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This series of teaching materials is designed for US elementary school students who are learning Chinese as beginners in Grades 1--5. It is also suitable for young learners in other English-speaking countries.
Hello, Chinese is designed and compiled mainly based on the teaching philosophy stated in Standards for Foreign Language Learning in the 21st Century and ACTFL's  Performance Guidelines for K--12 Learners. Hello, Chinese highlights the "5Cs", namely, Communication, Cultures, Connections, Comparisons, and Communities. This series incorporates the latest YCT and HSK syllabi. After completing the Grades 1—5 coursework, students will have basically learned all the content required by the YCT, most of the content in new HSK 1 and HSK 2, and part of the content in HSK 3 and HSK 4. 
In addition, we have added some commonly used vocabulary and phrases. The vocabulary used in this series of textbooks corresponds to the YCT and HSK syllabi as follows: Grade 1 -- YCT1 & HSK 1
Grade 2 -- YCT 2--3 & HSK 1--2
Grades 3 to 4 -- YCT 3--4 & HSK 2--3; 
Grade 5 -- YCT 4 & HSK 3.

本套教材主要为美国一到五年级从零开始系统学习汉语的全日制小学生编写，亦适用于其他英语国家小学年龄段系统学习汉语的学生。

本套教材的设计和编写理念主要依据《21 世纪全美外语学习标准》（Standards for Foreign Language Learning in the 21st Century）中提出的外语教学理念以及全美外语教学学会（ACTFL）提出的 K～12 学习者能力标准指南，核心就是“5C”，即 Communication（沟通）、Cultures（文化）、Connections（贯连）、Comparisons（比较）、Communities（社区）。本套教材的教学内容以新 YCT 和新 HSK 大纲为标准。经过一到五年级的系统学习，学生将基本学完新 YCT 的全部内容，以及 HSK 1、HSK 2 的大部分内容和 HSK 3、HSK 4 的一部分内容，此外还包括一些纲外的常用词语，以及一些本土化的词语。
本套教材同 YCT 大纲和HSK 大纲在词汇方面的大致对应关系为：
一年级——YCT 1 & HSK 1；
二年级——YCT 2～3 & HSK 1～2；
三到四年级——YCT 3～4 & HSK 2～3；
五年级——YCT 4 & HSK 3。

Book Titles:
Vol. 1 课本1（一年级上）
Vol. 2 课本2（一年级下）
Vol. 3 课本3 （二年级上）