Chinese for English Speakers includes three levels: primary, intermediate and advanced; each level contains two volumes, one is textbook and the other is workbook. Each level contains 22 lessons which can be learned for universities of foreign countries for about almost 1 year. Freshman uses the primary level, sophomore uses the intermediate level and junior uses the advanced level. The series is written in traditional character in Chinese and simplified Chinese character. The advanced volume includes 22 lessons and they are divided to three parts. The first part is from lesson 1 to lesson 4 and it reflects Chinese culture. The second part is from lesson five to lesson nineteen and it introduces famous people in or out of China, at present or in the history. The third part is from lesson 20 to 22 and it reflects the social problems of China.
This book is part of the series of Chinese for English-Speakers, which include three textbooks (Primary, Intermediate, Advanced), companioned by three workbooks (Primary, Intermediate, Advanced) and a primary character book.
Advanced Textbook can be divided into three parts: Lessons 1 to 4; Lessons 5 to 19; and Lessons 20 to 22. The first part mainly introduces Chinese culture in a historical way. The second part covers various aspects from China and abroad. In introducing Chinese and global celebrities, for example, we choose topics about Sun Yat-sen, Mei Lanfang, Marco Polo and Bill Gates to profile their life or personality. And even in other common stories, the characters also show a profound personality or a traditional moral attitude towards life and culture. The learner can sense out something typical in the common Chinese of all walks of life, young or old, male or female. The third part explains some focused issues of present China, introducing some topics about China's peasants, population control, education, economical development and environmental protection, etc., which are mainly concerned by many curious foreigners.
Adavanced Workbook continues some exercises on Word-building, Phrase, New Words and Grammar within a more difficult sense. The new exercise "Fill in the blanks with the words in the text" is designed to improve the learner's comprehension of the text. If the learner cannot understand the text, he/she will not remember and know how to use the words and expressions properly. "Topic Exercise" and "Dialogue Exercise", of course, require the learner to express him/herself in Chinese in a more proper way.
Advanced Textbook is designed for about 4 to 6 hours' study per week for about one year's teaching.
Intermediate textbook in two parts: the first lesson to lesson is the eighth text editor written by Isabel to the father, mother, brother, sister, brother, sister, friend send e - mail, describes the current situation of Chinese society; ninth Lesson to two dozen class is rewritten essay, though also reflected the situation in China, but including different times, different places, different areas, different aspects of the situation, so you can make students more comprehensive understanding of China's history, geography, culture, economy and the concept of the Chinese people. The first lesson to lesson eighth by the editor to write another reason is that we adhere to the principle of Grade A word first appeared. Because the Class 1 033 words, and all elementary textbooks only words more than seven hundred, even if the whole word appears Grade Class also left more than three hundred words. Three four hundred words can not all enter the intermediate grade textbook selected essays. Now the editor in the form of Yemeir introduced the current situation of Chinese society, can the rest of the primary textbook written word into the intermediate grade textbook texts. Of course, to the twenty-second Lesson Lesson 9 selected essays should also consider the quality of the word, the word to do with B and Class C word-based. This is particularly useful to achieve what they have learned words can guarantee. Intermediate practice this exercise with the primary practice of the exercises are not the same, the primary focus is on grammar exercises this syntax, grammar exercises in this intermediate focus is lexical. "Formation practice" is the word with the word, expand vocabulary; "phrase training" emphasize words and word groups, and lay a good foundation for the sentence; "words to practice" requires flexible use of words, to deepen the understanding of words; "election Word fill in the blank "is similar meanings related words together, were compared to identify and fill in the blank;" Grammar Practice "is the key, mainly adverbs, conjunctions, word association exercise. Because it is the focus of practice, and more difficult, so many sentences, exercises greater. After class XII, then increase the "dialogue exercises", in order to further improve the comprehensive ability to use language. Intermediate textbooks overseas sophomore English textbook, 4-6 hours per week, a school year may completion.
