English Title: Easy Steps to Chinese: The Stories of Tiantian 4D
Chinese Title: 轻松学中文 - 天天的故事4D
ISBN-10: 7-56-194978-2, 7561949782
ISBN-13: 978-7-56-194978-8, 978-7561949788
Binding: softcover
Pages: 51
Shipping Weight: 160g
Size: 150mm x 210mm
Language: simplified Chinese, pinyin, English
Publisher: Beijing Language and Culture University Press 北京语言文化大学出版社
The Stories of Tiantian is a series of readers matching Textbooks 1-4 of Easy Steps to Chinese. For each of the four levels, there are five readers, each telling three stories, matching the three lessons in each unit of Easy Steps to Chinese. The readers describe the adventures of a student called Tiantian. The readers aim to create a motivating environment, in which students can revise, practice and consolidate the vocabulary, sentence structures and language points they have learned from the textbook.
About the Author
Ms. Yamin Ma holds a B.A. of British Language and Literature and an M.Ed. in Curriculum Design and Development. She is now teaching Chinese as a foreign language in an international school in Hong Kong. With many years’ experience in teaching Chinese as a foreign language, she has done a thorough research for a long time on the Chinese AP test in the USA and Chinese IB test in Europe. Her research interests include English Language Teaching, Chinese Language Teaching and Pedagogical Psychology. Her academic papers have been read and published for many times in international seminars.
Features
1. The language used strongly focuses on progression and continuity. The lengths of the stories are as follows:
Level 1 stories each have 100-200 characters;
Level 2 stories each have 300-500 characters;
Level 3 stories each have 600-800 characters;
Level 4 stories each have 1200-1600 characters.
2. The stories, being humorous and entertaining, closely resemble the life of the target audience in a coherent and consistent way.
3. The stories are written in simple language, which enables the target audience to understand Chinese culture.
4. Teachers can use the stories to design classroom activities.
Suggestion
This is a series of readers matching Textbooks 1-4 of Easy Steps to Chinese.
天天的故事
《天天的故事》为《轻松学中文》1至4册的配套读本，共4级，每级包括5本（A-E），每本3个故事，对应《轻松学中文》一个单元的3课。读本围绕中学生天天的学习、生活展开一系列有趣的故事。
本套读本旨在让学生有机会在课外通过阅读有趣的故事，复习和巩固课本中所学过的词汇、句型和语言点。
作者简介
马亚敏，英国语言文学学士，教育学硕士。任教于香港国际学校。从事对外汉语教学多年，并长期追踪美国AP中文项目以及欧洲IB中文考试动态。学术研究涉及英语教学、汉语教学和教育心理学，多次在国际性研讨会上宣读或发表论文。
编辑推荐
本套特色：
（1）难度循序渐进，由简到难。故事篇幅为：第1级100-200字，第2级300-500字； 第3级600-800字；第4级1200-1600字。
（2）内容贴近读者生活，具有连贯性和幽默性，使读者产生共鸣。
（3）语言简单、浅显，并将中国文化融入其中。
（4）故事便于教师开展教学活动。
使用建议
本套读本为《轻松学中文》1至4册的配套读本。
