George Xiang Chi Niurou Baozi: Traditional Character Version, Paperback/Terry T. Waltz

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Description Lights, camera -- salad? There's nothing like sitting down in front of the TV to enjoy a good film. And sitting down without beef baozi is nothing like enjoying a good film. Will George find his snack of choice, or will he end up in anger management instead? George Xiang Chi Niurou Baozi is a progressing book for new readers of Chinese. Written in a minimum number of characters, with color coding and word spacing, "George" provides new readers of Chinese with a chance for independent reading success. About the Author Terry Waltz holds a Ph. D in Foreign Language Education (Mandarin Chinese) and is a NYS-certified teacher of Mandarin Chinese and a nationally-recognized presenter on teaching Chinese through TPRS and Comprehensible Input methodologies. She is the author of "Anna mei Banfa!," "Susan you mafan," "Josh Duyiwuer," the Panda Riffic reader series and numerous illustrated storybooks for emergent readers of Chinese, as well as the "Zhongwen Bu Mafan!" curriculum. She is the creator of the cold character reading method of teaching Chinese literacy and the TOP (Tonally Orthographic Pinyin) system of tonal spelling, and originated the use of directional gestures for teaching Chinese tones. A qualified conference interpreter, Dr. Waltz lived in Taiwan for a decade, where she earned her MA in Conference Interpreting at Fujen University and taught languages and interpreting at schools and government agencies around the island. She now lives in upstate New York, dividing her time between writing learner-friendly Chinese materials, developing educational games for Squid For Brains, and continuing her longtime interpreting and translation practice in Mandarin and Spanish.