Approach the Classics · 3: Junior High School Cultural Reader: Junior High School Cultural Reader

Author: Yu Yi
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Publish Date: 2004-07-01
Features: A Closer Look at Classics: Junior High School Cultural Readers (Volumes 1-6) is the sister series to the already published A Closer Look at Classics: High School Cultural Readers (Volumes 1-6). The series is edited by the renowned national Chinese language special education teacher Yu Yi, jointly written by university professors and frontline secondary school teachers. It is a brand-new Chinese language reader meticulously crafted for middle school students by Shanghai Education Publishing House. The series features the following five content characteristics:
① Emphasizes the classic nature of the selected texts, with articles included being renowned masterpieces from ancient and modern China and abroad.
② Focuses on the diversity of genres, encompassing novels, poems, essays, dramas, and other cultural works.
③ Highlights the breadth of time, covering works from ancient times to the modern and contemporary periods.
④ Reflects the vastness of geography, selecting authors and works from multiple countries such as China, Japan, Russia, the United States, the United Kingdom, and France.
⑤ Stresses the novelty of the texts, with editors striving to avoid articles that have appeared in other cultural readers while also paying attention to contemporary classics.
In terms of editorial format, each unit is equipped with an "Information Platform" and "Related Links," supplementing foundational knowledge and cultural related to the selected texts. This guides students to fully understand the articles, engage in dialogue with classics, and thereby expand their thinking space and enhance their innovative abilities. The writing of this series aims to build students' humanistic literacy and scientific literacy in the contemporary era, based on their current reading needs. It cultivates students' broad cultural perspectives and modern awareness, enabling them to lay a solid foundation in both science and humanities through the nurturing of classics.