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New Practical Chinese Reader: Workbook, Vol. 1 | 
 enlarge | Author: Liu Xun
Publisher: Beijing Language & Culture Univ Pr
Category: Book
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Rating:  6 reviews
Sales Rank: 310330
Media: Paperback
Edition: Workbook
Pages: 122
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 11.1 x 8 x 0.3
ISBN: 7561910428
Dewey Decimal Number: 428
EAN: 9787561910429
ASIN: 7561910428
Publication Date: August 30, 2003
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Product Description
Compiled under the sponsorship of the China National Office for Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language (NOTCFL) and in consultation with the Chinese Proficiency Test (HSK) Guidelines, the New Practical Chinese Reader (NPCR) series is designed to help native English speakers easily learn Chinese. Based on the time-tested Practical Chinese Reader (PCR), the revised and updated NPCR combines the grammatical strengths of the old PCR with contemporary material and more emphasis on learning to use Chinese in everyday conversation. NPCR consists of 70 lessons in six volumes, covering beginning to intermediate levels, for three years of instruction. Features include balanced training in speaking, pronounciation, grammar, and vocabulary; gradual increases in difficulty, and a cyclical approach to learning with constant review of language structures, functions, and cultural knowledge; an abundance of practice material suitable for students to use inside and outside the classroom; and a new, systematic approach to the teaching of Chinese characters.
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 Don't buy the workbook October 22, 2008
The PCR textbooks are excellent when used in conjunction with a good high school or college curriculum. However, the accompanying workbook for Volume One is too expensive and not very useful.
The listening and speaking exercises at the beginning of each lesson are too brief, and they require the purchase of a CD set which is also overpriced for the length and quality of the audio. Anyone who's learned a foreign language knows that listening practice requires much more than a few minutes of taped conversation or vocabulary drills.
The audio exercises are followed by writing exercises, which you can do from any number of online sites or by simply practicing the new vocabulary from the main textbook on a sheet of paper. The workbook exercises are just an add-on to thicken up the book, and they add little to improving your Chinese.
Depending on the chapter, the reading and writing exercises are followed by sentence completion, true-false questions, translation, or short essay summaries. The most useful exercises, translation/reading a passage/writing a summary, can be done using the main textbook. The others are just filler.
The original PCR series was created as a cheap curriculum for intensive or college level Chinese classes. They've evolved into a complete marketing package that has improved the quality of the basic instructional texts but has also added on needless study aids that you can get elsewhere, that you can augment with classroom practice, or that you don't need at all.
 Good structure and lots of exercises March 25, 2008
Good practice for completing the textbook, but do not forget to buy the CD-s as well, because a great part of the practices are audio exercises!
A review from a real user November 10, 2006
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
A very good book to learn chinese in a course with a teacher.
Chinese methods February 25, 2006
New Practical Chinese Reader is an excellent textbook for beginners in Chinese. The materials are presented in a simple though explicit way, helped visually, which makes it easier to understand and memorize the contents.
 Great Addition to the Textbook January 5, 2006
The Workbook is an excellent addition to the Chinese Reader Textbook; it helps you memorize words and practice pronunciation as well as develop basic writing skills. No question, you are not going to write like a native Chinese just by using the Workbook but it will certainly put you on the road to a better understanding of the characters and how they are combined to form complex words.
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