by Daoxiong Guan (Author)
Business Chinese 101 is a handbook of conversational Chinese designed for non-native speakers of Chinese who study or work in China as well as primary and intermediate learners of Chinese. The content is reasonably simple with a clear aim. It is developed to enable users to learn, imitate, and master useful vocabulary and sentences in a meaningful context so that they can quickly improve Chinese skills and easily adapt to Chinese culture in the short term.
It is composed of 10 thematic units, including "Business Social Intercourse," "Business Communication," "On a Business Trip," "Business Negotiation," "Around the Office," "Having a Meeting," "Human Resources," "Marketing," "Freight Transport Service," and "Investigation and Investment." Each thematic unit includes 9 to 11 topics. Each topic chapter includes 6 components--Key Sentence, Substitution, Extension, Dialogue, Related Words, Cultural Navigation.Author Biography
Guan Daoxiong is a senior faculty member in the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultural Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB). As the Chinese Language Program's coordinator and a teaching professor, he has taught Chinese courses at all levels in different subjects, including Modern Chinese, Modern Chinese for Heritage Speakers, Conversational Chinese, Reading and Writing in Chinese, Business Chinese, and Classical Chinese over the past 26 years at UCSB. His research interests mainly focus on two areas, Business Chinese and Chinese Classical Literature.