Since its debut in 2008, the International Curriculum for Chinese Language Education (hereinafter referred to as Curriculum) has been playing a guiding role in Chinese language teaching in primary schools, middle schools and universities in China and abroad. In order to adapt to the new situations of international Chinese education, timely summarize the research findings of Chinese language teaching, and better plan and guide Chinese language teaching in aspects such as curriculum design, textbook writing and ability evaluation, the Confucius Institute Headquarters (Hanban) released a revised edition of theCurriculumin 2013, in which more practical and feasible content had been added, including “A List of Suggested Steps for Common Courses of Chinese Language Teaching” and “Example Lessons of a Comprehensive Teaching Model Frequently Used in Chinese Language Classrooms”.

Subsequently in 2014, the Confucius Institute Headquarters (Hanban) held an Exemplary Lesson Contest of International Chinese Teaching oriented at Chinese language teachers and others in this field, through which a lot of example lessons designed according to the Curriculum (Revised Edition) were collected.Exemplary Lessons of International Chinese Teachingis a collection of all the award-winning works and some honorable mentions presented at this contest, including a total of 45 example lessons divided into three volumes: volume for adults 1 (Levels 1-3), volume for adults 2 (Levels 4-6), and volume for teenagers.