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New Practical Chinese Reader: Workbook, Vol. 1BUY FROM AMAZON.COM
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 (5 customer reviews)EDITORIAL REVIEWCompiled under the sponsorship of the China National Office for Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language (NOTCFL) and in consultation with the Chinese Proficiency Test (HSK) Guidelines, the New Practical Chinese Reader (NPCR) series is designed to help native English speakers easily learn Chinese. Based on the time-tested Practical Chinese Reader (PCR), the revised and updated NPCR combines the grammatical strengths of the old PCR with contemporary material and more emphasis on learning to use Chinese in everyday conversation. NPCR consists of 70 lessons in six volumes, covering beginning to intermediate levels, for three years of instruction. Features include balanced training in speaking, pronounciation, grammar, and vocabulary; gradual increases in difficulty, and a cyclical approach to learning with constant review of language structures, functions, and cultural knowledge; an abundance of practice material suitable for students to use inside and outside the classroom; and a new, systematic approach to the teaching of Chinese characters. PRODUCT DETAILSPublisher: Beijing Language & Culture Univ PrPub. Date: 30th August 2003 Catalog: Book Media: Paperback Number Of Pages: 122 Ean: 9787561910429 Isbn: 7561910428 ABOUT THIS BOOKUSER REVIEWS
Good practice for completing the textbook, but do not forget to buy the CD-s as well, because a great part of the practices are audio exercises!
A very good book to learn chinese in a course with a teacher.
New Practical Chinese Reader is an excellent textbook for beginners in Chinese. The materials are presented in a simple though explicit way, helped visually, which makes it easier to understand and memorize the contents.
The Workbook is an excellent addition to the Chinese Reader Textbook; it helps you memorize words and practice pronunciation as well as develop basic writing skills. No question, you are not going to write like a native Chinese just by using the Workbook but it will certainly put you on the road to a better understanding of the characters and how they are combined to form complex words.
I recently purchased textbook 1, textbook 1 audio CDs, and workbook 1 for this series. Although the quality of the textbook lessons seems excellent, and the audio CDs for the textbook are very clear, I wish I had not purchased the workbook. The workbook has various exercises such as matching the pinyin to the sound, matching the characters to the pinyin, writing the characters, completing sentences, and such like. The first puzzlement came when I listened to the audio CDs I bought with the textbook; there is nothing on them that resembles the "match the pinyin to the sound" exercises. The second puzzlement came when I tried to find the answer key in the workbook. After more research on Amazon and elsewhere, I was able to piece together what you would need to make a complete set just for book one: New Practical Chinese Reader Textbook 1, $19.95 New Practical Chinese Reader Textbook 1 Audio CDs, $29.95 New Practical Chinese Reader Workbook 1, $12.95 New Practical Chinese Reader Workbook 1 Audio CDs, $16.95 New Practical Chinese Reader Workbook 1 Instructor's Manual, $14.95 (Amazon has it, but it's hard to find) New Practical Chinese Reader Workbook 1 Instructor's Manual Audio Tape, $9.95 (Amazon doesn't have this; I found it at www.chinabooks.com) I have nothing negative to say about the quality of the lessons, but I wish I had known how many things I needed to buy to make the workbook usable. It would be good if Amazon would disclose this somewhere in its editorial descriptions of the books. SIMILAR ITEMS: |
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Good structure and lots of exercises
Think twice before buying workbooks
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