Intermediate Chinese Conversation (1, 2nd Edition)

Author: Liu Delian, Liu Xiaoyu
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Features: Based on the experience of previous textbook writing, this teaching material strives for breakthroughs and innovation, highlighting its characteristics as a speaking textbook. Its features are mainly reflected in the following aspects:
First, it uses several main characters throughout the material, giving them distinct personality traits so that different characters speak in different styles, avoiding the phenomenon of one-dimensional characters with dry Q&A exchanges.
Second, it pays attention to social development trends, promptly discarding outdated or soon-to-be-outdated language. When arranging text content and language, it looks ahead, incorporating introductions to emerging social phenomena and related conversational content into the lessons, such as riding etiquette for various new modes of transportation, knowledge about mobile phones and pagers, and so on.
Third, it includes a large number of practical exercises that progress from simple to complex, shifting the focus from "word-based" to "sentence-based" exercises, emphasizing situational dialogues and teaching students to express appropriate language in different scenarios.
Fourth, systematic explanations of speaking knowledge. After each unit, there is a section titled "Speaking Knowledge," which systematically summarizes frequently used linguistic phenomena in spoken language, from spoken phonetics to syntax, followed by related exercises to help students consolidate their learning.
Fifth, supplementary common phrases for speaking. After each unit, an additional section titled "Common Phrases for Speaking" is added, categorizing and appropriately summarizing certain communicative phrases frequently used in spoken language to help students understand different expressions in the same scenario.