Learning materials:

Everyday Chinese – Authentic Language for Real-life Communication

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Everyday Chinese is multimedia package for the teaching of oral Chinese. It is designed to enable students to master basic conversations and to improve their communicative ability within a short period of time. Everyday Chinese features 900 sentences that are frequently used in daily life, including a core vocabulary of 1,500 words composed of about 700 Chinese characters, a complementary vocabulary of 450 words, and 100 grammatical structures. Besides the textbook, Everyday Chinese includes multimedia components including CD/MP3 and DVD-ROM, a website and tutorial services. The package presents a combined learning environment for students, allowing them the choice of their favourite learning methods. It also provides learners with virtual contemporary Chinese community depicted through video clips and animations. The most special feature: E-PEN! For each sentence, a pre-set sound-sensitive area is available so just need to press E-pen point onto the target sentence of Everyday Chinese and you will hear the corresponding voice of the sentence!

Reality Chinese – A Multi-skill Chinese Course for Intermediate and Advanced Students

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This textbook is based on the 100-episode TV series We Common People. It is designed for intermediate and advanced Chinese learners. This text can be used as the primary textbook for a listening/speaking course or a supplementary textbook for a comprehensive course. The 10 chosen episodes of We Common People in this textbook contain deep culture meanings. They demonstrate, for instance, how the Chinese interact with each other in their families, at the workplace, and with people of different social status. This textbook provides a new platform for combining Chinese language teaching with the introduction of Chinese culture. Each chapter of the textbook consists of five components: the main text, vocabulary list, notes, grammar explanations, and exercises in listening, speaking, reading and writing. Since this textbook is intended for students of the intermediate to advanced levels, the vast majority of the vocabulary is at, or above, the C level of the vocabulary guideline designated for HSK. Also, the textbook comes with 5 DVDs to help learners to achieve a better effect.

Monkey King Chinese – Chinese Paradise for children who are learning Chinese as beginners

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Monkey King Chinese (preschool edition) is a set of textbooks complied for children in English-speaking countries to learn Chinese. It consists of 12 lessons in two volumes A and B with a total vocabulary of 73 words. The textbook (including a CD) is accompanied with one book of word cards.