New
Concept Chinese 5 and 6 are based on Dream of China, a TV show close to
modern Chinese people’s life. The materials selected are those that can help
foreigners learn about and understand Chinese people’s life and improve their
Chinese communication skills.
This book is composed of 20 lessons,
each focusing on one topic and consisting of two parts—the text and the
exercises. (1) Text, the first part of each lesson. In each unit, the first
three lessons each have a text which is a brief introduction to one episode of Dream of China and the new words and
grammar points involved. The last lesson in each unit is a short essay about
common Chinese people’s lives, written by the editorial group. (2) Exercises,
the second part of each lesson. The exercises in the first three lessons of
each unit are mostly audiovisual and speaking exercises based on an episode of Dream of China and aim to cultivate
students’ Chinese listening and speaking skills. The exercises in the last
lesson of each unit are reading and writing exercises, which aim to cultivate
students’ reading and writing skills.
Through
learning New Concept Chinese 6,
students can acquire a preliminary ability to read Chinese newspapers and
magazines, enjoy Chinese movies and TV shows, and make relatively complete
speeches.
Mr. Cui Yonghua is a researcher in Beijing Language
and Culture University. He has been engaged in the field of Chinese teaching
and research since 1981. His research focuses on Chinese grammar, Chinese
language teaching and Chinese information processing, and his publications
include Classroom Techniques for Teaching
Chinese as a Foreign Language, Teaching and Research of Chinese as a Foreign Language (a collection of
academic papers) and some textbooks coauthored with others, such as Standard Chinese Course, Learning Chinese and Learn Chinese through Listening, Speaking
and Watching. Mr. Cui has chaired and participated in many research
projects, such as Radical Standards of GB13000.1 Character Set for the Purpose
of Information Processing.