In accordance with “Learn Chinese with Me” Student's Book 1, this workbook is mainly designed for homework, but the teacher can also choose some exercises for class teaching. There are altogether 36 lessons, each of which contains 6-8 exercises, including exercises on Pinyin, Chinese characters, vocabulary and sentence patterns. Since this workbook is planned for beginners, we have always been keeping the following principles in mind when compiling it:
1. Emphasizing the learning of the Pinyin. Following the same teaching sequence in the textbook, this workbook contains exercises on the Pinyin in each lesson. Even if the study of the basic knowledge of Pinyin is concluded, such exercises as recognizing the sound, practicing the tones can still help the students recall what they have learned, as they recycle the teaching points of the previous units.
2. Identifying and pronouncing Chinese characters first, and writing them second. Following the same teaching sequence in the textbook, this workbook can help the students gradually obtain the knowledge of basic structures, basic strokes, the most commonly used components, and the stroke order of Chinese characters. During this process, the recognition and reading of Chinese characters always precede the writing of Chinese characters.
3. This workbook tried to make the exercise interesting, when the knowledge of Chinese Language has been compiled in an integrated and systematical way.
