $17.50
  • FEP4913 Teacher's Manual ISBN:9789576124914 $23.95
  • FEP0612 CD's ISBN:4718159800612 $34.95
  • FEP0629 CD for Workbook ISBN:4718159800629 $13.95
    Level III
  • FEP5626 Textbook ISBN:9789576125621 $42.95
  • FEP560X Workbook ISBN:9789576125607 $7.95
  • FEP6177 Teacher's Manual ISBN:9789576126178$11.95
  • FEP0650 CD's ISBN:4718159800650 $29.95


NEW PRACTICAL CHINESE READERS
The long-awaited revised edition of the popular Practical Chinese Reader series is finally available! This completely new series, which will encompass six volumes and 70 lessons when completed, takes the student from an absolute beginning to an intermediate level, and equals approximately 3 years of higher_level classroom instruction. The text follows the life and story of Ding Libo and other international students as they learn contemporary Mandarin, Chinese culture and society. A well respected method which emphasizes the basic skills of reading, writing (simplified characters), speaking, and listening, it also contains supplementary exercises, many illustrations, charts, and is in a larger 8 x 11 format.

    Level 1
  • CHI0405 Textbook $19.95 ISBN:9787561910405
  • CHI0429 Workbook $14.95 ISBN:9787561910429
  • CHI0412 Teacher's Guide $14.95 ISBN:9787561910412
  • CHI1952 4 Audio CDs $29.95 ISBN:9787887031952
    Level 2
  • CHI1297 Textbook $21.95 ISBN:9787561911297
  • CHI1457 Workbook $12.95 ISBN:9787561911457
  • CHI0012 Teacher's Guide $14.95
  • CHI3198 4 Audio CDs $29.95 ISBN:9787887031983
    Level 3
  • CHI2515 Textbook $21.95 ISBN:9787561912515
  • CHI2522 Workbook $12.95 ISBN:9787561912522
  • CHI0013 Teacher's Guide $16.95 ISBN
  • CHI2003 4 Audio CDs $29.95 ISBN:9787887032003
    Level 4
  • CHI3192 Textbook $26.95. ISBN:9787561913192
  • CHI3314 Workbook $14.95 ISBN:9787561913314
  • CHI0014 Teacher's Guide $14.95
  • CHI1921 5 Audio CDs $34.95 ISBN:9787887031921


Blaine Ray Mini Novels



  • BR1979 Poor Anna $9.50 Based on "Pobre Ana"

  • BR8197 Mary in Shanghai $9.50 "Based on "Patricia Va A California"


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