Chinese Language Course - First Grade Textbook (Language Skills Category) (First Semester of First Grade) (Revised Edition)

Author: Yang Jizhou
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Publish Date: 2006-07-01
Features: This book is a series textbook for undergraduate Chinese as a Second Language, specifically designed for the first year. Since its publication in 1999, it has been widely adopted by teaching institutions both domestically and internationally. The guiding philosophy of this textbook is to teach fundamental linguistic elements such as phonetics, grammar, vocabulary, and characters as the foundation. Through classroom instruction and exercises, it gradually enhances students' communicative skills in listening, speaking, reading, and writing, cultivating their ability to use Chinese for social interaction. It also lays the groundwork for their advancement to higher grades.
In this book, practical dialogues are the primary focus, supplemented by some narrative passages. This is a revised edition of A Course in Chinese. Since its first publication in 1999, A Course in Chinese has been selected as a textbook by many teaching institutions both domestically and internationally. For this revision, significant modifications and adjustments have been made to better align with teaching needs. The target audience for this course is beginners with no prior knowledge of Chinese.
Book 1 covers Lessons 1–30, divided into two volumes with 15 lessons each. Recommended class hours are: Lessons 1–25, 2 hours per lesson; Lessons 26–30, 4 hours per lesson (each class hour is 50 minutes).
Book 2 covers Lessons 1–20, also divided into two volumes with 10 lessons each. Recommended class hours are: 4 hours per lesson.
Book 3 covers Lessons 1–26, divided into two volumes with 13 lessons each. Recommended class hours are: 6–7 hours per lesson.
The entire course consists of 76 lessons and can be completed in one year in a regular teaching institution. However, teaching institutions are free to adjust the schedule based on their specific students and objectives.
The guiding philosophy behind compiling this textbook is to teach fundamental linguistic elements such as phonetics, grammar, vocabulary, and characters as the foundation. Through classroom instruction and exercises, it gradually enhances students' communicative skills in listening, speaking, reading, and writing, cultivating their ability to use Chinese for social interaction. It also lays the groundwork for their advancement to higher grades.
The format of this textbook includes:
1. Text
2. Vocabulary
3. Notes
4. Phonetics and Grammar
6. Exercises