The underlying premises of this textbook series are "short, compatible and express." “Short" means that the texts are short, with clear explanations of grammar points, making the books suitable for short-term Chinese language teaching. "Compatible" indicates the books’ generality. When choosing the topics and making teaching arrangements, the writer removed the time and regional elements, making the books suitable for Chinese language teaching to different mother-tongue speakers in different regions. "Express" means that the books are helpful in improving the Chinese language ability of learners rapidly, and assists them to quickly adapt to the Chinese language environment to meet their daily communication needs.
This series of textbooks includes three levels: fundamental, intermediate and advanced. Each level has an associated "listening and speaking" and a "reading and writing" book. The two books are related through the topics, themes and vocabulary, which link together the three-level series to give students a full range of training.
Application: Intermediate Chinese - Reading and Writing is the main book for the intermediate level. It features humorous short stories with the length of each text gradually increasing from 200 words to about 600 words. The topic of each lesson is introduced through discussion, which then leads to reading and related language knowledge points. Words and grammar exercises are adopted for consolidation.
Application: Intermediate Chinese - Listening and Speaking is the supportive spoken language book for the intermediate level. The book is designed according to the topics and challenges in the "reading and writing book", supporting students as they learn to have dialogues on the topics. Each lesson has a "warm-up", which generally introduces the discussion topic of the lesson. Each lesson is divided into two parts, listening and speaking. This book attaches great importance to the teaching and practicing of the language function.
Please note Listening and Speaking set contains one textbook and one audio CD, Reading and Writing set contains one textbook and one workbook.
Paperback, Simplified Chinese Characters and English, 279-335 pages, 10.25"x7.25"
