Step Up With Chinese Textbook 4 (Australian Edition),
2nd Edition

Lucy Chu Lee, Xia Li Chen

ISBN-13: 9789814962285
Copyright 2021 | Published
188 pages | List Price: USD $42.95

STEP UP with CHINESE for Australia is a ground-breaking Chinese language textbook series for secondary school students with little or no Chinese language background. It is designed with a strong focus on communication, intercultural understanding and connections with other key learning areas (KLAs). This second edition features updated content, new images, and an additional vocabulary index that facilitates Chinese word search via English keywords. This series consists of four levels. Each textbook is designed to be covered in one academic year. The learning goals of each unit are aligned to the ACARA Australian Curriculum: Languages Chinese. The accompanying workbook features a wide variety of exercises designed to enhance students’ proficiency in all four language skills. The all-new companion website (http://stepup-aus.cengageclt.com) offers a Pinyin pronunciation guide, interactive vocabulary flashcards, mp3 downloads, additional practice exercises, and password-protected instructor resources such as teacher’s guide, audio scripts, answer keys, and a new testing program containing chapter tests.

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Unit 1 Meeting new people 认识新朋友
Unit 2 Maintaining a healthy lifestyle 保持健康的生活习惯
Unit 3 Connecting with others 与人沟通
Unit 4 Getting along with others 与他人相处
Unit 5 Being a global citizen 做一个好公民
Appendix 1 Vocabulary Index (English – Chinese)
生词索引(英汉)
Appendix 2 Vocabulary Index (Chinese – English)
生词索引(汉英)
Appendix 3 Key Sentence Patterns 主要句型

  • Lucy Chu Lee

    Affiliation: Livingston High School, New Jersey Lucy Lee is a veteran teacher at Livingston High School in New Jersey, teacher director at Rutgers and William Paterson University and past president of the Chinese Language Association of Secondary-Elementary Schools (CLASS).

  • Xia Li Chen

    Affiliation: Beijing Language & Culture University Lixia Chen is the director of Confucius Institute at the Beijing Language & Culture University.

  • Includes topics relevant to secondary students’ everyday experience

  • Breaks down unit into manageable chunks to help students progress from “bite-size” stages to more lengthy and complex tasks

  • Spiraling design helps students build upon existing knowledge and facilitates the gradual mastery of skills

  • Offers a variety of communicative classroom activities to help students achieve target language goals

  • Interweaves Chinese cultural information into the texts, visuals and activities

  • Reinforces language learning by making connections to other content areas

  • Includes topics relevant to secondary students’ everyday experience

  • Breaks down unit into manageable chunks to help students progress from “bite-size” stages to more lengthy and complex tasks

  • Spiraling design helps students build upon existing knowledge and facilitates the gradual mastery of skills

  • Offers a variety of communicative classroom activities to help students achieve target language goals

  • Interweaves Chinese cultural information into the texts, visuals and activities

  • Reinforces language learning by making connections to other content areas

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