Learning Chinese for Foreigners: Chinese-French (1)

Author: Editorial Committee of "Chinese for Foreigners" at Beijing Foreign Studies University
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Publish Date: 1995-01-01
Features: This textbook series is planned to be published in eight language editions, including English, French, Spanish, German, Japanese, Arabic, Russian, and Korean, for learners of Chinese at the beginning stages in different countries and regions. In addition to translating, annotating, and explaining the texts in different languages, the series emphasizes comparing the phonetic system, grammatical system, communication habits, and cultural background of Chinese and the learners' native languages. The textbook adopts a comprehensive teaching method that highlights communicative principles. The texts revolve around specific thematic areas and unfold communication in particular contexts, integrating language training and relevant functional-notional items through communication. The textbook is divided into two volumes. The first volume uses Pinyin as a guide to teach spoken Chinese and conduct communicative training. The second volume combines Chinese characters with Pinyin, adding tasks for memorizing and writing Chinese characters.