The materials developed at the beginning, middle and high levels, in two volumes each level, a book is textbook, a book is a practice of the (primary attached Character Book). 22 classes per grade, for European countries generally 4-6 hours per week of Chinese university class learning year, that is a year with a primary textbook, with mid-grade textbook, junior high-level textbooks. Character exercises in elementary textbooks is 5-7 words a day to practice, practice 25-35 words per week (Monday to Friday).
This textbook with all models font control, this is done in order to facilitate the students to choose. From the current actual situation, I very much agree with "smart fan wrote Jane," the idea put forward by Mr. Yuan Xiaoyuan. Not "smart fan", you can not read Chinese newspapers abroad, China's ancient books; not "write Jane", the student would be difficult to use Chinese characters notes. "Traditional knowledge to write simple" can do both read and write. This opinion properly No reference purposes only.
"European and American people learn Chinese: Elementary Textbooks" in two parts: voice and text. Voice first taught summary table, phonetic rules, to practice spelling. One to five practice exercises, practicing vowels, consonants and tones; exercise six to eight exercises is a common language, to consolidate the voice of knowledge in the speech stream. Text of 22 lessons, each lesson two small articles. Sub-chapter to facilitate the classroom teaching, the other can reduce the burden on students, but also to ensure the integrity of the teaching.
Shanfanjiujian grammar of the text, and follow the easy things first, the principle of gradual and orderly progress. To learn that four kinds of statements or five questions. Sentence elements to talk about the adverbial, tell complement. Complement is more complex, not only appears, and scattered to teach. Compare sentence, the words, the words, complex sentences more difficult at the end. The dispersion is also teaching complex sentences, but first learn the most common and easiest several.
Vocabulary, numerals, pronouns, question words, the orientation of the word must first learn; verbs, common adjectives, adverbs common, common prepositions also first master; quantifier is the difficulty of learning Chinese, concentrated around two courses, to facilitate comparison and master . Primary textbook chosen words are common words, words more than 90% grade. In order to facilitate memory, the same word generally appear together, for example,
Such as "morning, afternoon, evening," "brother, sister, brother, sister, mother, father";
There antonym also appear together, such as "how many, size, distance, old and new, up and down, left and right, trade, access" and so on.
Primary practice this exercise closely grammar. Because novice written exercises is the key, so each class has a lot of substitution exercises; and reading practice is to consolidate what they have learned this lesson the ability to use new words and improve vocabulary; conversation practice from simple to complex, and gradually increase.
Primary Character Book Character exercises to strengthen. 25-35 new words per lesson election, the election is not difficult to write, from Monday to Friday, 5-7 to write new words every day.
Zheng Guoxiong, professor. In 1937, male, Zhejiang Wenzhou. He graduated from Shanghai Normal University, now working at Fudan University International Cultural Exchange School. Universities have long been engaged in foreign language teaching and research work, the state teachers specialized training abroad, the state "a Foreign Language Teacher Certification> The first holder, has three times sent by the State Board of Education to teach French, before and after the six- long years. He has published many articles in domestic and foreign publications. It has its insights. Edited more than foreign language teaching materials, including a representative of the "six months to learn Chinese" (Chinese-English version of the Chinese), "Learning to half Chinese" (Chinese Version Japan and Japan), "Chinese forty-entry class" (Chinese-English The Chinese edition), "Chinese entry" scroll up and down (Chinese Version Japan and Japan), "Yamamoto couple tour in China", "Chinese Japan and Japan Version)," short read sequence "(Chinese-English version of the Chinese, the Chinese method of the present Chinese version), "Spoken Chinese" Advanced present (the present Chinese-English edition), "Basic spoken" (The Chinese-English edition), "everyday language" (The Chinese-English edition), "Tourism Spoken" (Chinese-English edition of the China) "Speaking topic" (The Chinese-English edition), "Oral argument" (The Chinese-English edition), "New Concept Chinese" Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced (Chinese-English edition of the Chinese) and the like. The "Getting Started forty Chinese course" was in 1988 - won the outstanding teaching prize 1992 National Foreign Language Teaching Excellence Award in.
