Feiyue Intermediate Chinese, a set of two student’s textbooks and one teacher’s book, is intended for English-speaking students in college and high school. Feiyue means to fly forward and serves here as a metaphor for the progression that will occur in students’ Chinese proficiency levels after actively working through the meticulously designed exercises and activities in these textbooks.
Features:
◇Lead-in pictures for each lesson which highlight their subject matter and the key words.
◇Each lesson consists of a dialog and a narrative passage in both simplified and traditional characters.
◇For each new word, in addition to a pinyin transcription and an English explanation, parts of speech and examples of usage are also provided.
◇Each lesson integrates an array of exercises and activities in listening, speaking, reading, writing and typing Chinese.
◇Character components are illustrated; Explanations of language points are simple, precise and practical.
◇Pictures and real-life materials accompany the lessons.
◇CDs in MP3 format are provided for all texts and listening exercises.