Zhang Xiaofeng is a PhD in Literature, an associate professor and a postgraduate tutor. He is a member of Jiangsu Linguistic Society who has been teaching in the International College for Chinese Studies of Nanjing Normal University since 2003. Mr. Zhang is mainly responsible for teaching the main courses for Chinese and foreign students, such as Modern Chinese, Business Chinese, Advanced Journal Reading, Teaching Chinese as a Second Language, Teaching and Research of Chinese Elements, and is devoted to the visualization research of modern Chinese tone and mood and language knowledge. He has participated in the authoring of Business Chinese— Reading and has published more than 10 papers.

Yang Juan, a lecturer with a PhD in Literature, has been teaching at the International College for Chinese Studies of Nanjing Normal University since 2007. From September 2013 to August 2016, she was expatriated as a Chinese teacher to the Confucius Institute of Pace University in New York, U.S.A. In 2019, she was awarded the “Top Ten in Teaching” in the 12th Young Teachers Teaching Competition of Nanjing Normal University. Her research mainly focuses on sociolinguistics, Chinese grammar, and teaching Chinese as a foreign language. She has published more than 10 papers in Rhetoric Learning, Journal of Chinese Language Teaching and Research in the U.S., Sinology Studies and other journals.

1. As the main language textbook in “A Series of Specified Chinese Textbooks for Foreigners Studying in China· Business Chinese”, this tutorial is a special textbook for students with Chinese government scholarship.

2. Produced to meet the needs of international pre-college students for basic Chinese knowledge and skills related to economics and trade, this tutorial can better reflect the teaching steps and training methods, get closer to the actual classroom teaching and is easy for teachers to operate in class. With highlighted key points, selected texts with an emphasis on knowledge and realism and realistic topics, this tutorial can stimulate and mobilize students’ imagination and creativity.

    Suitable for students who come to China to major in economics and trade and other related majors in college and Chinese learners with other related needs. 3 to 4 class hours per week for one semester.