Elizabeth Clare Scurfield

Elizabeth Scurfield, a sinologist, is the world’s leading published author for books on learning how to speak, read, and write Chinese. Her Teach Yourself Chinese series of books and audio CDs have been published in four languages, in more than 50 publications.

Biography

Elizabeth Clare Scurfield was born 1950 at Don Valley, England. She is the youngest of four children to her parents Ralph and Ella Jessie Barnes Scurfield (nee Barnes). She graduated with a degree in Chinese (First Class Honours) from the School of Oriental and African Studies in London. She is a founder member of the Chinese Department at the University of Westminster, London, where she has been the Evening Programme Director, Principle Lecturer in Chinese, and Chair of the Department of Modern Languages. She is a member of the British Association for Chinese Studies [http://www.bacsuk.org.uk/] , and was appointed specialist assessor with HEFCE for the period October 1996 - September 1998.

Research interests

* Language characteristics and the search for Chinese culture in the Root-seeker literature of the Eighties.
* Possible techniques in the teaching of the Chinese language to non-native speakers of mixed ability.

Selected publications

* Chinese: 11 editions published between 1991 and 2003 (Published in English and Chinese).

* Beginner's Chinese Script: 3 editions published between 1999 and 2003.

* Beginner's Chinese: An Easy Introduction: 7 editions published between 1996 and 2002.
* Teach Yourself Chinese (Audio Recording): 3 editions published between 1992 and 2004.

* Beginner's Chinese: 8 editions published between 1996 and 2003.

* Teach Yourself Beginner's Chinese (Audio Recording): 9 editions published between 1996 and 2004.
* Teach Yourself Beginner's Chinese Script: 2 editions published in 2004 (Published in English and Vietnamese)

* Teach Yourself Chinese (Audio Recording): 3 editions published between 2004 and 2004 (Published in English and Chinese)
* Mandarin Chinese Conversation (Audio Recording): 1 edition published in 2005.
* Mandarin Chinese: 2 editions published in 1991 (Published in Chinese and English)

* Mandarin Chinese Conversation (Audio Recording): 2 editions published in 2005 (Published in 2005)
* Teach Yourself Beginner's Chinese = Belajar Mandiri Bahasa Mandarin Untuk Pemula: 1 edition published in 2002 (Published in Chinese)
* Bahasa Mandarin Untuk Pemula: 1 edition published in 2000 (Published in Indonesian)

References

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* [http://www.foyles.co.uk/display.asp?K=9780340906477&bic=CJCK&ds=Speaking+/+pronunciation+skills&sort=eh_aws_rank/d&m=15&dc=278] Foyes: Author Biography]

* [http://www.amazon.ca/dp/0071430334] Review: Teach Yourself Chinese Complete Course Package]