Go Far with Chinese ENHANCED EDITION is a dynamic, proficiency-based program developed from the ground up specifically for middle and high school students. It blends age-appropriate characters and their stories with real-world communication skills that align with ACTFL standards, building a solid foundation for college-level programs like Integrated Chinese. Level-appropriate and relevant vocabulary, contextual grammar, and extensive teacher resources ensure authentic language learning, empowering students to use their skills confidently in real-world situations.
SERIES OVERVIEW
3 Volumes and 1A/1B Split: Chinese Simplified or Traditional
Proficiency Level: Novice Low to Intermediate Low
NEW TO THE ENHANCED EDITION
Go Farther! Literary and Cultural Readings: The Go Farther! section at the end of every chapter further enables students to deepen their language skills and cultural knowledge by exploring real-life and literary artifacts, such as street signs, advertisements, and classical poems. Students gain insight into contemporary and traditional Chinese culture through authentically based activities.
All-in-one Digital Experience with Course+: Cheng & Tsui is excited to introduce Course+, a new digital offering on our FluencyLink platform. Course+ offers a fully interactive learning experience, featuring auto-graded textbook activities with instant feedback and course materials in both simplified and traditional characters, all in one place. Access audio, video, interactive workbook activities, and teacher resources with just a click, making managing and customizing your lessons easier than ever. With Course+, you can spend less time navigating digital tools and more time doing what matters most: teaching with flexibility.
Learn more about Go Far with Chinese ENHANCED EDITION on FluencyLink.
PROGRAM FEATURES
ACTFL Alignment: Fully aligned to the ACTFL Proficiency Benchmarks and World-Readiness Standards.
Proficiency-based Instruction: Can-Do goals use Backward Design to drive instruction and Integrated Performance Assessments (IPAs) to measure real-world communication skills.
Comprehensible Input: Language is highly controlled, targeting high-frequency vocabulary to support authentic conversations in real-life contexts.
Authentic Materials: Contains a wealth of realia, photos, videos, and literary texts that promote cultural literacy.
Articulated Sequence: Go Far with Chinese articulates with Integrated Chinese, the leading college-level textbook series, whose selected chapters in Volumes 3 and 4 are also the most widely used in AP® Chinese courses.
Video Program: Children of Hangzhou video diaries, filmed in mainland China and Taiwan, expose students to authentic language and culture.
Comic Story: An engaging comic storyline follows six teenagers in Beijing and their travels to other cities. Each episode reinforces language learning through relevant and engaging topics and natural and informal dialogue.
Language in Context: A Language Model begins each chapter by presenting the target vocabulary and grammar in context, prioritizing meaning over form.
Personalization and Differentiation: Activities relate to the young students’ lives, fostering real-world communication and individual expression while allowing differentiation using the extensive supplemental activities and materials provided in the Teacher's Resources packet.
POWERFUL DIGITAL EXPERIENCE
FluencyLink Course+ offers an all-in-one solution that consolidates our comprehensive teaching and learning materials in one place, with a toggle feature that lets users switch instantly between simplified and traditional Chinese character sets. As students progress through the learning content, they can receive immediate feedback on textbook and workbook activities, watch videos, listen to audio, and take assessments—all from a single, easy-to-navigate screen. Teachers can have workbook activities auto-graded, launch teaching tips right from the textbook page, and access the Teacher Resources for each textbook section from a single, integrated Table of Contents. The Course+ user experience instantly simplifies planning, teaching, and assessment.
PROGRAM COMPONENTS
- Student Textbook (Hardcover)
- Student Workbook (Paperback)
- Character Workbook (Downloadable on FluencyLink Course+)
- FluencyLink Course+ Student Subscription
- FluencyLink Course+ Teacher Subscription
- Program Audio (Digital as part of FluencyLink Course+ or as a free download)
- Teacher’s Resource File Pack (Digital as part of FluencyLink Course+ Teacher Subscription or for purchase)
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