You may purchase the required textbook(s) from online vanders such as Amazon.com or Half.com. Make sure to search by the ISBN. Please contact the associate director, Chien Tsai, at tsaichienhsin @cityu. edu if you have any questions.
Arabic (ARA)
Levels 1:
Brustad, K., & Batal, M. (2010). Alif baa: introduction to Arabic letters and sounds (3rd ed.). Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press. ISBN: 978-1589016323
Levels 2- 7:
Brustad, K., Batal, M., & Tūnisī, A. (2011). Al-Kitaab fii taʻallum al-ʻArabiyya = A textbook for beginning Arabic. (3rd ed.). Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press. ISBN: 978-1589017368
Cowan, J.M. The Hans Wehr Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic (4th Edition, Arabic-English Dictionary). Spoken Language Services, Inc., Urbana, IL, 1994. (ISBN: 9780879500030)
Levels 8- 13:
Brustad, K., Al-Batal, and M. Al-Tonsi, A. Al-Kitaab fii Ta’allum al-‘Arabiyya – A Textbook for Beginning Arabic: Part 2 (3rd Edition, with DVD + Website Access). Georgetown University Press. (ISBN: 9781626161238) (used for levels 8-13)
Cowan, J.M. The Hans Wehr Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic (4th Edition, Arabic-English Dictionary). Spoken Language Services, Inc., Urbana, IL, 1994. (ISBN: 9780879500030)
Cantonese (CAN)
Level 1:
Dana Scott Bourgerie, Keith S.T. Tong, and Gregory James. Colloquial Cantonese. New York: Routledge, 2010.
https://routledgetextbooks.com/textbooks/colloquial/language/cantonese.php
https://routledgetextbooks.com/textbooks/colloquial/language/cantonese.php
Chinese (CHN)
Levels 1- 3:
Liping Jiang. HSK Standard Course 1 Textbook. ISBN: 9787561937099
Levels 4 – 6:
Liping Jiang. HSK Standard Course 2 Textbook. ISBN: 9787561937266
Beginning Chinese Conversation
(Instructor provides study materials)
French (FRN)
Level 1-4
Tendances methode de francais A1 – Cahier d’activités
(workbook, French edition) – 978-0320085079
Tendances methode de francais A1 – Livre de l’eleve
(textbook, French edition) – 978-0320085062
Levels 5-7:
Giradet, J., Pecheur, J., Gibbe, C., and Parizet, M.L. (2016).
Tendances A2, Livre de l’élève.
ISBN: 978-2090385281
Tendances A2, Livre de l’élève.
ISBN: 978-2090385281
Giradet, J. and Pecheur, J. (2016).
Tendances A2, Cahier d’activités (2016).
ISBN: 978-2090385298
Tendances A2, Cahier d’activités (2016).
ISBN: 978-2090385298
Grammaire contrastive pour anglophones – A1/A2 (French Edition).
ISBN: 978-2090380217
ISBN: 978-2090380217
German (GER)
Level 1-5:
2023. Momente A1.1 : Deutsch als Fremdsprache : Kursbuch plus interaktive version. Auflage. München: Hueber Verlag. (ISBN 978-3190017911) See publisher’s webpage.
Momente A1.1: Deutsch als Fremdsprache : Arbeitsbuch plus interaktive Version. Auflage. München: Hueber Verlag. (ISBN 978-3190117918) See publisher’s webpage.
