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Cornelius C. Kubler

    Cornelius C. Kubler is an expert in linguistics and Chinese literature, whose work focuses on effective methods for teaching the Chinese language. His pedagogical approach emphasizes separating listening and speaking from reading and writing to facilitate the learning process for English speakers. Kubler's textbooks are designed to support independent learners, offering detailed grammatical and cultural notes alongside extensive exercises. His methods stem from a deep understanding of linguistics and extensive experience in teaching and developing Chinese language learning materials.

    Basic Mandarin Chinese - Speaking & Listening Textbook
    Basic Written Chinese: Move from Complete Beginner Level to Basic Proficiency (Audio CD Included)
    Continuing Mandarin Chinese Textbook
    Basic Spoken Chinese Practice Essentials
    Elementary Mandarin Chinese Textbook
    Intermediate Written Chinese: Read and Write Mandarin Chinese as the Chinese Do (Includes MP3 Audio & Printable Pdfs)
    • 2020

      Continuing Mandarin Chinese Textbook

      • 256 pages
      • 9 hours of reading

      "Continuing Mandarin Chinese Textbook is a new intermediate-level course in Mandarin which enables you to quickly learn the next level of the language--following the first book in the series, Elementary Mandarin Chinese Textbook. The 24 lessons in this book are meant to be used in 3 hours per week of class instruction over one academic year. Students will need another 2-3 hours of outside practice and review for every hour of class time using the materials in the Continuing Mandarin Chinese Workbook that accompanies this textbook. These books can also be used by self-study learners due to the extensive explanations and free supplementary materials available including online audio and video recordings and flash cards. The entire course can be completed in 25 to 35 weeks and teaches you the basic skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing Mandarin Chinese at a conversational level. Each lesson starts with a dialogue and includes a list of new and supplementary vocabulary along with questions and grammar notes about the dialogue, a reading section and extensive exercises (that are in the Workbook). Continuing Mandarin Chinese Textbookoffers the following significant advantages over other similar textbooks: Everyday Chinese dialogues are used for listening and practice -- complete with vocabulary lists and questions and storylines based on actual everyday experiences in China Chinese grammar is explained in simple, non-technical terms with useful notes and tips given Reading exercises are provided for all new words and phrases in each lesson Free online audio recordings by native speakers from various parts of China help you not only acquire correct pronunciation but also to understand Chinese speakers who have different accents Illustrations and supplementary video clips add authenticity to the dialogues in the book A Chinese-English dictionary is provided at the back for easy reference Chinese characters and Pinyin Romanized forms are used throughout the book except for the reading exercises--so this book is usable by learners who wish to focus on learning the spoken language and do not necessarily want to learn to read and write Chinese. This textbook should be used with the accompanying Continuing Mandarin Chinese Workbook and with the accompanying audio files, which can be downloaded free directly from Tuttle Publishing's website."--Amazon.com

      Continuing Mandarin Chinese Textbook
    • 2020

      Continuing Mandarin Chinese Workbook

      • 192 pages
      • 7 hours of reading

      This workbook is designed to accompany the Continuing Mandarin Chinese Textbook and offers a wealth of carefully-designed practice activities to help you solidify every aspect of your Chinese skills in listening, speaking, reading, and writing. It includes copious drills, exercises, and other practice materials. Online audio and video files are available for use in the relevant exercises. The lessons in this workbook correspond to the 24 lessons in the Continuing Mandarin Chinese Textbook. The materials in this workbook are meant to be completed by students outside of class, to strengthen and consolidate their understanding of the materials in the textbook. Each lesson of the workbook contains two parts. Each part has two sets of listening comprehension exercises, one translation exercise, one character practice sheet, and one reading and writing exercise. Lessons 13 and 24 of the textbook are review lessons and therefore have no corresponding workbook materials.

      Continuing Mandarin Chinese Workbook
    • 2020
    • 2020

      Elementary Mandarin Chinese Workbook

      • 192 pages
      • 7 hours of reading

      "This workbook is designed for use with the Elementary Mandarin Chinese Textbook and offers a wealth of carefully-designed practice activities to help you solidify every aspect of your Chinese skills in listening, speaking, reading, and writing. It includes extensive interactive drills, exercises and other practice materials. Online audio files are available for use in the relevant exercises. The lessons in this workbook correspond to the 24 lessons in the Elementary Mandarin Chinese Textbook. The materials in this workbook are meant to be completed by students outside of class to strengthen and consolidate their understanding of the materials in the textbook. Lessons 1 and 2 of the Workbook contain exercises to learn to read and pronounce the Pinyin alphabet along with simple classroom expressions. They also introduce 48 basic Chinese characters. Beginning with Lesson 3, each lesson of the workbook contains two parts. Each part has two sets of listening comprehension exercises, one translation exercise, one character practice sheet, and one reading and writing exercise. Lessons 13 and 24 of the textbook are review lessons and therefore have no corresponding workbook materials." -- Amazon

      Elementary Mandarin Chinese Workbook
    • 2018

      Intermediate Written Chinese

      • 384 pages
      • 14 hours of reading

      Intermediate Written Chinese is tailored to your personal Chinese language- learning goals and abilities so that you can become fluent as smoothly as possible!

      Intermediate Written Chinese
    • 2018
    • 2018

      Intermediate Spoken Chinese

      • 384 pages
      • 14 hours of reading

      Welcome to the world's most efficient method of learning Mandarin Chinese, whether you are striving to learn Chinese on your own, or studying in a classroom setting. Includes DVD with 56 interactive videos and MP3 Audio CD with approximately 6 hours of native-speaker audio.

      Intermediate Spoken Chinese
    • 2017

      This is the complete beginning-level course for spoken Mandarin Chinese designed to have you speaking quickly and accurately! The Basic Mandarin Chinese series offers a complete introductory Chinese language course specifically designed for native English speakers

      Basic Mandarin Chinese - Speaking & Listening Textbook
    • 2017
    • 2017