Chinese Course is a series of comprehensive Chinese learning materials designed for international students studying in China.The third edition of Chinese Course is composed of three levels(each including sublevels A and B),76 lessons in total.For institutions granting undergraduate degrees,it takes one year to finish;for non-degree-granting institutions,teachers can use the books flexibly vased on their instructional targets and goals.The specifics are as follows:Targeted at:Beginning-and elementary-level Chinese language learners.Class hours:Books 1 are for the first semester of the first year.It is suggested that each of the 25 lessons in Book 1 take two class hours(1 class hour=50 minutes).
It is a compulsory course for the international students of the 2nd semester of freshman year. This course provides basic Chinese learning and practice, including Chinese characters writing, reading, listening and speaking. In this course,students are going to study the useful sentence pattern. After learning this course of this semester, students' Chinese proficiency is suppoesed to reach HSK level 2.