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Year of the Goat: An AI-Savvy Approach to Learning Intermediate Chinese: Two-Volume Set: Two-Volume Set book cover

1st Edition

Year of the Goat: An AI-Savvy Approach to Learning Intermediate Chinese: Two-Volume Set Two-Volume Set

By Chris Wen-Chao Li
872 Pages 447 Color Illustrations
by Routledge

872 Pages 447 Color Illustrations
by Routledge

Volume 1 Year of the Goat adopts a learner-centered approach and infuses elements of AI-assisted language acquisition into its lessons. Volume 1 explores the themes of study, travel, work, leisure, housing, and relationships. The book traces the footsteps of a student, an interpreter, a flight attendant, a software engineer, and a music artist, whose lives are intertwined as they spend... Read more

Volume 1

Introduction.
UNIT 1. DEPARTURE.
Preflight Announcement
Carry-on Luggage
The Kindness of Strangers
UNIT 2. COHORT.
Student Introductions
Instructor Intro
UNIT 3. ALTERCATION.
Under the Influence
Bar Fight
Hospital Stay
UNIT 4. PLAGIARISM.
Quid Pro Quo
Academic Integrity
Writing Assignment
UNIT 5. ACCOMMODATION.
Roommate Problems
Apartment Rental
Cohabitation
UNIT 6. CAREER.
Makeup Assignment
Interview Subject
Full Interview

Volume 2


Introduction.
UNIT 7. TAIWAN.
Meet the Parents
Shouting Match
Advice Column
UNIT 8. ROOTS.
Remembrance
Ancestral Roots
Melting Pot
UNIT 9. HOT POT.
Online Reviews
Chance Encounter
Parting Gracefully
UNIT 10. NUPTIALS.
Wedding Gifts
Black-Tie Reception
Fortune-Telling
UNIT 11. LIVELIHOOD.
Career Planning
Between East and West
Job Interview
UNIT 12. HOMECOMING.
Farewell Hong Kong
Nighy on the Town
Airport Crowd
Epilogue

Biography

Chris Wen-chao Li is a Professor in the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures at San Francisco State University, and has taught courses in linguistics, translation & interpreting, news writing & Chinese language.

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