Chinese Textbook Level 1 Part 2 Pdf
Jaunita Rousu
Integrated Chinese: Level 1, Part 1 (3rd ed), by Cheng & Tsui, is one of the leading foundation-level (A1) textbooks in the United States. It is not available for purchase in mainland China. The following information pertains specifically to the 3rd edition.
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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!
Chinese SLI participants earn the equivalent of two semesters (8 credits) of Chinese in an accelerated and supportive environment. This summer we will be offering instruction in Level 1 (introductory) Chinese and Level 2 (intermediate). Upon successful completion of Chinese SLI level 1, students will be well prepared to enter a rigorous 200-level course offered at UVA or another university. Upon successful completion of Chinese SLI level 2, students will be well prepared to enter a rigorous 300-level course offered at UVA or another university. Undergraduates, graduate students, professionals, and rising junior and senior high school students are welcome to apply.
The Chinese SLI will be offered this summer in a hybrid format, allowing students to attend classes entirely in person, remotely, or through a combination of the two modalities. When students opt for online learning, Zoom and other online interactive platforms such as Canvas will be used as the primary mode of delivery for instruction, communication, and assignments. SLI instructors have extensive experience teaching both online and in person and are adept at integrating these different modalities to create a unified and vibrant learning environment.
Through intensive, proficiency-based activities and frequent exposure to culturally authentic contexts, students in the Chinese SLI are able to master a voluminous amount of material in a short span of time. Inside the classroom, students enjoy an intimate format with tutoring sessions at least four days a week. Outside the classroom, students practice what they learn each week with native speakers through community outreach events, including cooking competitions, cultural presentations and guest lectures on contemporary Chinese society. Most community-related activities will be offered in person, but guest speakers may on occasion give presentations remotely. Cultural programming will be supplemented with interactive exercises, either online or in person. Breakout rooms on Zoom staffed with native speaking tutors will be utilized to provide abundant opportunities for small group discussion related to cultural activities and lectures. All learning is guided by our philosophy of communicative language learning. Culturally immersive experiences and opportunities to converse with native speakers abound no matter which mode of learning students choose.
"The program is very helpful in preparing students to confront large volumes of language learning material in a short period of time, as well as commit grammar structures and vocabulary to long-term memory. One of the most important parts of the program for me was learning about colloquialisms/traditions in Northern/Southern China and Taiwan, as well as engaging in cultural activities with jointly with the novice and intermediate levels within the Chinese program overall, but otherwise this program was excellent."
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Students are strongly encouraged to register for the full 8-week program and complete Level 1 (introductory level) or Level 2 (intermediate level). The option to apply for either the first or second half for both levels is also available. The table below provides information on the available options.
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I am a Graduate Teaching Assistant at the University of Colorado and have used the Integrated Chinese textbook series for the past two years. I have taught both first and second year Chinese using this text. Therefore I was quite interested in the review of this series by Mien-hua Chiang in the May 1998 issue. However, after reading this review it was apparent the reviewer had no actual experience of using this text in the classroom. I think such an evaluation, by someone in the trenches so to speak, would be valuable to the authors in revising the next edition, and it is in that spirit I do so here.
Part One of the First Year text contains eleven chapters. At my institution, we cover this book in the first semester. That translates to about a chapter a week. Only by moving so quickly can we complete parts one and two in an academic year. Each lesson has, on average, five to eight grammar points. Vocabulary, not including the supplementary sections, can contain anywhere from 35-70 items. The students struggle with internalizing such large amounts of vocabulary and grammar in five days of class time. My experience has been that they sufficiently grasp the grammar and vocabulary to succeed on the exam, but their retention rate is not optimal. This is where Integrated Chinese should take cues from Yookoso! An Invitation to Contemporary Japanese. The course would be much more effective if the more than twenty chapters of the first year course were condensed into around ten to twelve. Slow down the introduction of new grammar and vocabulary, and spend more time with what is introduced. Create legitimate communicative activities which allow students to consistently use the target language with each other in a guided, expressive manner, gradually increasing in complexity, such as those found in the Yookoso! An Invitation to Contemporary Japanese series.
Thank you Prince for that wonderful and in-depth review. I couldnt agree with you more on the lack of emphasis on pronunciation and tones. I studied with this text book at the University of Southern California for 1.5 years and when I arrived to China, these tones that we covered on day one (and only day one) suddenly became important. Imagine that!
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