Introduction 1 Pinyin 拼音
Introduction 2 Chinese Characters 汉å—
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Unit 2 Getting to know you ä½ æ˜¯å“ªå›½äººï¼Ÿ
Unit 3 What time is it? çŽ°åœ¨å‡ ç‚¹ï¼Ÿ
Unit 4 What’s today’s date? ä»Šå¤©å‡ å·ï¼Ÿ
Unit My family 我们一家人
Appendix 1 Vocabulary Index (English – Chinese)
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Appendix 2 Vocabulary Index (Chinese – English)
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Appendix 3 Key Sentence Patterns 主è¦å¥åž‹
Affiliation: Livingston High School, New Jersey
Lucy Lee is a veteran teacher at Livingston High School in New Jersey, teacher director at Rutgers and William Paterson University and past president of the Chinese Language Association of Secondary-Elementary Schools (CLASS).
Affiliation: Beijing Language & Culture University
Lixia Chen is the director of Confucius Institute at the Beijing Language & Culture University.
Includes topics relevant to secondary students’ everyday experience
Breaks down unit into manageable chunks to help students progress from “bite-size†stages to more lengthy and complex
tasks
Spiraling design helps students build upon existing knowledge and facilitates the gradual mastery of skills
Offers a variety of communicative classroom activities to help students achieve target language goals
Interweaves Chinese cultural information into the texts, visuals and activities
Reinforces language learning by making connections to other content areas
Includes topics relevant to secondary students’ everyday experience
Breaks down unit into manageable chunks to help students progress from “bite-size†stages to more lengthy and complex
tasks
Spiraling design helps students build upon existing knowledge and facilitates the gradual mastery of skills
Offers a variety of communicative classroom activities to help students achieve target language goals
Interweaves Chinese cultural information into the texts, visuals and activities
Reinforces language learning by making connections to other content areas