Reading China is a progressive, reader-friendly series of reading materials specially designed for non-native Chinese learners, which can be used in class or as extracurricular reading. The main features of Reading China are as follows:
- Graded-Reading Materials: Five progressive grades, each in several volumes, which are tailored for different levels of learners.
- Topics of China: An outlook of modern Chinese society is provided from various aspects of clothing, food, shelter and transportation, co-existence of traditional customs and modern life practices, language, culture, and economy, etc.
- Short and Simple Articles: Different forms of short articles written in simple and humorous language are appealing to read.
- Books with CD: Each volume is divided by book A and B. Each book comes with a CD and learners can read and listen to authentic Chinese at the same time.
This series can be used as in-class or after-class reading materials because every book from the series is brief in content and has a small amount of exercises. There are altogether five levels in the series, each consisting of several volumes. Please refer to the table below for specific data:
| Level |
Length of Texts (words) |
Vocabulary |
Number of Texts |
Prior Chinese Learning |
| 1 |
100-150 |
500 |
25 |
3 months (160 credit hours) |
| 2 |
150-300 |
1000 |
25 |
½ year (320 credit hours) |
| 3 |
300-550 |
2000 |
25 |
1 year (640 credit hours) |
| 4 |
500-750 |
3500 |
20 |
2 years (1280 credit hours) |
| 5 |
700-1200 |
5000 |
18 |
3 years (1920 credit hours) |
