Open-Minded Mandarin Language Textbook (Volumes 1 and 2): For Primary School Lower-Grade Students

Author: Ye Shengtao
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Publish Date: 2005-01-01
Features: For children, writing the "Kaiming Chinese Language Textbook (Upper and Lower) (Primary School Junior Students Edition)" as a language textbook, naturally, it must focus on cultivating their reading and writing skills. Therefore, the teaching material must conform to the laws and procedures of language training. However, this is not enough. Primary school students are children, and their language textbooks must be children's literature to spark their interest, make them enjoy reading, and thus develop their multifaceted wisdom. The "Kaiming Chinese Language Textbook (Upper and Lower) (Primary School Junior Students Edition)" is a century-old textbook that is richly illustrated, easy to read, and has nourished our predecessors and inspired their wisdom. Today, we have rediscovered these old textbooks because they may still hold certain reference and value. Considering today's students' reading habits, while preserving the original style of the book, the author has also removed some outdated content. Simplified character annotations are provided below the original text. The "Kaiming Chinese Language Textbook" was personally written by Ye Shengtao, entirely consisting of original or re-created content. With the goal of truly developing children's reading and expression skills, the content is closely tied to children's lives, starting from their surroundings and gradually expanding to society. The material is lively and engaging, incorporating a variety of writing styles, with carefully selected models of articles. The vocabulary, sentences, and tone are close to children's speech to adapt to their learning psychology. The text in the junior grades is written in handwriting, with illustrations drawn by Feng Zikai. The feature is the organic combination of pictures and text, which was a very innovative approach at the time for similar textbooks. The textbook was first published in 1932 and has been reprinted more than 40 times since then.