Intensive Chinese for Pre-University Student Listening, a series of beginner/intermediate level listening textbooks, is consistent with HSK SyllabusandFinal Test for the Pre-University International Students Founded by the Chinese Government Scholarship and shows the teaching ideas of “learning to use” and “combining learning with testing”. This series is designed for pre-university students who study science, engineering, literature and history in China. It can also be used as Chinese listening textbooks for beginner/intermediate level students who come to China for long-term language training. It is also suitable for learners of Chinese who want to pass HSK levels 1-5.

This is the first volume of the listening textbooks designed for students without previous Chinese learning experience. It has 16 lessons, the first four of which teach phonetics, and each of the other 12 lessons has such parts as “Text”, “Exercises”, “Let’s Talk” and “Challenge Ourselves”. 

Wang Yaomei, Vice Dean and Master Supervisor in the College of International Education, Shandong University, has been studying Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language (TCFL) starting 1987. She studies areas including TCFL textbooks, acquisition of Chinese as a second language, etc. 

Intensive Chinese for Pre-University Student Listening 1 can be used as a Chinese listening textbook for pre-university students who study science, engineering, literature and history in China. It can also be used as a Chinese listening textbook for beginner/intermediate level students who come to China for long-term language training. It is also suitable for learners of Chinese who want to pass HSK levels 1-5. This is the first volume of the listening textbook and is designed for students without previous Chinese learning experience. 

Each book has 16 lessons, each of which is suggested to be taught in two class periods.

Based on the teaching situations, such as the amount of class hours or the speaking exercises, teachers can select and use the text, the part “Let’s Talk”, or “Challenge Yourself”. They can also focus on a part of the text, such as a dialogue, and take other parts as assignments.