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Target Audience(Age): College, Adults
Developing Chinese (3rd Edition) is a set of systematic Chinese language teaching materials foradults that embodies the teaching concept of “development” and adopts the modelof “integrating comprehensive language ability cultivation with specializedlanguage skills training”, which can be divides into three levels (elementary,intermediate and advanced) and six series (comprehensive, speaking, listening,reading, writing and elementary reading and writing), with a total of 28volumes.
Developing Chinese (3rd Edition) Intermediate Reading Course(I) is a reading textbook of the
Developing Chinese series, which isapplicable for learners who have studied the elementary Chinese courses such as
Developing Chinese Elementary Comprehensive Course (II) and
DevelopingChinese Elementary Reading and Writing Course (II), or those who are atintermediate level of Chinese Learning. The textbook has 14 lessons in total,and each lesson consists of two intensive reading texts, one practical readingtext and one self-challenge text. The reading materials involved are rich intopics, practical in content, varied in practice, and moderate in difficulty,which can comprehensively improve learners’ reading skill and comprehensivelanguage skills such as “reading and speaking”, enhance their interest inreading, and improve their comprehensive reading comprehension ability.
About the Author
Li Quan, Editor-in-Chief, is a professor and doctoral supervisorat the School of Chinese Studies and Cultural Exchange, Renmin University ofChina. Professor Li is also a member of the National Steering Committee forPostgraduate Education of International Chinese Language Education, vicepresident of the Beijing Language Association, executive director of the InternationalSociety for Chinese Language Teaching, and editorial board member of variousjournals such as
Chinese Teaching in the World and
AppliedLinguistics.
Editorial Review
(1) Throughreading language materials of different topics, genres and styles, learnerswill improve their ability to recognize the meaning of words and sentences,initial comprehension of phrases and discourse, and ability to identify keyinformation and accurately understand the main idea of a text.
(2) Throughvarious forms of reading, learners are guided to read according to theirreading habits and needs in life, and continuously enhance their sense ofChinese language while accumulating real reading experiences.
(3) Throughdiversified and interesting reading practices, the relevance and effectivenessof reading training is improved, and learners’ reading skills will be cultivatedfrom various aspects.
(4) Throughreasonable and orderly arrangement of the difficulty of selected texts and practices,it reduces the reading fatigue of learners, enhances their interest in reading,and improves their comprehensive reading comprehension ability.
Suggestion
The textbook consists of 14 lessons in total, and each lesson is suggested to finish in 2 class hours.
