Product: New Practical Chinese Reader Textbook 4, and 5 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 (2006)
Language: Chinese (Simplified Chinese Character, Pinyin, Mandarin, Text in traditional Chinese characters included), and English translation
Textbook in a larger 8 x 11 format
ISBN: 7561913192  9787561913192  7887031923 9787887031921

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 4 contains Lessons 39-50. It includes vocabulary, grammar, drills and text grouped around the following topics: courtship, the role of men and women in society, career objectives, traditions of the Spring Festival, the writings of Lu Xun, bargaining for discounts, interviewing for a job, part-time work, family planning in China, visiting a traditional Chinese doctor, and China s launch of the Shenzhou 5 spacecraft. 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 2, and 4 Audio CDs
• New Practical Chinese Reader Textbook 3, and 4 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.