Discover China is specially designed for young adult and adult learners and employs a communicative approach to language learning. Emphasis is placed on pair work, group work and on a variety of speaking and listening activities to help students become confident Chinese language speakers. Discover China gives students a comprehensive, integrated and systematic introduction to language.
《走遍中国》专为青少年以及成年汉语学习者量身定制。本系列教材重点设计了工作、活动以及其他等各种不同的生活场景和对话，通过以情景交流促进语言学习的方式，为学生全面、综合、系统地介绍了汉语的学习和使用，帮助汉语学习者在日常对话中巩固基础，提高自信。《走遍中国》系列教材分为1-4级，每一级均包括学生用书以及课本（各配有CD）.
Some of the Features of Discover China:
- A communicative approach lets studentslearn by using the language in real-lifesituations, providing them with the tools theyneed to communicate in Chinese naturally
- Language in context presents keyvocabulary and language points in situationswhere students will encounter them in real life
- Structured, effective learning based on thesequence ‘presentation, practice andproduction’ has activities move from controlledpractice to personalized tasks, whichfacilitates effective learning of the language
- Inductive grammar teaching encouragesstudents to discover the language rules ofChinese for themselves by identifying thepatterns in targeted language samples
- Meaningful and integrated character writing practice through grouping characters with common radicals to give ‘clues’ to the meaning — these high frequency characters are presented within the context of the unit theme
- Insights into Chinese culture with “Cultural Corner” sections in each unit, promoting a deeper understanding of this remarkable country and its language
- Extra pair work activities for each unit, providing additional communicative speaking practice
- Supported by abundant resources including workbooks, teacher’s books, assessment tasks, MP3 downloads and extra speaking activities – the support materials allow both teacher-guided learning in the classroom and self-teaching at a pace suited to the individual student
Components of Discover China Levels 1, 2, 3 and 4:
- Comprehensive Student’s Book with regular review units, vocabulary extension activities, extra speaking practice and detailed grammar explanations
- Audio CD of all dialogues, reading passages and pronunciation activities
- Workbook + Audio CD to further develop students’ reading, writing and listening skills and enhance their grammar and vocabulary knowledge
See also
Paperback, Simplified Chinese characters and English, 105-125 pages/book, 11"x8.75", 1 CD
