Easy Steps to Chinese for Kids is a series of Chinese textbooks specifically designed for kids from
non-Chinese backgrounds. It covers four levels, each made up of Textbooks a and
b (each with a CD), Workbooks a and b, a set of color picture flashcards (for
students) and a set of word cards (for teachers).
This series has four characters in it, namely Ding Yi, Tian Li, Jingjing and
Lele, who are primary school students from China and abroad. Beautifully
designed illustrations, simple sentences and dialogues and lovely songs among
other means are adopted to develop the kids’ interest in learning Chinese and
help them lay a solid Chinese foundation by mastering such fundamental Chinese
knowledge as numbers, basic strokes, families and daily expressions. In each
volume, a cultural point is introduced through exquisite illustrations, concise
words and interesting color stickers.
This is the French edition of Workbook 3b in the series, which has beautiful
illustrations and abundant exercises and is printed in full color. It has
altogether 7 lessons encompassing such topics as stationery, school facilities,
positions, hobbies, food & drink, and nature. Supporting Textbook 3b, this
book requires students to repeatedly practice the pinyin and characters they’ve
learned and provides more question types such as matching, sentence making,
translation and paragraph writing, etc., to help students master the contents
taught in the textbook solidly and use them in real life.
Ms. Yamin Ma, with a bachelor's degree in English Language and Literature
and a master's degree in Education, is now teaching Chinese in an international
school in Hong Kong. Ms. Ma has many years' experience in teaching Chinese as a
foreign language and knows well about the AP Chinese Program in the US and the
IB Chinese Test in Europe. Ms. Ma focuses her academic research on English language
teaching, Chinese language teaching, and educational psychology, and has read
or published many papers on international seminars.