Grade 8 - Happy Chinese - Self-reading textbook for nine-year compulsory education (New Curriculum Standards)

Author: Fang Yuan, Editor-in-Chief
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Publish Date: 2006-02-01
Features: This series consists of 3 books, covering Grades 7 to 9, with one book per grade. It will bring you enjoyment in reading, happiness in thinking, interest in writing practice, knowledge enhancement, and the strength to excel in the high school entrance exam. This book integrates reading, writing, and practice. Each article includes four parts: Appreciation of Excellent Literature, Insightful Reading, Learning to Write from Reading, and Related Links. It provides you with a broad reading space and effective guidance. Our goal is to give students a golden key to mastering Chinese studies, so the entire series emphasizes guidance in reading, practice, writing, and exams. With this book, students can achieve self-reading, self-practice, self-writing, and self-assessment. Owning this series means you have a good teacher and friend for Chinese learning, and a rich and broad training ground for reading, writing, and practice.
Appreciation of Excellent Literature features commentary and evaluation by renowned special education teachers and Chinese language experts on the sample texts. This process guides your reading methods, enhances your reading skills, enriches your aesthetic interests, and improves your cultural taste. It also cultivates your innovative spirit and creative abilities.
Insightful Reading designs lively and engaging reading reflections for each sample text, skillfully guiding readers toward the key points of the reading material. The exercises are fully simulated with reading assessment question types designed by renowned Chinese language teaching experts and high school entrance exam question setters. These exercises focus on ability development, providing students with a sense of closeness to life and vitality, allowing them to joyfully enter the garden of Chinese language without realizing it, while also strengthening their ability to identify doubts, focus on key points, and overcome difficulties.
Learning to Write from Reading is scientifically designed to match the requirements of the new curriculum standards, offering diverse and flexible writing exercises for each sample text. This section avoids the daunting and stifling approach of full-length writing practice, instead focusing on a single training point around the content of the sample text. It offers minimal restrictions, allowing for varying lengths and quantities—longer or shorter, more or fewer—as students wish.
Related Links provides supplementary knowledge, source materials, background introductions, and artistic appreciation related to the sample texts, aiming to broaden your knowledge and horizons.