English Title: China Focus: Chinese Audiovisual-Speaking Course Intermediate Level (II) Culture
Chinese Title: 中国微镜头—汉语视听说系列教材 中级（下）文化篇
ISBN-10: 7-56-194970-7, 7561949707
ISBN-13: 978-7-56-194970-2, 9787561949702
Binding: softcover
Pages: 25
Shipping Weight: 140g
Size: 180mm x 235mm
Language: simplified Chinese, partially pinyin, partially English
Publisher: Beijing Language and Culture University Press 北京语言文化大学出版社
China Focus: Chinese Audiovisual-Speaking Course Intermediate Level (II) Culture is suitable for learners with preknowledge of 2500 Chinese words, HSK level 5.
China Focus is a set of comprehensive Chinese teaching materials specially designed for the Chinese audiovisual-speaking course. The video clips are extracted from contemporary Chinese social hot issues, feature programs, news, sitcoms, documentaries, talk shows, interviews, entertainment programs, films and TV plays, micro films, advertisements, songs, etc. Using abundant online video resources, it builds a natural-language-based classroom teaching environment, giving full play to the Chinese audiovisual-speaking course's function of being a window to the society, and promoting the integration of language learning and cultural understanding.
This set of materials is divided into six levels, each of which is composed of several themes, encompassing society, economy, culture, education, life, love, and art. Several course modules are designed under each theme. The intermediate level (Ⅱ) includes 10 volumes, each taking four class hours and covering the communication functions and scenes commonly used in the elementary level, intermediate level and advanced level. Teachers can develop a personalized assortment of teaching materials based on the themes they are interested in, which can either be independently used in an audiovisual-speaking course, or as exercise materials in a comprehensive class, speaking class, listening class and other classes. The titles of the intermediate level (Ⅱ) include Cartoons, Culture, Variety Shows, Travel, Personages, Arts, Vocation, Family, Business, and Society.
About the Author
Wang Tao, a teacher of Beijing International Studies University, is devoted to studying Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language, and focuses his research areas on Chinese language processing and computer-based studies. He participated in the design and development of Jinshan Typing software and assumed the chief responsibility of constructing the TCFL digital resources database of Beijing International Studies University and other scientific programs organized by MOE and Beijing City. He wrote a textbook entitled The Basic Computer-Based Chinese Language Applications for International Students and published a number of papers. Besides these, he won the champion in the 6th Contest of Young Teachers of Beijing International Studies University and got the first prize in the 2nd Multimedia Education Software Contest of Beijing.
中国微镜头—汉语视听说系列教材 中级（下）文化篇
《中国微镜头》是一套专门针对汉语视听类课程设计的立体化综合语言教材。视听素材选自当代中国社会热点、专题片、新闻、生活情景剧、访谈、娱乐节目、微电影、广告、歌曲等内容，利用丰富的线上视频资源，为学习者搭建基于自然语言的课堂教学环境。发挥视听说课程的“社会窗口”作用，促进语言学习与文化理解的有机融合。
该系列教材根据视听材料的难度分为6级，涵盖社会、经济、文化、教育、生活、爱情、艺术等多个主题，主题下设若干专题，每个专题独立成册。中级下将出版10个分册，每册教学容量约4课时，语言方面覆盖初、中、高各级常用交际功能与场景。师生可根据需要自由组合感兴趣的专题内容形成个性化教材，既可用于独立开设的视听课程，也可作为视听教学材料用于综合课、口语课或听力课等课型。 中级下篇目包括动漫篇、文化篇、综艺篇、旅行篇、人物篇、艺术篇、职业篇、家庭篇、商贸篇、社会篇等。
作者简介
王涛，任教于北京第二外国语学院。长期从事对外汉语教学工作，主要研究方向为汉语信息处理和计算机辅助教学研究。参与《金山打字》软件设计开发，并负责北京第二外国语学院“对外汉语数字资源库建设”及教育部、北京市等相关科研课题技术工作。编写教材《留学生计算机中文基础应用》并发表多篇教学相关论文。曾获北京第二外国语学院第六届青年教师教学基本功大赛一等奖，北京市第二届多媒体教育软件大奖赛一等奖。
编辑推荐
1.真实自然：该教材采用视、听、说结合的手段，营造出真实、自然的语言环境，还原最基本的交际情景，在恰当语境和正常语速下进行教学，弥补了目前对外汉语教学听说训练分离及学习内容与实际生活距离较远的现实问题。
2.互动实践：该教材以“视”为手段，用立体化的输入形式促进“听”“说”技能的实践，让语言接受更快速、准确，也让语言输出更自然、流畅。教材针对视频材料设计了丰富的以学生为中心的任务活动，实现线上与线下互动以及课堂上的师生、生生互动，并注重课堂教学与社会实践相结合，提升学生的自主学习能力。
3.系统科学：该教材构建了覆盖初、中、高级的系统视听说教学体系，参照现有通识性的语言及课程大纲从交际、语言、文化、策略四个维度进行分级标准的限定，筛选视频材料，从而有效控制选材的难易程度。每个专题分册结合视频材料针对其中涉及的词汇、句式、篇章框架、表达方式进行逐层深入的针对性练习，避免视听课单纯欣赏视频而语言学习方面收获了了的现象。
4.灵活开放：该教材针对视听素材更新快、范围广，视听课学生需求多元的特殊性，一改以往一本教材固定课目的出版模式，专题独立成册，各级内师生可对感兴趣的内容及课时需求自由组合，搭配出个性化的教材。同时在遵循教学大纲和教材结构的基本框架的前提下，作者甚至一线教师可随时补充新的适合的分册内容，该教材将随时间和用户的增长而不断升级、完善，最终形成视听教学库。
