New Practical Chinese Reader vol.2 - Textbook

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The two generations together have exerted an influence in the international Chinese teaching circles for over 30 years. The New Practical Chinese Reader consists of 70 lessons in six volumes, covering beginning to intermediate levels, for three years of instruction. To keep the dialogue the same, the characters are given universal names in translations of the book across all languages.

The Practical Chinese Reader ( Chinese: 实用汉语课本; pinyin: shíyòng hànyǔ kèběn) is a six-volume series of Chinese language teaching books developed to teach non-Chinese speakers to speak Chinese, first published in 1981. Emphasizing the basic skills of reading, writing (simplified characters), speaking, and listening, with supplementary exercises, many illustrations, charts, and in a larger 8 x 11 format. Practical Chinese Reader was completely revised in 2002 and was re-published as New Practical Chinese Reader. Based on the highly acclaimed and time-tested Practical Chinese Reader (PCR), the New Practical Chinese Reader has been entirely revised and updated. The lessons tell the story of two foreign students of Chinese, Palanka and Gubo, first in their own country (Book I) and then in China (Book II).

Both books give a brief introduction on the author, background, and explanatory notes are provided at the end of the text if necessary. Cong 《Shiyong Hanyu Keben》Dao《Xin Shiyong Hanyu Keben》 从《实用汉语课本》到《新实用汉语课本》(From the "Practical Chinese Reader" to the "New Practical Chinese Reader" ". By using the Web site, you confirm that you have read, understood, and agreed to be bound by the Terms and Conditions. The revision regarding the third edition adheres to the aim of making it “easier to learn” for students and “more convenient to use” for teachers and maintains the pedagogy of “the integration of structure, function and culture”, striving to develop students’ comprehensive use of the Chinese language, especially the ability of cross-cultural communication, through the learning of language structures, functions and relevant cultural knowledge as well as the training in listening, speaking, reading and writing skills. New Users: If you are trying to purchase recently purchased license keys or e-books, you must create a new account using the Create Account link below.

This completely new edition (it will encompass six volumes in 70 lessons when completed) takes the student from an absolute beginner to an intermediate level, approximately 3 years of higher-level classroom instruction.Its third edition centers on a few international students, telling interesting stories about their life and friendship with their Chinese friends and teachers in China. g. clothing, entertainment, socializing), and also provide background information on Chinese culture, society, and history. As the second generation of the Practical Chinese Reader series, New Practical Chinese Reader (NPCR) is a series of comprehensive Chinese teaching materials for adult students in countries other than China. The New Practical Chinese Reader pays homage to the older edition by introducing a new character, Libo, who is the son of Gubo and Ding Yun from the original edition. Books I and II consist of 50 lessons where the reader studies a vocabulary of 1,000 words, and basic Chinese phonology and grammar.

It also received a warm domestic welcome for its "meticulously planned" educational content and innovation in "using the communicative principle and strengthening cultural knowledge education", and won the second prize inaugural Beijing Philosophy and Social Sciences Award for Excellence. The text follows the story of Ding Libo (the son of Gubo and Ding Yun from the first edition) and other international students as they live in China, learning about Chinese culture and society as they learn contemporary Mandarin. Compiled under the sponsorship of the China National Office for Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language (NOTCFL), and in consultation with the Chinese Proficiency Test (HSK) Guidelines, the New Practical Chinese Reader (NPCR) series is designed to help native English speakers easily learn Chinese.According to one of the authors of the original PCR, there was no corresponding name, he simply coined the name because it sounded foreign. The series develops the learner’s ability to communicate in Chinese through the study of language structure, language function, and related cultural knowledge along with the training in listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills. The first volume of the long-awaited revised edition of the popular Practical Chinese Reader series are finally available!