Intermediate Spoken Chinese: A Practical Approach to Fluency in Spoken Mandarin (Audio CD and DVD Included)
Cornelius C. Kubleris Stanfield Professor of Asian Studies at Williams College, where he teaches Chinese and for many years chaired the Department of Asian Studies. He was formerly Chinese Language Training Supervisor and Chair of the Department of Asian and African Languages at the Foreign Service Institute, U.S. Department of State, where he trained American diplomats in Chinese and other languages, and he served for six years as Principal of the American Institute in Taiwan Chinese Language & Area Studies School. Kubler, who has directed intensive Chinese language training programs in the U.S., mainland China, and Taiwan, has been active in Chinese language test development and has authored or coauthored 13 books and over 50 articles on Chinese language pedagogy and linguistics. He is the author of the widely acclaimedBasic Chineseseries, includingBasic Spoken Chinese;Basic Spoken Chinese Practice Essentials;Basic Written Chinese;Basic Written Chinese Practice Essentials;Intermediate Spoken Chinese;Intermediate Spoken Chinese Practice Essentials;Intermediate Written Chinese(forthcoming) andIntermediate Written Chinese Practice Essentials(forthcoming).