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Photos and illustrations in authentic contexts make every lesson interesting and show students what everyday life is like in China.
Controlled Assessment spreads in every chapter help students prepare for the writing and speaking assessments.
Examiner tips and advice on improving grades in ResultsPlus sections.
A wide variety of activities on every spread so you can differentiate your teaching to suit students of all abilities.
Strong focus on learning Chinese characters with tips, advice and vocabulary boxes throughout and a section on Chinese character acquisition at the back of the book.
Discrete extension units provide extra stretch activities for more able students.
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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful
Before buying this book I was assured by Edexcel that it was suitable for beginners. It isn't! I have already completed a course on spoken Mandarin and studied the characters myself. I was astonished to see the level of character recognition required just to begin. There is some Pinyin in the book but nowhere near enough.
The whole book has a very strong emphasis on delivery using Chinese characters from the outset and clearly relies on pronunciation practise being gained from the teacher - not much good if you are teaching yourself. It would have been so easy for Edexcel to have included Pinyin pronunciation guides alongside the new vocabulary in each section but alas they have chosen the more elitist approach and as a result have elevated this book to a middle entry Chinese course.
All that said, the text is lively and colourfully laid out with good intersting features for atudents. It will provide a good reference base for continued study but, as said above, will lose many potential learners due to the heavy character usage. Learning any language is primarily about speaking it. For European languages the written work is easy due to the common Roman script but I feel that when that language has no alphabet, like Chinese, to put so much emphasis on reading and writing the script at this early stage, somewhat defeats the object of learning to speak.
This is a good book if you already have a reasonable grasp of the spoken and character written language, or if you are studying the course with a teacher. If not, leave it on the shelf.
The whole book has a very strong emphasis on delivery using Chinese characters from the outset and clearly relies on pronunciation practise being gained from the teacher - not much good if you are teaching yourself. It would have been so easy for Edexcel to have included Pinyin pronunciation guides alongside the new vocabulary in each section but alas they have chosen the more elitist approach and as a result have elevated this book to a middle entry Chinese course.
All that said, the text is lively and colourfully laid out with good intersting features for atudents. It will provide a good reference base for continued study but, as said above, will lose many potential learners due to the heavy character usage. Learning any language is primarily about speaking it. For European languages the written work is easy due to the common Roman script but I feel that when that language has no alphabet, like Chinese, to put so much emphasis on reading and writing the script at this early stage, somewhat defeats the object of learning to speak.
This is a good book if you already have a reasonable grasp of the spoken and character written language, or if you are studying the course with a teacher. If not, leave it on the shelf.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Many people have commented that this book isn't suitable for a beginner due to its lack of pinyin (romanization) and the fact that it requires the knowledge of quite a lot of characters before you can even read the examples on the first page- and while I couldn't agree more, I can't help but feel that they should have realised that this book is not aimed at the complete beginners but rather someone who is preparing to study it for GCSE within a classroom environment. As someone who is doing that, I have found this book pretty good. I have other textbooks to supplement my learning outside of class - which do have pinyin - but actually studying with a book that does not rely on it is, in my opinion, a good thing as I have found it helps to reinforce your knowledge of the characters and their different meanings - although having a native speaker nearby is a must for pronunciation issues.
My only real problem with the book is the vocabulary section at the back which is not alphabetical nor even ordered according to radicals as in most dictionaries...it takes longer to find it in the back than it does to go through a chinese dictionary to find it.
In conclusion, if you have
-a fairly good knowledge of basic chinese (or a slightly basic level but in search of a challenge and prepared to spend half your time looking things up in a dictionary) then this is a good book.
If however, you have little or no knowledge of chinese and you're studying on your own, I would steer clear- there are plenty of other better books to support your learning.
My only real problem with the book is the vocabulary section at the back which is not alphabetical nor even ordered according to radicals as in most dictionaries...it takes longer to find it in the back than it does to go through a chinese dictionary to find it.
In conclusion, if you have
-a fairly good knowledge of basic chinese (or a slightly basic level but in search of a challenge and prepared to spend half your time looking things up in a dictionary) then this is a good book.
If however, you have little or no knowledge of chinese and you're studying on your own, I would steer clear- there are plenty of other better books to support your learning.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
This book is not meant for beginners, but is suitable for someone already with a basic grasp of Chinese. The book is also written in simplified Chinese, and is this unsuitable for students who will take the exam using traditional font.
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An excellent resource for students. Colourful pages. Written in easy to understand language for students and teachers alike!
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