Chinese in Focus

1. Student's Book

The  textbook  is  divided  into  10  units  and  each  unit  is  subdivided  into 3  lessons. Approximately  450  Chinese  words  are  taught by  providing images and by breaking each character/word into its parts to help students remember it more easily. In the level two text, about 50 sentence patterns with the most common structural functions are presented in daily-life  situations.  One  of  the  most outstanding  features  of  this  book  is  the storyline: Mark (the American boy who traveled to China in the level one text)  now  returns to China  as  an  exchange  student  to  live  and  to  attend school  in  Guangzhou.  Various  cultural  topics  are  introduced  to enrich students'  knowledge  about  China.  Exercises  on  the  four  skills  are  well designed in a systematic scheme and integrated into each lesson.

Each Student's Book comes with an audio CD program. It enables the students to hear native speakers as they learn and practice words, sentences and  paragraphs  or  dialogues. We  also  provide  audio  at  our  website  for students and teachers to download for homework.

 

2. Workbook
The  workbook  provides  additional  practice  for  the  students  to  develop their language skills. It aligns with the units of the student book.

3. Teacher's Manual 

The  Teacher's  Manual  provides  the  teachers  with  an  outline  of  our program,  a  concise  explanation  on  how  to  use  our materials, a  survey  of our  teaching  content,  suggestions  for  class  activities  and  cultural  notes. The  accompanying  CD  includes  the assessment  program  with  quizzes, tests, mid-term and final exams, answer keys and audio scripts.
 

4. Flash Cards

A perfect companion for any language teacher. We have new vocabulary cards, conveniently arranged by Unit and by Lesson on a DVD. Ready to print or to show on the screen. Or if you prefer, we have also printed Flash Cards ready to use.

 

5. www.chineseinfocus.com

An  online  website  is  available  for  you  and  your  students.  You  are encouraged to use our website to ask for explanations or clarifications, to do research, to exchange ideas or to use as a teaching tool. All units in the text  conclude  with  "Mark's  Blog",  an activity  that  requests  that  students contact the website and exchange ideas. Also included on the website are the audio exercises for the Student Workbook.