Step. Intermediate intensive reading (Volume 2)

Author: Zhou Xiaobing
Publisher:
Publish Date: 2004-06-01
Features:
- Highlights key vocabulary for repeated practice;
- Emphasizes the scientific organization of language knowledge;
- Provides concise and multiple-word definitions;
- Features well-designed and practical exercises;
This textbook is a middle-level intensive reading course for foreign students who have studied Chinese for one year (approximately 800 hours) in full-time schools. It is also suitable for foreigners who have mastered the primary vocabulary (2,399 words) from the Outline for Teaching Chinese to Foreign Students in Higher Education (Long-term Advanced Program) and have achieved a Level 3 (Elementary C) in the Chinese Proficiency Test.
Guided by the principles of scientificity, practicality, generality, durability, enhanced knowledge, and, the textbook is designed and compiled based on the characteristics of intensive reading courses and the learning features of the intermediate stage. It consists of 4 volumes, with 12 lessons per volume, totaling 48 lessons, intended for one academic year. Each lesson is composed of 7 parts: introduction, vocabulary list, text, key word study, grammar notes, exercises, and supplementary texts. Typically, one lesson takes 4–6 hours to complete. This textbook is the second volume.