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An innovative approach to teaching Chinese language and culture, using folk and popular songs. Offering an innovative approach to language learning, Chinese through Song helps students develop their language proficiency and music appreciation through the use of folk, popular, and art songs. Because songs emphasize the color, pronunciation, and intonation of every syllable, they can be a valuable tool for improving a student's spoken language skills. By learning and performing the songs in this book, students will expand their vocabularies and improve their pronunciation, voice projection, and language expression-all while learning about Chinese culture in a fun and stimulating way. This revised and expanded edition includes thirty songs, many of them new to this edition. They feature lucid and vivid language, as well as beautiful and relatively simple melodies. They are good for voice development and can be practiced in different modes of performance, including solos, duets, rounds, and musical dramas. Each chapter comprises up to seven sections: (1) a song, including sheet music and lyrics in Chinese characters and pinyin Romanization; (2) a line-by-line English translation; (3) a vocabulary list designed for students who have completed at least one year of Chinese; (4) cultural notes that help students understand the historical and social context of the song; (5) language notes on the use of key words and important sentence patterns; (6) singing instructions, including remarks on interpretation and performance; and (7) language exercises for both classroom practice and homework assignments. Chinese through Song may be used in several ways: as the main textbook for an interdisciplinary, intermediate-level course, emphasizing both language acquisition and musical performance; as a supplement to regular Chinese language classes, from elementary through advanced levels; as a resource for extracurricular activities (for example, a Chinese chorus or a performance at a Chinese New Year party); and as a general songbook.

Table of Contents:
Acknowledgments Introduction: On a New Approach to Language Acquisition User's Guide Chinese Singing Terms Basic Singing Techniques Part One 1. Song of Mount Ali 2. Kangding Love Song 3. Jasmine Flower 4. In That Distant Place 5. Tangyuan For Sale 6. Sweet Like Honey 7. The Girl of Daban City 8. Little Blade of Grass 9. The Great Sea, My Homeland , 10. Where is Spring 11. Longing 12. Please Lift Your Veil 13. Path in the Forest 14. Wishing You Peace 15. Song and Smile Part Two 16. Dating at the Aobao Terrace 17. Where Is the Way 18. Return Home Often 19. Candied Haws 20. Husband and Wife Return Home in Pairs 21. If the Mountain Does Not Turn, the Water Will 22. Rowing the Big Boar Together 23. Wedding Vow 24. Boy's, Don't Guess What's on a Girl's Mind 25. My Deskmate 26. The Same Song 27. The Coolest National Style 28. Chinese Gongfu 29. New Year Wishes 30. Chinese Language Vocabulary Index About the Authors

About the Author :
Hong Zhang is Instructor of Chinese at Binghamton University, State University of New York. She is the coauthor (with Zu-yan Chen) of Cultural Chinese: Readings in Art, Literature, and History. Zu-yan Chen is Professor of Chinese Language and Literature at Binghamton University, State University of New York. He is the author of Li Bai & Du Fu: An Advanced Reader of Chinese Language and Literature.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781438455419
  • Publisher: State University of New York Press
  • Publisher Imprint: Global Academic Publishing
  • Height: 273 mm
  • No of Pages: 248
  • Spine Width: 25 mm
  • Width: 213 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1438455410
  • Publisher Date: 01 Sep 2014
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: Y
  • Weight: 807 gr


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