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Target Audience(Age): College, Adults
Target Audience(Language): Intermediate
The “New Standard Chinese UndergraduateSeries” is a set of Chinese undergraduate textbooks based on the Chinese ProficiencyGrading Standards for International Chinese Language Education, adhering to the integration of “structure-function-culture” andupholding comprehensive quality training featured “language+professionalism”throughout. Aiming at better meeting the needs of Chinese language teaching forinternational students coming to China for undergraduate studies under the newstandard, this series is based on the concepts of “diversification,three-dimensionality, innovation and intelligence”, and is mainly tailor-madefor international students coming to China for undergraduate studies in Chineselanguage. Meanwhile, it can be used in relevant training courses at home andabroad, and meet the learning needs of long-term advanced students andself-learners coming to China to study Chinese. The whole set is divided intothree levels (elementary, intermediate and advanced) and two sequences(horizontal and vertical). The horizontal sequence is divided into four majorsections, including Chinese language skills and knowledge, cultural knowledge,translation between Chinese and foreign languages, and business Chinese, whilethe vertical sequence is based on comprehensive teaching materials,supplemented by teaching materials for listening, speaking, reading and writingskills, which are used throughout the first to the fourth year of undergraduateeducation, so that the ratio of general skills courses with professional skillsand knowledge courses at all levels can be balanced to ensure that students canobtain in-depth and balanced learning effects at all stages of study.
Intermediate Chinese Comprehensive Course is a series of intermediate comprehensive textbooks with 2 volumesin total. This book is the second volume.
Intermediate Chinese Comprehensive Course II includes 12 lessons intotal, each consisting of the learning focus, warm-up, the text, a word list,key words, language points, comprehension and expression exercise of the text,extended reading and exercises, and general knowledge of the language andculture. The topics involved cover changes in times (or things), culturaldifferences between the East and the West, humans and animals, socialphenomena, study and work, science and technology and life, games and life, humanand space, and Chinese culture. Through the study of this textbook, studentscan master such communicative skills as describing an animal, expressingpersonal opinions about new things, explaining the commonalities and differencesbetween two things, telling personal emotional stories about someone orsomething, explaining the reasons behind a certain social phenomenon andreflecting on a certain social phenomenon, describing the situation ofadulthood or post-marriage living in one’s own country or region, simulatinginterviews, imitating the writing of a paragraph, and applying interrogativesentences.
About the Author
Zhang Hao, the chief-in-editor, is aprofessor, doctoral supervisor, and dean of the College of InternationalChinese Studies, Beijing Language and Culture University (BLCU). Having beenengaged in teaching Chinese as a foreign language for more than 30 years,Professor Zhang has taught in overseas universities in the United States andCanada for nearly 10 years, and has travelled overseas as an expert of Hanbanto conduct Chinese teacher training for many times. Her research mainly focuseson Chinese language teaching and cultural communication studies. She haspublished more than 30 papers in core journals and 6 monographs, and haspresided over and participated in 7 provincial and ministerial projects.Professor Zhang has been awarded the Beijing Higher Education Teaching Awardand the Beijing Teachers’ Virtues Pioneer Award. As the person in charge, shehas declared and won the evaluation of national first-class undergraduateprogrammes, national first-class courses, Beijing excellent nurturing team,Beijing key first-class majors and so on.
Editorial Review
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Intermediate Chinese ComprehensiveCourse highlights “four combinations” in writing:
The combination of language skillstraining and critical thinking skills development. The professional development concept of “language skills training + criticalthinking skills development” is implemented. On the basis of vocabulary andlanguage point learning, the “Text Comprehension and Expression Exercise”section is set up in conjunction with the topic of the lesson. Through a seriesof graded and diversified practice activities, learners are helped to developtheir ability to express in paragraphs and, at the same time, to develop theircritical thinking skills through visualized tools and diversified tasks.
The combination of practicality and fun. The topics of the texts are close to life, allowingstudents to have something to say, have the ability to say, and say it well.The content of the topic gives students subtle and positive guidance in thecognitive, behavioral and other dimensions. The exercises are set up in adiversified and hierarchical manner, and at the same time, the games, crafts,simulations and other fun activities are integrated.
The combination of coherence andsystematicness. As the key link of the series, the
IntermediateChinese Comprehensive Course is the bridge between the elementary andadvanced levels. The involved vocabulary focuses on Levels 5 and 6 of the
GradingStandards, with volume 2 exploring forward to the higher levels andfocusing on vocabulary repetition. Grammar points cover Levels 4, 5 and 6 ofthe
Grading Standards, and reinforce in-depth explanations of elementarylanguage points and lay the groundwork for advanced language points. In termsof style, the two textbooks focus on narrative language materials andexpository and argumentative texts respectively, helping students to graduallyadapt to the transition from short narrative texts at the elementary level to professionaland academic texts at the advanced level.
The combination of traditional culture and modern civilization, Chineseperspective and global identity. The topics of the textscover the tasks of Levels 5 and 6 of the Grading Standards, taking intoaccount both traditional and modern elements, and discussing global issues froma Chinese perspective. Suggestion The
Intermediate ChineseComprehensive Course consists of 2 volumes which can be used in oneacademic year. In the first semester, it’s recommended to study
IntermediateChinese Comprehensive Course I, consisting of 12 lessons with one lesson becompleted in an average of 6-7 class hours (45 minutes per class hour). Whileit’s recommended to study
Intermediate Chinese Comprehensive Course II with one lesson be completed in 7-8 class hours. This book is equipped withsupporting courseware, which can be obtained in the resource area of “One Codefor One Book” under the scratch silver on the back cover.
