Since the publication of New Practical Chinese Reader in 2002, it has been well-received by teachers and learners. For users’ convenience, in this new edition we have revised those points we found improper.
In contrast to its first edition, the notes of the texts are designed next to each text to facilitate students. We have not revised the framework, especially the texts and the main language points of the textbook. Users can visit www.blcup.com/resource.blcup.com and download the traditional Chinese version of the texts for free. All the reading materials and illustrations in the workbook are updated.
This is the second edition of the Workbook 4, which corresponds to Textbook 4. Each lesson is divided into two parts: 1. Listening and speaking exercises; 2. Reading and writing exercises. Readers are exposed to genuine Chinese materials to improve their integrated skills in listening, speaking, reading and writing.
A CD of MP3 file is attached to the book, providing the recording of the listening exercises.
Liu Xun is a professor at Beijing Language and Culture University, chief editor of Chinese textbooks in Beijing Language and Cultural University Press and member of the National HSK Advisory Committee. Mr. Liu has successively served as a member of the Hanban Expert Advisory Committee for Teaching Chinese as a Second Language, leader of the TCFL group in Beijing Assessment Committee of Teaching Positions in Higher Education, board member of World Chinese Teaching Association and consultant of Chinese teaching for the New York State Department of Education. His research focuses on Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language, Second Language Acquisition, teaching material development and teachers' training, etc. He has published monographs such as Introduction to Chinese as a Foreign Language Pedagogy, Introduction to Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language, Brief Introduction to Teaching Chinese as a Second Language, An Overall View of Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language and a number of academic papers, and has compiled and co-compiled TCFL textbooks such as Practical Chinese Reader (1-4), Chinese Textbook for Children and One Hundred Lessons on Communicative Chinese, etc. He once assumed the main responsibility in the design of the first set of HSK tests and got the special government allowance awarded by the State Council.