Chinese Now! is a set of Chinese
textbooks for students of the immersion program in North America. This book is
a parents' manual for primary school Chinese, which contains both Chinese and
English, which is convenient for parents to guide their children to learn
Chinese.
Prof. Cui Yonghua, the chief author, is a is a
principal investigator in Beijing Language and Culture University. He has been
engaged in the field of Chinese teaching and research since 1981. His research
focuses on Chinese grammar, Chinese language teaching and Chinese information
processing, and his publications include Classroom Techniques for
Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language, Teaching and Research of
Chinese as a Foreign Language (a collection of academic papers) and
some textbooks coauthored with others, such as Standard Chinese Course, Learning
Chinese and Learn Chinese through Listening, Speaking and
Watching.