Intermediate Spoken Chinese

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This software accompanies

Intermediate Spoken Chinese  by Cornelius C. Kubler  ISBN 978-0-8048-4018-7 (Book with software & audio)

Intermediate Spoken Chinese Practice Essentials  by Cornelius C. Kubler & Yang Wang  ISBN 978-0-8048-4019-4 (Book with audio & PDFs)

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Cornelius C. Kubler was responsible for the linguistic and pedagogical content of this program, with Daniel Gerlanc being responsible for the original version’s software design and development.

Thanks are also due the following for their important contributions:

For assistance with the preparation of the basic conversations that serve as the core of this course: Jerling G. Kubler, Lu Zhi, Amory Yi-mou Shih, Wu Zong, and Yang Wang.

For recording situational dialogs used as source material for some of the basic conversations: Cao Jianying, Chang Ling-lan, Li Yueying, Li Zhenwen, Liu Shu-yen, Eileen H. Seng, Amory Yi-mou Shih, Tony Chung-yan Yang, and Yang-Hou Kun.

For assistance in preparing the accompanying audio recordings: Jerling G. Kubler, Jun Yang, Weibing Ye and over one hundred other native speakers in Beijing, Taipei, Hong Kong, Macao, Singapore, and Malaysia.

For serving as actors in the accompanying video recordings or for assistance with arrangements for the videotaping: Flora Banker, Lindsay Benedict, Chen Limin, Chiu Ming-hua, Chou Shu-yen, Cynthia Cramsie, Darryl Crane, M. O. Danun, Chris Folino, Foo Si Min, Susan Harmon, Ho Tsu-chi, Brad Hou, Hou Lanfen, Mr. and Mrs. Hsueh Fu-hua, Ingrid Hsue, Hu Weiguo, Angie Huse, Jonathan Isaacs, Yun Yong Khang, Teng Jian Khoo, Jerling G. Kubler, Kuo Chih-hsiung, James Lambert, Gavin LaRowe, Siu-lun Lee, Roger Levy, Debbie Lee, Heidi Lee, Li Chen, Li Mei, Li Yingyou, Li Zhenqiang, Li Zhenwen, Liang Chunshen, Liao Hao-hsiang, Liu Jifeng, Liu Xiaodong, Kevin Lo, Michelle Lopez, Sweeheong Low, Ziqing Low, Lü Lin, Ma Yulan, Rachel MacCleery, Mao Hui-ling, Maja Mave, Max Mayrhofer, Nicholas Minekime, Emily Murray, Chin Kwee Nyet, Gwendolyn Pascoe, David Rieth, Todd Roma, Thomas Rowley, Michael Saso, Mr. and Mrs. Amory Shih, Matthew Stein, Peter Stein, Su Weiming, Beth Sutter, Tang Chu-shih, Tang Wei-ying, Alex Tsebelis, Natasha Tyson, Wang Lixin, Michael Warres, Tim White, Wong Ho Put, Wu Hsian-jong, Yang Chunxue, Yang Ping, Yap Mae, Charles Yonts, Yun Yong Khang, Zhou Lei, and others.

Assistance received from the following in the videotaping of the basic conversations for this course is gratefully acknowledged:

Unit 11, Part 2: 7-Eleven Corporation of Taiwan; Part 4: China Petroleum station, corner of Xinyi Road and Tonghua Street, Taipei;
Unit 12, Part 2: Suzhou Jie Department Store, Beijing;
Unit 13, Part 2: Heping Supermarket, Taipei; Part 3: Fengcai Shoe and Handbag Store, Taipei; Part 4: Tiantian Children’s Fashions, Taipei;
Unit 14, Parts 1 and 2: Dong Ji Restaurant, Beijing; Parts 3 and 4: Jufulou Manchurian Restaurant, Beijing;
Unit 15, Parts 1, 2, and 3: Quanjude Roast Duck Restaurant, Beijing;
Unit 16, Part 1: Xiangyang lou Restaurant, Taipei;
Unit 20, Parts 1 and 2: Chinese Classic Art Development Center, New York City;
Unit 22, Part 2: Foreign Affairs Police, Taipei; Part 3: National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei;
Unit 23, Part 3: Yale-China Chinese Language Centre, Chinese University of Hong Kong;
Unit 24, Part 3: Penang Chinese Girls’ Private High School; Part 4: SBS House of Notebooks, Gurney Plaza, Penang.

For performing and granting permission to record and use the classical Chinese music for the audio and video recordings: Bai Miao, Chang Jing, and Tian Weining.

For assistance with the editing and dubbing of the accompanying audio and video recordings: An Zi; Bruce Wheat and Philip Remillard of the Office of Instructional Technology at Williams College; and my student research assistants Hoyoon Nam and Freeman Ningchuan Zhu.

For assistance with computer-related work: Adam Jianjun Wang, Senior Instructional Technology specialist at Williams College; student research assistants Daniel Gerlanc, Hoyoon Nam, Daniel Nelson, and Freeman Zhu; and Carl E. Kubler. Of these, Daniel Nelson and Daniel Gerlanc deserve special recognition for their continued support of the project over a period of several years.

For clerical assistance with various tasks related to the preparation of the manuscript: Donna L. Chenail of the Faculty Secretarial Office at Williams College; and my student research assistants Jenny Chen, Steven P. S. Cheng, Angie Chien, Niki Fang, Hoyoon Nam, Amy Sprengelmeyer, Tron Wang, and Freeman Zhu.

For assistance in checking the Chinese contained in this volume and/or providing helpful comments and suggestions: Cecilia Chang, Jingqi Fu, Han Bing, Hsu Yu-yin, Jerling G. Kubler, Liao Hao-hsiang, Nicholas Minekime, Eric Pelzl, Cathy Silber, Tseng Hsin-I, Chen Wang, Yang Wang, Tony Chung-yan Yang, and Li Yu. Of these, Yang Wang, coauthor for the accompanying Intermediate Spoken Chinese Practice Essentials, deserves special recognition for her detailed review of the entire manuscript. Neil Kubler also wishes to thank the students in his Chinese 101-102 courses at Williams College from 1992 through 2012 for numerous suggestions and corrections, as well as for their inspiration and encouragement. Students at St. Mary's College of Maryland, where the course was field-tested with the assistance of Professor Jingqi Fu, and at Wisconsin Lutheran College, where the course was field-tested with the assistance of Professor Eric Pelzl, similarly provided helpful comments. Professor Pelzl deserves special thanks for his many insightful comments and excellent suggestions.

Logistical or financial support from the following is gratefully acknowledged: Hong Gang Jin at the Associated Colleges in China Program in Beijing; Hsin Shih-Chang, Shouhsin Teng, and Tseng Chin-Chin at the Graduate Institute of Teaching Chinese as a Second Language at National Taiwan Normal University in Taipei; the Mellon Foundation and the Center for Educational Technology at Middlebury College; Michael Saso at the Institute of Asian Studies in Beijing; Jenny F. So and staff at the Institute of Chinese Studies at the Chinese University of Hong Kong; Tuttle Publishing; Wu Jingjyi at the Foundation for Scholarly Exchange in Taipei; Weiping Wu at the Yale-China Chinese Language Center of the Chinese University of Hong Kong; and, last but not least, Williams College, especially the Center for Technology in the Arts and Humanities, the Oakley Center for the Humanities and Social Sciences, and the Office of the Dean of the Faculty.

Users of these materials who have suggestions for improvement are urged to e-mail
Cornelius C. Kubler at ckubler@williams.edu