Chinese-Mandarin. Level II

(Hsu Kai-yu, Yang H., Liao J., Fong A.)
Washington, D.C.: 1966. – 491 p.Designed for use by 10th grade students after completion of the level I text, this volume also comprises 15 lesson units plus appended indexes and a section on writing new Chinese characters. These materials were designed according to the advisory committee on Chinese language instruction in California public schools. According to their guidelines, upon completion of this level the student should have been exposed to over 1,000 vocabulary items and 410 written characters. The audiolingual format of the first volume is followed in this book with the addition of one page of Chinese characters per unit and a reading passage in yale romanization. The grammatical explanations require classroom elaboration and generally guide the teacher in explaining difficult points. Since the dialogues take place in the United States, cultural notes are not added. Pedagogical notes are also omitted from this volume.