Language Arts & Disciplines

The book begins with the basics of communication and sentence structure in English, and leads the reader step by step through to the formal report writing and public speaking, with the aim of improving the reader's speaking, listening, reading and writing skills essential in today's global business world. The book is designed for intermediate level students and readers, and those at the advanced level who wish to give a final polish to their skills. It is suitable both for classroom use and self-study, adopting a "hand-on" approach to learning. Language learning is a living process; through the many exercises and tasks in the book, the reader will have ample opportunity to practice and learn the art of communication.

Hong Kong is a cosmopolitan city where international communication is a fact of everyday life. Translation has thus always been essential in bridging the social and cultural gap between Chinese and Western civilizations. Translation in Hong Kong: Past, Present and Future tries to assess the role played by this academic discipline at different historical periods and to articulate the issues that confront its future development. This is one of the most complete if not the best coverage on the subject, written by notable scholars and practitioners in the field.

This book is intended as a companion reference work to Chinese textbooks for beginners. It uses a comparative approach to address over 200 points of grammar and vocabulary that frequently present difficulties to students of Chinese. This volume serves as an easy and efficient reference for teachers and advanced students as well.

Gateway to Chinese Character Writing is designed to show beginners of Chinese how to write a Chinese character properly. The book introduces the principles that govern the construction of Chinese characters, the basic strokes that comprise Chinese characters, and the proper stroke order when writing Chinese characters. The book is also accompanied by a DVD which clearly demonstrates how to write those Chinese characters introduced in the book in the proper stroke order. The book is highly compatible with Gateway to Chinese Language.