Chinese Treasure Chest Vol. 3 (SC),
1st Edition

我的学校
My School
• 自我介绍
Self-Introduction
• 问好 Greetings
• 校长和教职员
People in School
• 学校设施和教室位置
School Facilities and Locations
• 学习科目 Academic Subjects
• 课表 Class Schedules

我的家
My Home
• 我的社区
My Community
• 屋里的房间
Rooms in My House
• 家居用品
Household Items
• 我的睡房
My Bedroom
• 我的后院
My Backyard

我的健康身体
My Healthy Body
• 我的身体部位和器官
My Body Parts and Organs
• 我的健康饮食
My Healthy Diet
• 我的健康习惯
My Healthy Habits
• 我的运动
My Physical Activities
• 我的心理健康
My Healthy Mind

生命周期
Life Cycles
• 苹果
Apples
• 蝴蝶
Butterflies
• 青蛙
Frogs
• 鸡
Chickens

基础语文知识
Basic Language
Components
• 汉语拼音
Pinyin
• 声调
Tones
• 汉字基本笔画
Basic Strokes of
Chinese Characters
• 书写笔顺
Stroke Order for Writing
Chinese Characters
• 偏旁部首
Components and Radicals

对话活动
Speaking Activities
• 认识新朋友
Meeting New Friends
• 休闲活动
Leisure Activities
• 买东西
Going Shopping
• 交通工具
Transportation
• 国籍和国家
Nationalities and Countries
• 餐馆点菜
Ordering in a Restaurant

阅读短文
Short Reading
Passages
• 我的家
My Family
• 教室里
In the Classroom
• 数字
Counting Numbers
• 春天 Spring
• 我的社区
My Community
• 游中国
Trip to China

儿歌与念唱
Songs and Chants
• 季节
Seasons
• 学校
School
• 动物
Animals
• 身体部位
Body Parts
• 国家与城市
Countries and Cities
• 节日
Festivals

• Marisa Fang

  Originally from Taiwan, lead author Marisa Fang graduated from Fu Jen University. She then received her M.S. degree in New York. Marisa has enjoyed a successful career in teaching ESL and Chinese to students from elementary through university for more than 20 years. Although she retired in 2013, she continues to be active in the teaching community as a lecturer and teacher trainer in the U.S. and China. Marisa currently serves as a Board Director of Chinese Language Teachers Association of Greater New York (CLTA-GNY) and Guest Teacher Adviser to the College Board.

• Marisa Fang

  Originally from Taiwan, lead author Marisa Fang graduated from Fu Jen University, majoring in Spanish. She then received her M.S. degree in New York and taught ESL for four years before becoming a Chinese teacher. She is also Board Treasurer of the Chinese Language Teachers’ Association of Greater New York, co-author of Chinese Treasure Chest Volumes 1 and 2 (Cengage Learning, 2008, 2010), Chinese 123 – I Sing Along (2009), Flying with Chinese (2007 - Now), and Chinese Culture for Children (2004, 2005).

• Helen Jung

  Helen Jung has over 17 years of teaching experience in both Hong Kong and New York. She received her M.A. degree from SUNY at Stony Brook. Her professional interest lies in creating game-like activities to make learning meaningful and fun. She currently teaches Chinese as a foreign language in public schools on Long Island. She is the co-author of Chinese Culture for Children (Far East Book Company, 2004-2005).

• Rosemary Firestein

  Rosemary began studying Chinese as an undergraduate student at Temple University. She then spent two years as an exchange student at Nankai University in Tianjin, China. She received her M.ED degree in Foreign Language Education from Temple University's Graduate School. Rosemary taught ESL and Chinese in the Philadelphia public schools for 13 years. She now teaches Chinese as a foreign language to American students in a public school on Long Island.

• Helen Jung

  Helen Jung received her B. Ed. from University of Wolverhampton, U.K. and her M.A. from SUNY at Stony Brook, U.S. She began her teaching career in Hong Kong and currently teaches Chinese in the Plainview-Old Bethpage public schools in New York. With 28 years of experience working with young children, Helen is well-versed in stimulating students’ interest in Chinese learning. She takes great pleasure in creating innovative lessons that integrate technology with language learning to inspire and challenge her students.

• Thematic Units—The four units My School, My Home, My Healthy Body, and Life Cycles contain a wide variety of activities to appeal to students of all ages and proficiency levels.

• Thematic Units - These units are relevant to the topics in Volumes 1 and 2. Each unit provides new vocabulary and related activities in the same format but extends these topics in a way that allows students to communicate more about each one.

• STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math) Projects - Our new STEAM section provides innovative ways to tie in STEAM with the Chinese culture/language experience.

• Short Reading Passages—This unit contains short readings with attractive illustrations to help students connect meaning to what they are reading. Following each reading is a short assignment to provide students with further practice.

• Songs, tongue twisters, Tang poems, riddles, miniskirts and more!

• Notes for Teachers—Teaching tips and suggestions are offered for all activities to help teachers in planning their lessons.

• Free Audio Files—Audio recordings of songs, vocabulary, reading passages, and dialogues are available on http://emarketing.cengageasia.com/ctc3audio

• Thematic Units—The four units My School, My Home, My Healthy Body, and Life Cycles contain a wide variety of activities to appeal to students of all ages and proficiency levels.

• Basic Language Components—This unit deepens students’ understanding of the Chinese language through exercises on the pinyin system, tones, and Chinese characters.

• Speaking Activities—This unit includes the framework and vocabulary necessary for students to practice speaking about 21 different topics. Students of all levels will enjoy practicing the dialogues which are presented in a user-friendly, attractive format.

• Short Reading Passages—This unit contains short readings with attractive illustrations to help students connect meaning to what they are reading. Following each reading is a short assignment to provide students with further practice;

• Differentiated Instruction—All activities are clearly marked with their level of difficulty to enable teachers to choose the activities that are best suited to their students’ needs and abilities.

• Notes for Teachers—Teaching tips and suggestions are offered for all activities to help teachers in planning their lessons.

• Free Audio Files—Audio recordings of songs, vocabulary, reading passages, and dialogues are available on http://emarketing.cengageasia.com/ctc3audio

Cengage provides a range of supplements that are updated in coordination with the main title selection. For more information about these supplements, contact your Learning Consultant.

Cengage eBook: Chinese Treasure Chest Vol. 3 (SC) 12 Months
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