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New
Practical Chinese Reader (NPCR)
is a series of Chinese textbooks compiled at
the beginning of the new millennium for the
purpose of teaching Chinese to native English
speakers or those who use English as their principal
second language. It aims to develop the learner
s communicative ability in Chinese by learning
1.anguage structures, functions and related
cultural knowledge as well as by training their
listening, speaking, reading and writing skills.
The series consists of seventy lessons in six
volumes. The first four volumes, consisting
of fifty lessons, are for beginners and pre-intermediate
level learners. The last two contain twenty
lessons for learners at an intermediate level.
This set of textbooks is designed for overseas
students who either take Chinese as an elective
or major in the language for a period of three
years, studying about one lesson a week, or
one volume a semester. I't can also be used
by autonomous learners. Each volume comes equipped
with a workbook, an instructor's manual, audiotapes
and CD-ROMs.
New Practical Chinese Reader is a series of
Chinese textbooks compiled at the beginning
of the new millennium for the purpose of teaching
Chinese to native English speakers or those
who use English as their principal second language.
It aims to develop the learner s communicative
ability in Chinese by learning language structures,
functions and related cultural knowledge as
well as by training their listening, speaking,
reading and writing skills. The series consists
of seventy lessons in six volumes. The first
four volumes, consisting of fifty lessons, are
for beginners and pre-intermediate level learners.
The last two contain twenty lessons for learners
at an intermediate level. This set of textbooks
is designed for overseas students who either
take Chinese as an elective or major in the
language for a period of three years, studying
about one lesson a week, or one volume a semester.
It can also be used by autonomous learners.
Each volume comes equipped with a workbook,
an instructor's manual, audiotapes and CD-ROMs.
New Teaching Material, New Concepts More and
more Chinese language teachers advocate the
idea that the fundamental goal of language teaching
is to cultivate the learner's communicative
ability in the target language. We believe new
teaching materials should be learner-centered.
What is taught must be determined by students'
needs and must enable them to learn creatively,
gradually strengthening their motivation and
sense of achievement. We must create a synthesis
of all pedagogical schools, ranging from the
grammar-translation method to the communicative
approach. We should both emphasize the communicative
function and also obtain a firm grasp of language
structure. We should allow students to gain
grounding in the four basic skills by means
of a large number of drills and exercises while
also mastering the necessary grammatical knowledge
and rules for word and sentence formation. The
study of pronunciation, vocabulary, sentence
patterns, grammar, and speech are the foundation
of linguistic communication. The only way that
we can make the learning process easier and
smoother is by emphasizing the principle of
moving from the simple to the complex and from
the easy to the difficult, progressing gradually
as we constantly review what has come before.
Finally, language teaching materials must help
students understand the culture and society
of the target language so that they can use
the target language more effectively. The above
are the basic concepts that guided us while
writing New Practical Chinese Reader.
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excerpt from " Preface of NPCR"
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