Product Description

This compilation of the New Practical Chinese Reader is organized by the China National office for Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language (NOCFL). Now available in four volumes, this series features a total of 50 lessons. 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. These textbooks have been widely used by students in North America, Australia and Europe. The fifth and sixth volumes of the series will be published later this year. Text in simplified Chinese characters.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #348185 in Books
• Published on: 2004-06
• Original language: Chinese, English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 301 pages

Customer Reviews

jenessa
this is by far the best chinese text book i have encountered. i have been studying chinese in china for the past 2 years...so i have seen quite a few textbooks. my husband, who is fluent, has also been very impressed. each chapter is introduced first by a little story using the new vocabulary words and grammatical structures. then the book highlights gives many examples on the new grammactical structuring...all with great english explanations and enough examples to really understand how it works.

you don't even need to think twice about this one....go out and get it...you will be glad you did!!

Great book for Intermediate Chinese language learners
I think this is a really good book to continue learning Chinese. Each unit contains two texts to start off, accompanied by vocabulary lists with the words translated into English and some Chinese examples as to how to use those words, the complicated expressions are also explained in English with more examples, the English grammar explanations are very clear, it contains many exercises and at the end of each unit you have another text which contains the vocabulary and grammar aspects studied throughout the unit.