1st Edition
Year of the Goat: An AI-Savvy Approach to Learning Intermediate Chinese Volume 2
By Chris Wen-chao Li
Copyright 2027
434 Pages
228 Color Illustrations
by
Routledge
434 Pages
228 Color Illustrations
by
Routledge
Year of the Goat adopts a learner-centered approach and infuses elements of AI-assisted language acquisition into its lessons. Volume 2 of the textbook explores the themes of food, family, ancestry, religion, livelihood, and romance. 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... Read more
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.
