Product: New Practical Chinese Reader Textbook 2, and 4 Audio CDs
By Zhang Kai (Author), Liu Shehui (Author), Chen Xi (Author), Zuo Shandan (Author), Shi Jiawei (Author), Liu Xun (Compiler)
Publisher: Beijing Language & Culture University Press (June 2006)
Language: Chinese (Contemporary simplified character, pinyin phonetic symbol, Mandarin, texts in traditional complex characters included), and English translation
Textbook in a larger 8 x 11 format
ISBN: 7561911297 9787561911297 7887031982 9787887031983

The long-awaited revised edition of the popular Practical Chinese Reader series are finally available both in Textbook and Audio CDs! New Practical Chinese Reader is a series of Chinese textbooks compiled at the beginning of the new millennium for the purpose of teaching Chinese to native English speakers or those who use English as their principal second language. It aims to develop the learner's communicative ability in Chinese by learning language structures, functions and related cultural knowledge as well as by training their listening, speaking, reading and writing skills. The first four volumes, consisting of fifty lessons, are for beginners and pre-intermediate level learners. This set of textbooks is designed for overseas students who either take Chinese as an elective or major in the language for a period of three years, studying about one lesson a week, or one volume a semester. It can also be used by autonomous learners.

New Practical Chinese Reader Textbook 2 (Lessons 15-26) takes students on more interesting journeys, and includes learning how to use money, travel to Shanghai, going to the library, hospital, Chinese cheongsam, traditional Chinese painting, the Shaoxing opera, and other facets of everyday life. In every lesson, the following sections are present: Text, New Words, Notes, Conversation Practice, Reading Comprehension, Phonetics, Grammar, Characters and Cultural Notes. The book uses several fictional characters in different situations to make the Chinese learning experience more enjoyable.

Texts in traditional Chinese characters are provided.

• New Practical Chinese Reader Textbook 1, 2, 3, 4, and Audio CDs
• New Practical Chinese Reader Textbook 1, and 4 Audio CDs
• New Practical Chinese Reader Textbook 3, and 4 Audio CDs
• New Practical Chinese Reader Textbook 4, and 5 Audio CDs
• Kingsoft Powerword 2007 Professional
• Fun Chinese for Kids Learn how to speak first!

• The student will be in the cultural setting of Chinese society with several international students who live in China. The student will learn authentic Chinese and understand Chinese society and culture.
• The instruction of functional items is emphasized. The student will learn to use Chinese from the very beginning of the learning process.
• Attention is paid to the instruction of pronunciation, grammar, vocabulary and discourse and a gradual increase in difficulty. It will help students understand the language structure of Chinese.
• A new method of teaching Chinese characters is utilized to help students read and write intriguing characters.
• Combined instruction of the four basic skills, listening, speaking, reading and writing, is emphasized.