Integrated Chinese Level 1 Part 2 Textbook Pdf

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This new edition of Integrated Chinese is an outstanding achievement. Complete with interesting cultural notes, useful authentic materials, and a wealth of interactive exercises, the authors have outdone themselves AGAIN!

[I've] been studying languages since 3rd grade (I'm 46), and have seen language courses come and go. I've always looked for the "ideal" course for every language I've studied. I've been successful for the most part, and now I've found Integrated Chinese.

Overall, we would rate Integrated Chinese as superior, innovative, and extremely versatile. We recommend it without hesitation as an invaluable core component of a Chinese language program at both the high school and college levels.

One of the things I like best about the Integrated Chinese textbook is the wonderful organization: each lesson has a very clear learning objective, and the lessons are ordered to make a clean storyline for students to follow and build up information accordingly. Each lesson contains two parts, which is manageable for students to digest new vocabulary and sentence structures. Tight control is maintained over new vocabulary, phrases and sentence structures, keeping the textbook well organized and focused and forming a supportive theme for students to recreate their own plots. Additionally, many online resources are available for teachers to use when preparing lesson plans.

The updated 4th edition series comes with 4 volumes of Textbooks, each with an accompanying Workbook and Character Workbook. The Character Workbooks in particular are super helpful when starting and the set up they have make it easy to learn the stroke order and practice making your characters legible. The Workbooks also complement the Textbooks nicely.

You can continue with this both these series until you complete them, but in general, they are ideal for the beginner who is just starting out. The beginning levels, Volumes 1-2, are what I recommend. Personally, I believe there are better options for the Intermediate and Advanced stages.

After completed the Level 2, Part 2 of the 3rd Edition Integrated Chinese series, I transferred over this Beyond the Basics. It was a big of jump in level, but a challenge that I loved. I found the Integrated Chinese books to be quite repetitive and predictable, so Beyond the Basics was the perfect next textbook.

It has nice, long passages, a huge variety of words, including useful supplementary vocabulary. A balanced range of idioms, and useful exercises integrated at the end each chapter are also super useful in increasing your vocabulary range. Each chapter has a different topic, unlike the Integrated Chinese series which is based on a set of characters and their life in school. At the intermediate level, it is definitely more interesting to speak about social issues and more practical conversations you might actually have in Chinese, if you know what I mean.

Another option you could go for is the A New China textbook, which is the textbook that comes before this next book recommendation. While I have used the next book, I have never used A New China, so I cannot vouch for its quality. Nevertheless, briefly looking at the content, it appears to be a slightly easier textbook compared to the Beyond the Basics.

This is my other textbook love, in addition to Beyond the Basics. This is called an Advanced Reader, but I would actually classify it is being at the High-Intermediate stage. It introduces the learner perfectly to the Advanced stage.

This textbook is split into two parts. The first 12 chapters are in the format of dialogues. Chapters 13 to 32 are real newspaper articles that were published in the past. This is a great way to smoothly switch into the advanced stage of Chinese.

This is a 2-volume set, the first being advertised at the Upper Intermediate level and the second at the Advanced level. To be completely honest, both should be classified as advanced. I remember taking this book around the time of Beyond the Basics and it was too difficult and overwhelming. A challenge is nice, but it needs to be a suitable one when it comes to languages like Mandarin.

If you want to improve your colloquial Chinese and, at the same time, learn more about Chinese culture, then look no further. This book is a set of 2 and provides dialogues according to common daily life scenarios. There is almost no English in these books, which is something to note, in comparison with the others mentioned.

If I had had this list when first starting to learn Chinese, I would have saved so much time and energy searching for the best resources. So, I really hope you find this useful. If you have any questions, let me know in the comments below and share this with all your friends! Invite more people to learn Chinese!

This is a beginner-level language course designed for students who have little or no prior Mandarin learning experience. Students are introduced to the four basic language skills of listening, speaking, reading, and writing (typing), as well as to Chinese culture. An emphasis on sounds and tones, vocabulary, and sentence patterns will establish strong communicative skills which students will be able to use in authentic contexts. Students will also acquire the basic knowledge of character structure and practice the common Chinese key-in system. Upon completion of this course, students should be able to carry on basic conversations in the target language as well as read and write short passages using the structures learned. Lessons Basic Pinyin to 3-1 of the textbook will be covered. Students who complete level 1 should be able to:

The Level 2 Mandarin course is designed for students who have completed Level 1 language proficiency. Students continue to develop their four basic skills of listening, speaking, reading, and writing (typing) on everyday conversational topics. The course is designed on the principle of the spiral curriculum, which helps the students review previously learned materials in Level 1 and meanwhile extend their existing target structures to a higher level of complexity of language use. More related cultural issues and current practices in the Chinese-speaking world are incorporated into the course plan. Lessons 3-2 to 6-1 of the textbook will be covered. Students who complete level 2 should be able to:

The Level 3 Mandarin course is designed for students who have completed Level 2 language proficiency. Students continue to develop their four basic skills of listening, speaking, reading, and writing (typing) on everyday conversational topics. The course is designed on the principle of the spiral curriculum, which helps the students review previously learned materials in Level 2 and meanwhile extend their existing target structures to a higher level of complexity of language use. More related cultural issues and current practices in the Chinese-speaking world are incorporated into the course plan. Lessons 6-2 to 8 of the textbook will be covered. Students who complete level 3 should be able to:

The Level 4 Mandarin course is designed for students who have completed level 3 language proficiency. Students will continue to acquire more common and important target structures in Chinese. Nuances are introduced regarding grammatical complements/particles to express various semantic meanings. The course is designed to focus on applying learned structures, greetings, and set phrases into our everyday conversation. More speaking practice and scenarios are incorporated based on this principle. Students can refresh and reinforce their previous learning in meaningful contexts. In addition, idioms and proverbs are systematically introduced in our lessons at this level. Knowing how to use idioms or proverbs properly is often an indicator of learners' higher proficiency. Students are asked to write short passages on assigned topics. Lessons 9 and 10 of the textbook will be covered. Students who complete level 4 should be able to:

The level 5 Mandarin course is designed for students who have completed level 4 language proficiency. Students will continue to acquire more common and important target structures in Chinese. More nuances are introduced regarding grammatical complements/particles to express various semantic meanings. The course is designed to focus on expressing an individual's wishes, observations and comments. More reading and speaking practice and scenarios are incorporated based on this principle. Students will refresh and reinforce their previous learning in meaningful contexts. In addition, more idioms and proverbs are introduced in our lessons. Students are asked to write short essays on assigned topics. Lessons 11 and 12 of the textbook will be covered. Students who complete level 5 should be able to:

The level 6 Mandarin course is designed for students who have completed level 5 language proficiency. Students will continue to acquire more common and important target structures in Chinese. New grammatical structures are introduced. More reading and speaking practice and scenarios are incorporated. Students will refresh and reinforce their previous learning in meaningful contexts. Students are asked to write short essays on assigned topics. Lessons 13 and 14-1 of the textbook will be covered. Students who complete level 6 should be able to:

The level 7 Mandarin course is designed for students who have completed level 6 language proficiency. Students will continue to acquire more common and important target structures in Chinese. New grammatical structures are introduced. More reading and speaking practice and scenarios are incorporated. Students will recap and narrate dialogues. Students will refresh and reinforce their previous learning in meaningful contexts. Students are asked to write short essays on assigned topics. Lessons 14-2 and 15 of the textbook will be covered. Students who complete level 7 should be able to: