Teaching Practical Grammar of Chinese as a Second Language

Author: Lu Fubo
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Publish Date: 2005-08-01
Features: One book suitable for a wide range of applications
《Practical Grammar for Teaching Chinese to Foreigners》 is a Chinese grammar textbook and reference book designed for foreign students who have been learning Chinese for over a year (with a Chinese proficiency level of Level 4 or above). It can also serve as a reference for Chinese language teachers teaching Chinese to foreigners.
Two book features
(1) Clear targeting
This book is entirely tailored to the practical problems foreign students encounter in learning Chinese grammar. The language is kept simple and clear, and grammar rules are organized systematically. The book minimizes theoretical explanations to help students understand it more easily on their own.
Explanations with ample practice
For foreign students, focused practice is particularly important in Chinese learning. This book includes a large number of targeted exercises to help students consolidate their grasp and application of grammar points, which is a crucial part of digesting and understanding Chinese grammar rules.
Comparative teaching
Comparative teaching is a fundamental principle and method in Chinese language teaching. This book highlights two aspects of comparison:
- Comparing similar linguistic phenomena within Chinese
- Contrasting positive and negative language examples
(2) Concise and practical
To emphasize targeting, this book breaks away from the traditional model of grammar textbooks, avoiding everything and selecting only the essentials. It omits general issues and focuses on practical applications of Chinese. Instead of teaching words in isolation, the book integrates words into sentences and vice versa, covering word phrases, sentence structures, and pragmatic features.
To give students a comprehensive understanding of the characteristics and overview of modern Chinese grammar, this book includes an "Overview" for reference.
For students to learn, consolidate, improve, and self-assess their grammar knowledge, the book provides a variety of exercises, comprehensive exercises, and Chinese grammar proficiency test questions. The formats and content are designed to help students prepare for and pass the HSK () Chinese grammar proficiency test.
This book has made breakthroughs in the selection of grammar points and its format, and it is inevitable that there may be shortcomings, imperfections, or even errors. We sincerely hope that readers will kindly point them out, so that we can further revise and improve the book in the future.