Level: Elementary, Intermediate
Short-Term Spoken Chinese is a serial textbooks compiled for foreign students who study in short-term Chinese training programs. It mainly aims to develop the students’ communication skills. There are altogether five volumes corresponding to five levels which fall into the elementary, intermediate and advanced categories according to the Standards of Chinese Proficiency in order to meet the different needs of short-term learning. This series gives detailed division of teaching contents and emphasizes the training communication skills. The selected linguistic materials are practical, lively and vivid, illustrated with pictures and supplemented with speaking exercises. Since its publication in 1999,
Short-Term Spoken Chinese has been well-received by teachers and learners home and abroad and has become the best-selling textbook for short-term training of spoken Chinese. The compilers have made revision to the contents, replacing out-of-date texts according to social development to keep it timely and realistic since 2005. At the same time, some language points are also adjusted according to the feedbacks from years of classroom teaching. The layout is also improved to be more user-friendly.
《汉语口语速成》系列教材自1999年陆续出版以来,备受国内外汉语教师和学习者的欢迎,是目前最畅销的一套短期强化汉语口语系列教材。此次修订,教材更被中国教育部列为“普通高等教育‘十一五’国家级规划教材”,是“十一五”国家级规划教材中唯一的一套对外汉语系列教材。第二版根据社会的发展更换了部分内容过时的课文,保持了教材内容贴近当代中国现实生活的特点,同时根据多年来的教学反馈对语言点进行了适当的调整,并改进了版面设计,以使教材更便于使用。
《汉语口语速成》(第二版)是为短期来华留学生编写的、以培养学生口语交际技能为主的一套系列教材。共分五册,分别按照“汉语水平等级标准”的初、中、高三级五个水平的标准编写,以适应短期学习的不同需求。《汉语口语速成》系列教材适合6周及6周以下为教学周期的短期班教学使用。
《汉语口语速成 提高篇》(第二版)全书共24课,在第一版20课的基础上新添四个复习课。内容涉及日常的生活、学习、社交等简单的交际活动,词汇和语法以乙级和丙级为主。本书在保留第一版风格的同时对内容做了比较大的修改,并重新绘制了插图,比第一版更贴近中国当代实际生活。本书适合具有基本听说能力、已经掌握一般句式和主要复句及1500个词语的学习者使用。