Read for Joy – An International Chinese Reading Series - Vol. 4. ISBN: 9787561958964

Chinese Title: 乐读——国际中文阅读教学课本4
English Title: Read for Joy – An International Chinese Reading Series - Volume 4
ISBN-10: 7-5619-5896-X, 756195896X
ISBN-13: 978-7-5619-5896-4, 9787561958964
Pages: 145
Shipping Weight: 450g
Size: 210mm x 285mm
Language: simplified Chinese, pinyin, English
Year of Publication: 2021
Publisher: Beijing Language and Culture University Press (北京语言文化大学出版社)

Read for Joy – An International Chinese Reading Series - Volume 4. This volume is suitable for learners who already are mastering HSK4. This book is composed of twelve lessons. The recommended teaching time for each lesson is 4-5 class hours.

Targeted at the training of reading skills of Chinese learners, this book is designed and compiled for the difficulties in Chinese reading for Chinese learners and the need to improve their reading skills, highlighting the characteristics of reading textbooks, and helping students improve their Chinese reading skills through specific training. It provides abundant useful learning and practice materials to improve learners' reading skills and develop teachers' reading skills training.

Features of the textbook
(1) Clear positioning and distinctive characteristics. This textbook takes reading skills training as the core, attaches importance to the cultivation of reading comprehension skills, and basically does not design language output exercises such as oral expressions.
(2) Abundant materials for learning and practicing. The first and second volumes of the textbooks are the beginning stage of reading, which focus on the learning of characters and the accumulation of vocabulary, supplemented by sentence and paragraph reading, so as to lay a foundation for further reading training. Starting from Volume 3, each lesson has three major sections: “Knowledge Bank”, “Skills Training” and “Reading Practice”, and provides the corresponding reading materials for close reading, skimming and checking, which can fully meet the needs of language knowledge accumulation, reading skills training and reading practice for students to improve their Chinese reading ability.
(3) Diverse genres and themes. In order to make learners familiar with Chinese reading materials of different genres and themes, this textbook pays attention to the diversification in the selection of text genres and themes. The genre includes narration, practical writing, and argumentative writing and so on. The themes involve learning, life, nature, science and technology, society and culture and so on. In the "Live Reading" section, it also provides students with signboards, posters, notes, online posts and other text materials that can be seen everywhere in daily life.
(4) Clear training hierarchy. The style design of the textbook attaches importance to the scientificity and hierarchy of skills training, and develops progressively from knowledge to skill and then to practice. Reading guide is designed in the text part, and targeted reading comprehension exercises are designed for each step, which are convenient for teachers and students to use.

乐读——国际中文阅读教学课本4
本教材以培养汉语学习者中文阅读能力为目标，针对汉语学习者中文阅读难点和阅读能力提升需要进行教材内容设计与编写，突出阅读教材特色，通过有针对性的训练帮助学生提高中文阅读能力，为学习者阅读能力提升和教师进行阅读技能训练提供丰富而适用的学习和练习素材。

教材特色
（1）定位明确，特色突出。本教材以阅读技能训练为核心，重视阅读理解能力的培养，基本不设口头表达等语言输出型练习。
（2）学、练素材丰富。本教材第1、2册为阅读入门阶段，以集中识字、积累词汇量为主，辅以句子和短文阅读，为进一步的阅读训练打下基础。从第3册开始，每课均包含“知识银行”“技巧训练”“阅读实践”三个主要版块，并针对细读、略读、查读几种阅读方式提供了相应的阅读材料，可以充分满足学生提升中文阅读能力所需的语言知识积累、阅读技巧训练和阅读实践的需要。
（3）体裁、题材多样。为使学习者熟悉不同体裁和题材的中文读物，本教材在课文体裁与题材选择上注重多样化。体裁包括记叙文、应用文、议论文等，题材涉及学习、生活、自然、科技、社会与文化等多个方面。在“实况阅读”版块，还为学生提供了招牌、海报、启示、网贴等日常生活中随处可见的文字材料。
（4）训练层次清晰。本教材在体例设计上重视技能训练的科学性与层次性，从知识到技能再到实践，步步推进。课文部分设置分步阅读指引，每个步骤均设计了有针对性的阅读理解练习，便于师生使用。