This is the Teacher’s Book accompanying the first and second volumes of A Chinese Course. Besides a changed size and a redesigned format, the present Teacher’s Book is different with its original version in such aspects as structure, content and explanations, which are modified according to the new edition of A Chinese Course. With a clear and detailed introduction to the teaching methods and steps, the book can provide convenience for the teachers who are using A Chinese Course and can also be used by other teachers, especially young teachers, as a reference.
Yang Jizhou, a professor in Beijing Language and Culture University, has been engaged in teaching and research on Chinese as a foreign language and in compilation of TCFL textbooks for a long time. His papers include “The Sequencing of Grammatical Items at the Elementary Stage of Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language” and “Several Points in the Compilation of Elementary Chinese Textbooks”, and so on. He has published such textbooks and reference books as Program for the Elementary Stage of Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language, Chinese Course, Climbing- Intermediate Chinese Course, 1700 Pairs of Chinese Common Word Usages, etc.