Learn Chinese with Me Workbook 1

Description

Learn Chinese with Me is a series composed of four volumes each of which contains a student’s book and Workbook designed for the students whose native language is English.

It emphasizes functional use of the language with sentence patterns and grammar in the context of everyday activities. The textbook includes plenty of exercises to keep students interested and to deepen their understanding of Chinese.

Workbook 1 provides additional reinforcement activities for each lesson of Student’s Book 1. There are eight to ten exercises in each lesson that cover both grammar and vocabulary, giving students practice in Pinyin, Chinese characters, words, phrases and sentences through varied and enjoyable activities. The workbooks can be used at home or in class. In simplified characters with pinyin and some English commentary.

Learn Chinese With Me guides junior high and high school students from beginning to low-intermediate-level Chinese over the course of four volumes. The series emphasizes functional use of the language with sentence patterns and grammar, in the context of everyday activities of teenagers such as school, hanging out with friends, family life, and shopping. Colorful cartoons and lively activities make learning fun and constructive. Music, mazes, matching, and multiple-choice question exercises not only engage students, but increase their practice in all four language skills: reading, writing, speaking, and listening. Each level covers six units of study and includes a student book, workbook, and teacher’s book

In accordance with “Learn Chinese with Me” Student’s Book 1, this workbook is mainly designed for homework, but the teacher can also choose some exercises for class teaching. There are altogether 36 lessons, each of which contains 6-8 exercises, including exercises on Pinyin, Chinese characters, vocabulary and sentence patterns. Since this workbook is planned for beginners, we have always been keeping the following principles in mind when compiling it:

• Emphasizing the learning of the Pinyin. Following the same teaching sequence in the textbook, this workbook contains exercises on the Pinyin in each lesson. Even if the study of the basic knowledge of Pinyin is concluded, such exercises as recognizing the sound, practicing the tones can still help the students recall what they have learned, as they recycle the teaching points of the previous units.
• Identifying and pronouncing Chinese characters first, and writing them second. Following the same teaching sequence in the textbook, this workbook can help the students gradually obtain the knowledge of basic structures, basic strokes, the most commonly used components, and the stroke order of Chinese characters. During this process, the recognition and reading of Chinese characters always precede the writing of Chinese characters.
• This workbook tried to make the exercise interesting, when the knowledge of Chinese Language has been compiled in an integrated and systematical way.