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2. Learning Chinese Textbooks for
College, late High School
New Practical Chinese Reader (ed. Liu Xun)
- Updated version of the popular Practical
Chinese Reader of the 1980s
- Compilation of Chinese textbooks that aim to
teach Chinese to English speakers
- Setting of lessons is about campus life.
Over 300,000 copies sold!
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3. Total of 70 lessons in 6 volumes
Volumes 1-4 for Beginners (50 lessons)
Volumes 5-6 Suitable textbooks for English
speaking students.
Can also be used for self study.
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4. Students will learn linguistic structures
and functions, and also gain a sense of
achievement in communicative ability
as the lessons go along.
– Simple dialogue
– Sentence patterns
– Expansion of previous lessons
– More words and grammar, more complex sentences
and paragraphs
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5. NEW PRACTICAL CHINESE
READER
Features :
• Emphasis on useful conversation
• Equal emphasis on systematic use of Chinese
characters
• Background on Chinese culture
• Use of stories to interest students
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6. Emphasis on useful conversation
• Greetings and introducing oneself
• Phonetics also taught
• Students are trained to understand and
communicate at a higher level, especially in
paragraphs.
• More functional conversation to improve the
student’s understanding, speaking, reading and
writing Chinese.
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7. Equal emphasis on systematic use of Chinese
Characters
The first 2 volumes stress the basic rules of
Chinese script:
– Basic strokes
– Easy characters frequently used as components of other
characters
– Single component characters
– Advancement to more difficult ones in the later volumes
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8. Background on Chinese culture
For students to understand the context of Chinese
conversation better
Use of pictures that show cultural details, such as:
– Menus
– Advertisements
– Road signs
– Newspapers
– Classical literary pieces and more
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9. Use of Stories to Learn Chinese
The stories of 3 international students provide an
interesting jump-off point to learn Chinese.
– Continues the story from the original Practical Chinese Reader
characters, who now have a child and it is this child who is now
studying Chinese.
– Learn new words, grammar and characters as the 3 students’
friendships, love stories and relationship with teachers are also
revealed.
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10. Structure of lessons:
– Text. The topics and scenes of each lesson. Dialogues with audio practice
– Pronunciation
– New Words
– Notes. Explanations of new words, develop grammatical points taught
previously, or introduce necessary cultural background.
– Conversation Practice, Drills and Practice
– Reading Comprehension and Paraphrasing
– Phonetics and Pronunciation Drills
– Grammar
– Characters. Character components, later combined to form characters. Rules for
constructing and writing characters
– Culture Note
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12. Materials included in this series:
(Available at ChildBook, sold separately)
– Textbook
– Workbook
– CDs for textbook
– CDs for workbook
– Instructor Manuals
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• Quick Guides – Chinese conversations, etc.
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• Mock tests for SAT and AP Chinese
• Dictionaries
• Audio lessons
• Popular novels in Chinese , plus more!
