Business Chinese - Reading 商务汉语 阅读

Erya Chinese: Business Chinese Reading [Intermediate] is a business and trade Chinese reading course. It is intended for learners of Business Chinese who are at a pre-intermediate to intermediate level, or who are in their second year of a Chinese course at a university, or have completed the Erya Chinese: Business Chinese Reading [Elementary] course.

Erya Chinese: Business Chinese Reading (Elementary) is a pre-intermediate reading material on business Chinese for students who have studied Chinese at higher institutions for a year or students of elementary business Chinese with the equivalent Chinese proficiency. It is composed of nine lessons, each including three parts: “Text”, “Extensive Reading”, and “Appendix” (with “Concepts and Terms” and “Background and Knowledge Links” included). The parts in each lesson show an integral business topic, so as to help students lay a solid foundation for further studies while acquiring professional knowledge and improving their reading abilities.

Business Chinese Reading [2nd Edition] is the main language textbook in “A Series of Specialized Chinese Textbooks for Foreigners Studying in China·Business Chinese. This is a specialized Chinese language textbook for students who are going to major in economics and trade in college. The main objective of this course is to develop the international students’ basic Chinese knowledge and skills in economics and trade, remove their language barriers and provide necessary language support for their majors.

Business Chinese: Advanced Reading is the reading course for advanced learners of business Chinese. It aims at helping students acquire knowledge about Chinese language, and commercial knowledge and culture, to improve their reading skills, commercial and cross-cultural communication skills. This series, suitable for classroom teaching and self-taught learners, pays close attention to the integration of traditional and modern teaching ideas and puts emphasis on the practicability of teaching. It shows the openness of teaching, attaches importance to covering many language styles and selects words with clear commercial characteristics on certain criteria. It is divided into two volumes. Each volume, based on topics, has 8 units, each with 4 lessons. The series of textbooks has altogether 64 lessons and is used in an academic year. This is Volume 1.

Business Chinese: Advanced Reading is the reading course for advanced learners of business Chinese. It aims at helping students acquire knowledge about Chinese language, and commercial knowledge and culture, to improve their reading skills, commercial and cross-cultural communication skills. This series, suitable for classroom teaching and self-taught learners, pays close attention to the integration of traditional and modern teaching ideas and puts emphasis on the practicability of teaching. It shows the openness of teaching, attaches importance to covering many language styles and selects words with clear commercial characteristics on certain criteria. It is divided into two volumes. Each volume, based on topics, has 8 units, each with 4 lessons. The series of textbooks has altogether 64 lessons and is used in an academic year. This is Volume 2.

Open for Business is an advanced reading course designed for students who have an advanced level of Chinese lanuage proficiency or who are in their third or fourth year of a Chinese language curriculum in the U.S: either at the undergraduate- or graduate-level. Upon finishing this textbook, students are expected to reach a higher level of proficiency in which they are able to read newspapers, magazines, or other business-related documents as well as to make business presentations or conduct business negotiations.

Business Chinese Reading is a Chinese language teaching material which focuses on studying the high-frequency words in economics and trade, takes the Chinese language training as the guideline and combines the task-based teaching method with the teaching of their majors. It is used as a Chinese language compulsory course by students that are going to major economics and trade in college. It can also be used by other international students who have learned the basic modern Chinese language grammar, having mastered 500 frequently used words and having an interest in economics and trade. This teaching material is recommended to be used 3-4 class hours per week and be taught within a term.