Demand for Chinese curricular materials at the secondary school level has never been greater, and Cheng & Tsui is pleased to respond with Huanying. Developed in accordance with ACTFL National Content Standards, Huanying engages students in interactive and integrated language practice through fun and meaningful activities, contemporary topics that appeal to secondary school students, a full-color textbook design, and additional resources that will reduce teacher preparation time and allow teachers to focus on teaching.
The textbooks are organized around topics that are essential to everyday communication, such as greetings, family, things we use every day, dates, days, and times, and our environment. Volume 1, for first-year Chinese, consists of six total units, with each unit containing five lessons and a review lesson. Accurate language use is introduced through simple yet systematic language notes. Activities are skill-integrated, meaning that almost all activities involve two or more language skills, which mirrors real-life use and helps improve students’ overall language proficiency.
Huanying contains the perfect mix of ingredients to ensure that the students’ learning experience is continuously intertwined with the “5-Cs” of foreign language learning—communication, cultures, connections, comparisons, and communities, as established by the National Standards for Foreign Language Learning. By starting with a communicative approach, and combining it with carefully crafted activities that embed repetitive language practice in a meaningful context, the authors of Huanying have created a practical and learner-centered fun experience for secondary school students. This series will be available Summer 2008.
Features
- Volume 1 covers one full year of learning material and introduces approximately 500 characters.
- Say “goodbye” to repetitive and boring language drills! Huanying offers a variety of fun and creative communicative activities for the classroom, including informal interviews, presentations, and paired games such as “find your lost twin,” the spy game, “adopt a pet,” celebrity bingo, and more.
- Textbooks and workbooks feature drawings, maps, tables, and pictures that engage students visually and encourage learning in a practical context.
- Cultural notes help students understand Chinese culture and make comparisons between Chinese culture and their own.
- Learning goals at the beginning of each textbook unit outline a clear purpose for the unit.
- Self-assessment checklists at the end of each unit allow teachers to easily assess students’ strengths and weaknesses, and give students a sense of accomplishment as they monitor their own progress.
- Teachers’ books feature copies of all student workbook activities with answer keys, many useful suggestions on how to facilitate a learner-centered, interactive classroom setting, and templates for quizzes and unit tests that will save teachers hours of preparation time.
- An online companion site features free audio recordings to go with the textbook and workbook, plus additional activities.
Reviews
"...this is a well-designed, well-written, informative, interesting textbook with a high quality of scholarship and accuracy. "—Jean Yu, Hotchkiss School
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Items in the Huanying series
Volume 1
Textbook
| Full year textbook + free audio downloads, Hdcr. | 9780887276620 | $79.95 | Add to cart |
| Full year textbook + free audio downloads, Pbk. | 9780887276156 | $59.95 | Add to cart |
Workbook
| Part 1, Pbk. | 9780887276163 | $19.95 | Pre-Order |
| Part 2, Pbk. | 9780887277054 | $22.95 | Pre-Order |
MP3 Audio
| Textbook/Workbook Audio Program | huanying1audio | Free Download |
Teacher's Book
| Part 1, Pbk. | 9780887276170 | Price TBA | |
| Part 2, Pbk. | 9780887277061 | Price TBA |
