Winner of the Cengage Learning Award for Innovative Excellence in the Teaching of Chinese as a Foreign Language, 2014.Action! China is a practical guide for intermediate to advanced students of Chinese wanting to maximize their study abroad experience and enhance their language skills.This handy guide contains over 90 Field Performance tasks which prompt real-life interactions with native speakers. By carrying out these real-life tasks, students refine and solidify existing communication skills and gain a fuller understanding of, and participation in, Chinese culture.The guide also provides over 60 Performance Watch task suggestions which help students understand how native speakers accomplish communicative goals through guided observation and analysis of naturally occurring interactions.Action! China helps students understand and participate socially in Chinese, guiding them through skill-acquiring and skill-using processes and enabling them to form meaningful connections with Chinese people in the community.
Topic 1 Getting Settled Topic 2 Eating Topic 3 Taking Transportation
Topic 4 Shopping Topic 5 Exploring Campus Culture Topic 6 Socializing Topic 7
Solving Problems Topic 8 Protecting Health Topic 9 Volunteering in the
Community Topic 10 Participating in Formal Events Topic 11 Planning a Trip
Topic 13 Preparing Presentations Topic 14 Taking Leave
Donglin Chai has been teaching Chinese as a foreign language since 2006 and is currently a visiting affiliate assistant professor of Chinese at Loyola University Maryland, USA. She has directed intensive Chinese study abroad programs for the US Department of State Critical Language Scholarship program and The Ohio State University.
Crista Cornelius is Director of the Xijin Chinese Language Program at Shaanxi Normal University in Xian, China, a new program integrating short-term Chinese study abroad with teacher training for novice Chinese language teachers.
Bing Mu is currently a PhD candidate in Chinese Language Pedagogy at The Ohio State University, USA. She has taught Chinese language courses of all levels in both regular academic and summer intensive programs at The Ohio State University. She has also served as a mentor for advanced American learners of Chinese in The Ohio State Universitys Chinese Flagship Program in Qingdao, China.