Overview
Cengage Learning and IQ Chinese bring to you Go! Chinese, a textbook series for learners of Chinese as a foreign language.
The 8-level program is divided into two series: Beginner and Intermediate. The Beginner Series (Go100 – 400) provides a solid foundation for continued study of the Intermediate Series (Go500 – 800). The Beginner Series equips students with vocabulary and common expressions for everyday interactions in Chinese, while the Intermediate Series places more emphasis on cultural comparison, self-expression and opinion exchange. Each level includes a student text, a workbook, and a companion CD-ROM.
Lesson 1 The Story of a Small Town 小城故事
Lesson 2 The History Test 历史考试
Lesson 3 A Field Trip 校外教学
Lesson 4 Life after Retirement 退休生活
Lesson 5 The Exciting Election 热闹的选举
Lesson 6 Traveling and Learning 旅行学习
Lesson 7 Dad is Out of Work 爸爸失业了
Lesson 8 The Exciting Olympics 精彩的奥运
Lesson 9 Confucius 孔子
Lesson 10 The Dragon Boat Festival 端午节
Vocabulary Index
Forms Lesson 1 Survey Form
Lesson 2 Survey Form
Lesson 6 Holiday Planning Form
The United Daily News is a newspaper published in Taiwan in Traditional Chinese. It is the third biggest newspaper in Taiwan
Develops students’ four language skills while imparting cultural knowledge through the assimilation of cultural information in each topic.
Incorporates topics relevant to students’ everyday lives such as family, school, community, friends, personal interests, sports and festive activities.
Integrates a wide variety of communicative activities such as role play, interview, and games to allow students to practice using the language in meaningful contexts.
The companion CD-ROM features audio recordings of the reading passages, word games, quizzes, and Chinese typing exercises to improve students’ listening, pronunciation, pinyin, and word recognition.
Students will acquire approximately 1,000 Chinese characters and 2,400 common phrases upon completion of the Beginner and Intermediate series.