Chinese Course is a series of comprehensive Chinese learning materials
designed for international students in China and abroad. It consists of 6
volumes, which take a degree-granting institution one year to finish. It is one
of the most popular and influential textbook series for undergraduate education
targeted at foreigners. The first two editions have sold more than two million
copies in total.
This is Book
3A of the third edition, with a total of 13 lessons. It follows Book 2B and
enters the stage of vocabulary and short text learning. Each lesson basically
consists of such sections as text, new words, notes, word usages, and
exercises. The texts are mainly narratives, undertaking the task of training
listening, speaking, reading and writing skills; the number of new words in
each lesson increases; the section of word usages focuses on explaining word
usages and comparing the usages of synonyms; the exercises come in diverse
types, including comprehension, imitation, communication, etc.
This book is
annotated in Thai. While keeping the original flavor of the English edition, it
includes some local Thai elements so as to be closer and more practical to the
students.
Professor Yang Jizhou
of Beijing Language and Culture University has worked in the field of CFL
teaching and research and CFL textbook writing for many years. His published
works include Teaching Syllabus of
Elementary Chinese for Foreign Students, the Chinese Course series, the
Climbing Up series, the Vocational Chinese series, 1700 Groups of Frequently Used Chinese Synonyms, 800 Frequently Used Chinese Function Words, The Commercial Press Learner’s Dictionary
of Chinese Idioms, A Handbook of
Spoken Chinese Sentences, etc. His major papers include “Order of
Grammatical Items in Elementary Level CFL Teaching” and “Issues in the
Compilation of Elementary Chinese Textbooks”, etc. Prof. Yang won the 2nd prize
of 2001 Beijing (Higher) Education Achievements.