Sunshine Chinese is an international Chinese textbook for Chinese learners of 7 to 15 years old.
It is the first book series adopts the vocabulary and language requirements of the new YCT (Youth Chinese Test) test as guideline, communication as core and interest as direction.
A whole new teaching method of “conveying culture through stories and practicing language through games” is also adopted in this textbook to better suit the Chinese teaching classrooms both in China and abroad.
The Workbook, attached to the Textbook, is designed with a rich variety of activities in accordance with the content of the Textbook, with eight or nine activities for each unit. Each activity is clearly defined by its type including matching, pasting, observing, song, interview and so forth. The activities in each unit include practices of listening, speaking, reading, and sometimes writing with worksheets provided for each activity. The format allows the teacher to pick and choose the activities according to the students’ need and time limit. To make learning more fun, an interesting song for each unit is provided, with the lyrics from the text and melody easy and familiar. All songs are recorded on CD.
Key Features:
- A “Teaching Resource Package” in the book includes Pinyin handbook, character cards, song collection, story collection and on-line textbook.
- Each unit is accompanied by an activity handbook that can be used inside or outside classroom.
- The Teachers’ Guidebook provides the teaching aim, requirement, activity design and assessment plan of each unit in easy English.
- The series includes Students’ Textbooks and Teachers’ Guidebooks corresponding to the 4 levels of the new YCT test with 12 units (stories) for each level.
About the Editor
Liu Jun (刘俊) is the Vice President of the International Society of Chinese Language Teaching (ISCLT), senior consultant of Hanban, former Director of Confucius Institute at the University of Arizona, and current Associate Provost for International Initiatives at Georgia State University.
The whole book series includes 8 volumes with 6 units per book, and each level includes two books. Each book is accompanied by a Workbook and a Teacher’s Guidebook. The detailed book list is as below:
Textbook 1A
Textbook 1B
Teacher’s Guidebook 1
Textbook 2A
Textbook 2B
Teacher’s Guidebook 2