This is the traditional Chinese characters version of Workbook 5 of Easy Steps to Chinese. The book has been designed based on the characteristics of non-Chinese middle school students in learning Chinese, and the exercises are closely related to the knowledge taught in Textbook 5. Compared with Workbooks 1-4, Workbook 5 intensifies the training in students’ text comprehension. In addition to the respective exercises for Lessons 1-15 in the textbook, 5 unit reviews and tests, and an alphabetically ordered list of new words, there is also a new type of exercises: Reading Comprehension. The reading materials cover a strictly controlled number of words that haven’t been learned by the students and have made breakthroughs in length and difficulty so as to give students a more comprehensive training in their reading ability and to develop their all-round language skills as well.

Yamin Ma, B.A. in English Language and Literature, and M.A. in Education, is currently a Chinese teacher in Island School, Hong Kong. Ma has gained years of experience in teaching Chinese as a foreign language and she actively keeps up with the trends of AP Chinese Test in U.S. and the IB Chinese Test in Europe. Her research covers English language teaching, Chinese language teaching and educational psychology. She has read and published a number of papers in international conferences.