Intermediate Chinese Speaking - Book 1

Author: Liu Delian
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Publish Date: 2002-03-01
Features: The vocabulary selected for this textbook mainly consists of words from Level B and above in the "Outline for Chinese Language Proficiency Vocabulary and Character Grades" published by the National Office for Teaching Chinese to Speakers of Other Languages. Level A words and some commonly used Level B words are not included as vocabulary. The textbook's lessons revolve around scenarios students may encounter in daily life, featuring vivid and natural spoken dialogues to meet the readers' needs. It strives for innovation and breakthroughs, highlighting the characteristics of a spoken language textbook. Its features are primarily reflected in the following aspects:
First, it features several main characters throughout, each with distinct personality traits, allowing characters of different personalities to express language in varying styles.
Second, it pays attention to social trends, eliminating outdated or soon-to-be-outdated language. When arranging lesson content and language, it looks ahead, incorporating dialogue related to new social phenomena into the lessons.
Third, it includes a large number of practical exercises that progress from simple to complex, shifting the focus from "word-based" to "sentence-based" exercises. It emphasizes situational dialogues, teaching students to express appropriate language in different contexts.
Fourth, it systematically explains spoken language knowledge, comparing and systematically summarizing frequently used linguistic phenomena in spoken language, including spoken phonetics and spoken grammar.
Fifth, it supplements common spoken expressions. At the end of each unit, it adds a "Common Spoken Expressions" section, categorizing and appropriately summarizing frequently used communicative language in spoken language to help students understand different ways of expressing the same scenario.