Compulsory Education Curriculum Standard Experimental Textbook Chinese Chinese Self-Reading Textbook Grade 8, First Semester White Day Stars

Author: Institute of Curriculum and Textbook Research
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Publish Date: 2005-04-01
Features: Self-study textbooks are also textbooks, holding equal importance as textbooks primarily used for in-class learning. They are like the two wings of a bird, indispensable. The renowned Chinese language educator, Professor Lü Shuxiang, once said, "Comrades can reflect on their learning process: how much they learned from what the teacher taught in class, and how much from their own extracurricular reading. I recall my own experience was roughly a split, meaning 70% came from extracurricular reading. For Chinese language classes, extracurricular reading is absolutely not optional." Professor Lü also mentioned that when he asked highly proficient Chinese language learners why they excelled, the answer was always the same: it was due to extracurricular reading. Therefore, students must never overlook the importance of extracurricular reading.