Chinese Paradise is a series of children’s elementary Chinese textbooks targeted at
primary school students in other countries; it is a key textbook project of
Hanban. Its first English edition was published in 2005, followed by a
succession of 45 language editions of the Level 1 books. At present, the series
has been sold to more than 50 countries and areas in the world, been widely
used in primary and middle schools overseas and become the most popular
overseas children’s Chinese textbooks.
Since 2013 Beijing Language and Culture University Press has begun to
revise the published books and compile the follow-ups. The second edition of
the whole series has altogether six levels, suitable for students of Grades 1-6
in primary schools outside of China and in international schools in China. Each
level comprises one textbook (with a CD), one workbook (with a CD), one set of
word cards (for all language editions), one teacher’s book (for all language
editions), one corresponding reader, one set of tests, and four multimedia CD-ROMs.
This is Workbook 3 of the English
edition matching Textbook 3, including six units, 12 lessons. Each lesson
provides 6-8 exercises, falling into four sections—Chinese Pinyin, Chinese
characters, words and conversations, which are supported by dynamic and
innovative illustrations and designs and take lively and interesting forms,
such as placing stickers, coloring, drawing lines, and solving mazes, etc.
There are in addition topic-relevant handicraft activities. At the end of the
book are pages of stickers.
Liu Fuhua is the deputy dean of College of the
Humanities and International Language College of Jilin University, whose
research involves teaching of Chinese as a foreign language, international
Chinese teaching materials, and international Chinese education. Ms. Liu has
engaged in the teaching of Chinese as a foreign language since 1985 and has presided
over several key textbook projects planned by Hanban. She has published two
academic books, General Discussions on
Linguistics and Chinese
Pronunciation Training Course, five international Chinese textbooks and
more than 30 academic papers on international Chinese education, etc.