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This book is designed especially for beginners of chinese. lt can be used as a textbook for chinese classes or self study, or as additional study
material outside of class. Using this textbook readers can experience the fun of learning Chinese while enjoying the Chinese culture.
The book has atotal of 18 lessons. Each lesson consists of four parts: Reading China, My China Story Reading for Fun and Everyday Chinese. Reading china aims to introduce the readers to chinese society and culture as well as the language, and give them a better understanding of
china. My china story consists of honest and fun articles written by overseas students about their feelings and experiences in china. Reading for Fun is composed of cross-culturaljokes and funny cartoons. Everyday inese aims to give students as much practice outside the classroom as
text also has an accompanying MP3. Reading China is read with academic pronunciation, while My China Story and Reading for read in a more conversational style.
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TO THE STUDENT Pieces of China
A Reading Textbook is designed especially for beginners of Chinese. It can act as either a reading textbook for Chinese classes, material for self-study or as an after school reader.
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Each lesson consists of four parts: Reading China, My China Story Reading for Fun, and Everyday Chinese. Reading China aims to mainly introduce Chinese society and culture. Through multiple
styles and methods, it demonstrates the charm of contemporary China with its traditions and fashions, aiming to attract the readers with its wide diversity. My China Story consists of articles by overseas students written about their feelings and experiences in China. The stories are fresh and natural. Reading for fun is composed of cross-cultural jokes and funny carloons. Everyday Chinese aims to give the students as much practice outside the classroom as possible.
The exercises are designed to give guided reading practice, and advice on how to carry out many 채.-ii, and E -E , students can try to talk, and write, about what they feel and think about the reading text. Regarding to the section E -q , students may write first on a separate piece paper and then copy their work into the book after corrections. functions. Coming to the sections
After finishing the whole book students will find that their Chinese has greatly improved, and furthermore, that they know more about China.
As a textbook, it has the following outstanding features: 1. It provides various ways to practice Chinese using fun content and lively information; 2. Being so user-friendly, it can easily satisfz the needs of students; 3. Students can easily improve their reading skills, whilst enjoying the charm of China and experiencing the fun of the Chinese language; 4. With added cultural elements, it can broaden the cross cultural perspectives ofstudents, and help decease the cultural misunderstandings. By following the lessons in this book, students will eventually be able to achieve a natural level of
comfort with the language.
ln addition to the text, there is also an attached MP3, so students can listen and review lessons in their spare time.
I *'ould like to thank
the editor from Sinolingua, Ms. Lu yu, who gave me so much support
throughout the publishing process.
I also earnestly hope more people will come to the world of Chinese study!
\lav all students of Chinese make
great progress and have the best of luck in their studies!
Li Zhaohui June 3, 2009
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