Due to the rise in Chinese language learning, the global demand for Chinese language learning is increasing day by day and the compilation of Chinese language learning materials has also received more attention. In view of the fact that Taiwan has always lacked a set of Chinese learning materials that can be promoted to the international market, seven Chinese language centers from universities including Tamkang University, Fu Jen Catholic University, Wenzao University of Languages, Tzu Chi University, National Taipei University of Education, Chinese Culture University, and Feng Chia University collaborated to form the Modern Chinese Review Committee to jointly develop a set of high-quality, innovative, digitized, and diverse textbooks that are in line with modern Chinese learning trends.
The complete set of textbooks consists of seven volumes with 16 planned major themes, and each volume has 16 lessons that evolve around these 16 themes. It adopts a spiral progression and a coned incline to gradually strengthen the learners' Chinese listening, speaking, reading and writing skills. The textbooks use diversified teaching integration and designed activities design, combined with practical real-life content to enhance learners' Chinese communication skills.
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Due to the rise in Chinese language learning, the global demand for Chinese language learning is increasing day by day and the compilation of Chinese language learning materials has also received more attention. In view of the fact that Taiwan has always lacked a set of Chinese learning materials that can be promoted to the international market, seven Chinese language centers from universities including Tamkang University, Fu Jen Catholic University, Wenzao University of Languages, Tzu Chi University, National Taipei University of Education, Chinese Culture University, and Feng Chia University collaborated to form the Modern Chinese Review Committee to jointly develop a set of high-quality, innovative, digitized, and diverse textbooks that are in line with modern Chinese learning trends.
The complete set of textbooks consists of seven volumes with 16 planned major themes, and each volume has 16 lessons that evolve around these 16 themes. It adopts a spiral progression and a coned incline to gradually strengthen the learners' Chinese listening, speaking, reading and writing skills. The textbooks use diversified teaching integration and designed activities design, combined with practical real-life content to enhance learners' Chinese communication skills.
Taiwan's first set of Chinese language textbooks based on the Eight Thousand Chinese Words.
In terms of vocabulary ion, these textbooks are based on the “Eight Thousand Chinese Words” developed by the National Steering Committee for the Test of Proficiency of the Chinese Language. The vocabulary is incorporated into the texts of each volume according to the vocabulary level, and frequently-used and practical vocabulary is added appropriately to enhance the learner’s comprehensive and application abilities in real-life situations, making it a set of excellent and novel Chinese language learning materials. For students who need to take Chinese language proficiency tests, they can become more familiar with the 8,000 words, properly learn Chinese, and pass the test.
Recommended by the National Steering Committee for the Test of Proficiency of the Chinese Language, which can assist learners to prepare for the Test of Chinese as a Foreign Language (TOCFL).
After the textbooks have been compiled, they will be submitted to the National Steering Committee for the Test of Proficiency of the Chinese Language for review, and it will be recommended for assisting learners in preparing for the TOCFL test. It is an excellent Chinese textbook, and is also a must-read for students who want to successfully pass Chinese language proficiency tests.
Three major aspects, sixteen themes, gradual learning
These textbooks are divided into seven volumes, and 16 themes are planned based on the three aspects of CEFR: domain, situation, and themes. Apart from the pre-learning chapter in the first volume, each volume has 16 lessons. The arrangement of the domains and themes for the 16 lessons in each of the seven volumes are the same. Each theme has a spiral progression and a coned incline for the different volumes, including the increase of vocabulary, grammar, and the expansion of themes. The 16 themes are listed as follows:
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Theme of Field
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Serial Number
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Theme of Field
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1
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Personal Information and Family
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9
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Education and Learning
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2
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Daily Life
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10
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Health and Care
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3
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Shopping and Business Behavior
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11
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Interpersonal Relationships
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4
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Food and Culture
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12
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Work and Society
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5
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Housing and Environment
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13
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Technology and Innovation
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6
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Leisure and Entertainment
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14
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Festivals and Customs
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7
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Travel and Transportation
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15
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History and Humanities
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8
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Lifestyle
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16
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Geography and International Perspective
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Comprehensive Structure that covers everything
These textbooks were composed based on the 5Cs (communication, coherence, culture, comparison, and community), the 4 language skills (listening, speaking, reading, writing), and the 3 modes of communication (interaction, comprehension and interpretation, expression and presentation) proposed by the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL). The textbooks were arranged based on vocabulary and grammar and the guidance from various teaching designs and exercises, which is fully displayed in the 16 themes of each volumes. The contents of each volume are as follows: 1. Texts and dialogues; 2. New vocabulary and usage; 3. Explanation of grammar, examples, and exercises; 4. Short essays; 5. Classroom activities; 6. Notes.
A collective effort from seven outstanding Chinese Language Centers all across Taiwan
These textbooks are the combined efforts of excellent teachers from seven university Chinese language centers such as Tamkang University, Fu Jen Catholic University, Wenzao University of Languages, Tzu Chi University, National Taipei University of Education, Chinese Culture University, and Feng Chia University. The editorial group of each volume put in considerable time and effort from the ion of themes, vocabulary and grammar, level categorization, planning of the textbooks, compilation, review, trial teaching, and development of a digital platform, providing teaching resources up to the publication of the final edition to finally have concrete results.
☉ There are 16 lessons in this volume. In addition to the 16 chapter themes, this volume uses approximately 960 vocabulary words, including 294 basic level (A2), 472 advanced level (B1), a few B2 and C1 phrases, and approximately 130 non-8,000-Chinese-Words vocabulary. There are 6-8 grammatical rules per lesson that serve as a connecting link between basic complex sentences and intermediate-level articles, forming textbooks that meet the needs of elementary level to intermediate level learners. If students can master the spiraled learning progression from Volume 1’s Band A to B1 of this volume, then the student should be able to take the A2 TOCFL test after completing lesson 8 of this volume. After finishing the entire volume, students will have established a good foundations as beginner learners of intermediate level Chinese.
In terms of teaching methods, continued use of direct instruction, audio-lingual method, and focus-on-form teaching methods are used to enhance learners’ language skills. Situated teaching, communicative language teaching, and task-based teaching methods are added in to enable learners to accumulate a large amount of vocabulary and overcome difficulties with new words and grammar, allow students to express themselves by using more complex sentences correctly on familiar topics, and write paragraphs and short essays with more coherent content. Therefore, students improve their comprehensive abilities of the target language such as knowledge, structure, and application.