Levels 6-10
Evans, S., Pude, A., et al. (2012). Menschen A2: Deutsch als Fremdsprache: Kursbuch. Ismaning: Hueber Verlag. (ISBN 9783192119026)
Evans, S., Pude, A., et al. (2012). Menschen A2: Deutsch als Fremdsprache: Arbeitsbuch (with 2 CDs). Ismaning: Hueber Verlag. (ISBN: 9783191119027)
Level 11-15
Vielfalt B1 Kurs- und Arbeitsbuch. Hueber Verlag, 2023. (ISBN: 978-3190010363) From the Publisher, or Amazon
Level 16-21
Böschel, Claudia, and Susanne Wagner. Sicher! B2 Deutsch als Fremdsprache München: Hueber Verlag, 2014. (ISBN: 978-3190012077)
Level 22+
Böschel, Claudia, and Susanne Wagner. Sicher! C1 Deutsch als Fremdsprache München: Hueber Verlag, 2015. (ISBN: 978-3190012084)
Intermediate Conversation
Schaum’s Outline of German Grammar. 6th Edition. 2019. ISBN 13: 9781260120998
German Cinema
Jeanne Schueller. Cinema for German Conversation. Newburyport: Focus Publishing, 2009. ISBN 13 – 9781585102808
Carol Fehringer. German Grammar in Context: Analysis and Practice 2nd Edition. New York: Routledge, 2014. ISBN 13 – 9781444167269
Japanese (JPN)
Level 1-6
Banno, E. (2020). Genki 1: An integrated course in elementary Japanese: Textbook (3rd ed.). Tokyo: The Japan Times ISBN: 978-4789017305
Banno, E. (2020). Genki 1: An integrated course in elementary Japanese: Workbook (3rd ed.). Tokyo: The Japan Times. ISBN:978-4789017312
Levels 7-12
Banno, E. (2020). Genki II: An Integrated Course in Elementary Japanese 2 (3rd ed.). ISBN: 978-4789017329
Banno, E., Ikeda, Y., and Tokashiki, K. (2020). Genki II: An Integrated Course in Elementary Japanese, Workbook 2, (3nd ed.). ISBN: 978-4789017336
Levels 13 – 18:
Yasui, Akemi, Ide Yuriko, and Doi Miyuki. (2019) Quartet: Intermediate Japanese Across the Four Language Skills 1. Textbook ISBN: 978-4789016957
Yasui, Akemi, Ide Yuriko, and Doi Miyuki. (2019) Quartet: Intermediate Japanese Across the Four Language Skills 1. Workbook ISBN: 978-4789016964
Levels 19 – 24:
Yasui, Akemi, Ide Yuriko, and Doi Miyuki. (2021) Quartet: Intermediate Japanese Across the Four Language Skills 2. Textbook ISBN: 9784789017459
Yasui, Akemi, Ide Yuriko, and Doi Miyuki. (2021) Quartet: Intermediate Japanese Across the Four Language Skills 2. Workbook ISBN: 9784789017466
Japanese Intermediate Grammar with Yuko Kozyrev
中級日本語とびら = TOBIRA INTERMEDIATE JAPANESE. 1. 2025. Kuroshioshuppan. (ISBN: 978-4801110182)
Intermediate Conversation with Hideki Aikoh
Marugoto: Japanese Language and Culture Intermediate1 B1 (Japanese Edition). (2015). Tokyo: Sanshusha. (ISBN: 978-4384057591)
Intermediate Conversation with Mitsuko Okada
Shoko Emori, Yoshiro Hanai, Satoru Ishikawa, et al. Tobira: Gateway to Advanced Japanese Learning Through Content and Multimedia (2009). Tokyo, Japan: Kuroshio. (ISBN: 9784874244470)
Shoko Emori, Yoshiro Hanai, Satoru Ishikawa, et al. GRAMMAR POWER: Exercises for Mastery (2012). Tokyo, Japan: Kuroshio. (ISBN: 9784874245760)
Advanced Conversation
上級日本語教材 日本がわかる、日本語がわかる ―ベストセラーの書評エッセイ24. See link for more information.
