NEW PRACTICAL CHINESE READER Learn-Chinese Textbooks for College Students

NEW PRACTICAL CHINESE READER

Learn-Chinese Textbooks

for College Students

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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!



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.




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





Features :

• Emphasis on useful conversation• Equal emphasis on systematic use of Chinese

characters• Background on Chinese culture• Use of stories to interest students



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.




Equal emphasis on systematic use of ChineseCharacters

The first 2 volumes stress the basic rules ofChinese script:

– Basic strokes– Easy characters frequently used as components of other

characters – Single component characters– Advancement to more difficult ones in the later volumes




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




Use of Stories to Learn Chinese

The stories of 3 international students provide aninteresting 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.



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



Sample Page - Level 1


Materials included in this series:(Available at ChildBook, sold separately)

– Textbook – Workbook– CDs for textbook– CDs for workbook– Instructor Manuals



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NEW PRACTICAL CHINESE READER Learn-Chinese Textbooks for College Students