To achieve success in learning Chinese is to follow a clearly defined path comprised of many significant small steps, and to have a conscious change of attitude.
At MSL Master, the path of learning Chinese is defined by two inter-related and also stand-alone series of Chinese textbooks, Mandarin Express series and Chinese Reading and Writing series. These books are for non-Chinese speakers to learn Chinese efficiently, effectively and systematically, taking them from complete beginners to Chinese proficiency and cultural literacy.
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These two series of Chinese textbooks help students build up their Chinese language skills and cultural knowledge in four stages. As students progress from a lower stage to a higher stage, they will experience a different type of instruction, and their participation and contribution in the class will also gradually become more and more important to their success.
Mandarin Express Intro Level A Student's Book & Work Book
What can students expect when they start on this four-stage Chinese learning path? What kind of learning curve will they experience? It is beneficial for students to know what to expect when learning Chinese. It prepares them both psychologically and physically for the best possible learning outcomes.
No pictures, no radicals, no components, no pinyin, this series of Chinese Reading and Writing textbooks concentrates all effort to help beginner students build up solid Chinese reading and writing skills.
Awareness, expansion, practice and consolidation, this simple format helps students quickly develop Chinese reading and writing abilities.
Find out the difference between a regular Chinese Reading and Writing book and a technologically enhanced book which the Chinese Learning Pen supports.
Mandarin Express is a series of Chinese textbooks focusing on communications, and the word “express” represents its purpose and the underlined methodologies.
Mandarin Express is a series of Chinese textbooks for adult learners to learn Mandarin Chinese. It is highly relevant and interesting, promoting cultural awareness and exchanges.
The best way for higher level students to boost their Chinese reading abilities is through responding to interesting content with good reading tasks.
These two series of Chinese textbooks are a departure from the traditional approach to learning Chinese. Traditional textbooks are usually made up with a few blocks in each lesson, including a new vocabulary list, main text, a list of grammar points, and some written exercises at the end. There is only one metric that determines the level of difficulties, the amount of new words. April Zhang considers this format is the least inspiring and the least effective approach to learn Chinese.
After many years of development, April is able to create a new format which actually invites students to engage in the process of learning Chinese. Special techniques are applied to make sure students have sufficient opportunities to speak, to question, to present, to explain, and to critique. Different metrics are applied to gauge levels of difficulties. A separate Work Book is written for more targeted exercises.
Two series of Chinese textbooks, which clearly separate between learning to interact orally and learning to read and write, is the best approach to the task of learning Chinese.
When addressing to students of different cultural backgrounds, it is important to find the right approach to present Chinese culture and to draw students into the discussions.
A high quality Chinese curriculum can guide students through a series of incremental progress, with clear instructions, targeted exercises and sufficient repetitions.
We use a set of metrics to determine the level of difficulties, so that the beginner’s Chinese textbooks are not too hard, or the advanced not too easy.
Understand the structure of Mandarin Express Work Books, an essential component of our Chinese textbooks, and also get some ideas for writing exercises.
In addition to two series of Chinese textbooks, there are many useful resources and interactive devices ready to support teaching and learning Chinese.
While these two series of Chinese textbooks being at the core of our portfolio of products and services offered to teachers and learners of Chinese worldwide, we have produced many other products, such as Chinese Learning Pen, which can enhance the learning experience tremendously.
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