MYP课程并没有统一固定的教材， 不同地区不同的 IB 学校会根据情况的不同而选用不同的教材。 如何选材、如何设计课程、如何指导学生有效地探究和学习都为老师提出了极大的挑战。本书系统讲解MYP（初级）中文语言习得的教学结构和构思，帮助教师更高效地进行教学规划和课堂教学，帮助学生更好地完成MYP（初级）中文课程的学习。
如果你用别人能理解的语言与对方交谈，那么交谈会进入对方的大脑。如果你用对方的语言与之交谈，那么交谈会进入对方的心灵。
If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his own language, that goes to his heart.
——Nelson Mandela
一种语言可以为你的人生开启一条走廊，两种语言则会在你人生走廊的沿途开启更多的大门。
One language sets you in a corridor for life. Two languages open every door along the way.
——Frank Smith
语言的限制就是对我的世界的限制。
The limits of my language are the limits of my world.
——Ludwig Writtgenstein
学习一切你所能学的，无论什么时间，无论学习的对象是谁。总有一天你会为你所做的感到欣慰。
Learn everything you can, anytime you can, from anyone you can; there will always come a time when you will be grateful you did.
——Sarah Caldwell
学习是自己一辈子的财富。
Learning is a treasure that will follow its owner everywhere.
——Chinese Proverb
除非你掌握了两名以上的语言，否则你永远无法真正理解一门语言。
You can never understand one language until you understand at least two.
——Geoffrey Willans
掌握另一门语言，拥有第二个灵魂！
To have another language is to possess a second soul.
——Charlemagne