JLPT N5 Prep
Please contact the instructor when the class is confirmed to run
Korean (KRN)
Level 1 – 2
Language Education Institute, Seoul National University (2013), Seoul National University Korean Language 1A Student’s Book (Seoul: TWOPONDS Co., Ltd) ISBN: 9788953934283
Textbook MP3/Video Download
Level 3 – 4
Language Education Institute, Seoul National University (2013), Seoul National University Korean Language 1B Student’s Book (Seoul: TWOPONDS Co., Ltd) ISBN: 9788953934290
Textbook MP3/Video Download
Level 5 – 7:
Language Education Institute, Seoul National University (2013), Seoul National University Korean Language 2A Student’s Book (Seoul: TWOPONDS Co., Ltd) ISBN: 9788953934306
Textbook MP3/Video Download
Levels 8-10 :
Language Education Institute, Seoul National University (2013), Seoul National University Korean Language 2B Student’s Book (Seoul: TWOPONDS Co., Ltd) ISBN: 9788953934313
Textbook MP3/Video Download
Levels 11-13:
Language Education Institute, Seoul National University (2013), Seoul National University Korean Language 3A Student’s Book (Seoul: TWOPONDS Co., Ltd) ISBN: 9788953934320
Textbook MP3/Video Download
Levels 14-16:
Language Education Institute, Seoul National University (2015), Seoul National University Korean Language 3B Student’s Book (Seoul: TWOPONDS Co., Ltd) ISBN:
Textbook MP3/Video Download
Levels 17-20:
Language Education Institute, Seoul National University (2015), Seoul National University Korean Language 4A Student’s Book (Seoul: TWOPONDS Co., Ltd) ISBN: 978-8953934344
Textbook MP3/Video Download
Levels 21 and up:
Language Education Institute, Seoul National University (2015), Seoul National University Korean Language 4B Student’s Book (Seoul: TWOPONDS Co., Ltd) ISBN: 9788953948839
Textbook MP3/Video Download
Intermediate Conversation-
The instructor will provide study materials.
Korean for Heritage Speakers
Young-mee Yu Cho, Ji-Young Jung, and Jeeyoung Ahn Ha. Integrated Korean: Accelerated 1. Hoonlulu: University of Hawaii Press, 2020. ISBN: 9780824882778
Persian (PER)
Levels 1-6:
Brookshaw and Shabani-Jadidi (2019). The Routledge Introductory Persian Course: Farsi Shirin Ast, Second Edition. ISBN 9781138496798. Link to the Publisher with downloadable audio files at the bottom of the page.
Polish
Levels 1-2:
Polski, Krok Po Kroku: Level 1 (A1/A2): Course Book for Learning Polish as a Foreign Language (Polish Edition), 2010. ISBN: 978-8393073108
Portuguese (POR)
Level 1:
Eduardo Viana da Silva. BATE-PAPO: An Introduction to Portuguese. Seattle: University of Washington. Open Source.
Russian (RUS)
Instructors will share information on how to acquire the necessary materials for the class.
Intermediate Conversation
Баско, Н.В. (2016). We communicate in Russian in different situations (Общаемся на русском в разных ситуациах). Moscow: Русский Язык Курсы. (ISBN: 9785883374103 – Use this to search for book online)
Speak Better Russian: A Conversation Manual (online PDF)
Recommended Material (Not Required): Offord, D. and Gogolitsyna, N. (2005). Using Russian: A guide to contemporary usage (2nd ed.). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. (ISBN: 9780521547611 – Use this to search for book online)
Russian Culture Through Cinema
No textbook required. The instructor will provide the names of the films and where to find them.
Spanish (SPN)
Levels 1-3
Celia Meana. Entornos + ELEteca + Online Workbook – Unit 0-9. Edinumen USA, 2020. ISBN-13: 9788491793939 Buy Here
Levels 4-6:
Celia Meana. Entornos + ELEteca + Online Workbook – Unit 10-18. Edinumen USA, 2020. ISBN-13: 9788491793946 Buy Here
Level 7-10
Destellos – Curso Intermedio de Lengua Española, Part I. Editorial Edinumen, 2020. ISBN – 9788491793724 Buy Here
Level 11+
Destellos – Curso Intermedio de Lengua Española, Part II. Editorial Edinumen Buy Here
Spanish Intermediate Conversation
Instructor provides study materials.
Cinema for Spanish Conversation
Mary McVey Gill, Deana Smalley, and María-Paz Haro. Cinema for Spanish Conversation 5th Edition. Newburyport: Focus Publish, 2020. ISBN 13: 9781585109722 Publisher’s website
Advanced Spanish Grammar
The instructor will provide study material.
Ukrainian
Beginner’s Ukrainian with Interactive Online Workbook, Second Edition
ISBN-13: 978-0781813242
ISBN-13: 978-0781813242