This is an entry level
course book of integrated Chinese for secondary school foreigners who are
taking short-term Chinese courses in China. It includes Textbooks A and B and
the corresponding workbooks. Each book has 15 lessons. The book is
function-based, aiming to be quick and practical. It trains the four skills of
listening, speaking, reading and writing, and the matching workbooks provide
exercises on listening, speaking, syntactic reading, translation and writing,
each type consisting of various practice drills. After that there are games and
activities to cater to teenagers’ learning interest. Every five lessons form
one unit, followed by a unit test, in addition to the final test at the end of
the book.
Ma Yanhua, Professor
and PhD Supervisor of Beijing Normal University, is the Director of the
Phonetic Teaching and Research Lab, a reviewer of National Social Science Fund
of China and a subject specialist in the Hong Kong Council for Accreditation of
Academic and Vocational Qualifications.
For
secondary school students who are taking short-term, beginning Chinese language
courses. Each lesson can be finished in one day with 4 class hours devoted to
it. Book B (includes 15 lessons) is suitable for short-term programs covering 1-3 weeks.