Author：Liu Xun ISBN：9787561942772 Page Count：313 Pub Date：2015-10 Publisher: BLCUP

As the second generation of the Practical Chinese Reader series, New Practical Chinese Reader (NPCR) is a series of comprehensive Chinese teaching materials for adult students in countries other than China. The two generations together have exerted an influence in the international Chinese teaching circles for over 30 years. Its third edition focuses on a few international students, telling interesting stories about their life and friendship with their Chinese friends and teachers in China. The revision regarding the third edition adheres to the aim of making it “easier to learn” for students and “more convenient to use” for teachers and maintains the pedagogy of “the integration of structure, function and culture”, striving to develop students’ comprehensive use of the Chinese language, especially the ability of cross-cultural communication, through the learning of language structures, functions and relevant cultural knowledge as well as the training in listening, speaking, reading and writing skills.

New Practical Chinese Reader (3rd Edition) Textbook 1is composed of two preparatory lessons of Introduction to Phonetics and ten main lessons, including rich teaching content and tasks and activities on phonetics, vocabulary, grammar, Chinese characters and culture.

（1）Maintaining the features of the brand：Based on the characteristics of Chinese language teaching and the aim to solve the problem of “Chinese being difficult to learn”, the series sticks to the pedagogical idea of “combining structure, function and culture”. With the teaching of language structures as its basis, the series emphasizes the teaching of grammar, vocabulary, pronunciation and Chinese characters, and the language points are arranged in a way that strives to be scientific, systematic, progressive and repetitive so that students can master them easily.

（2）An overall update of the content: The texts are more up-to-date, practical and fun. The texts in Textbook 1 have basically been rewritten, the functions being intensified, the topics more focused and the situations highlighted. As for the selection of new words, common words are paid more attention to and supplementary words are arranged in a theme-based way.

（3）Stimulating independent learning: Two new sections, the pre-lesson “Warm-up” and post-lesson “Self-evaluation”, have been added. Classroom activities are given more emphasis and more communicative and task-based activities are included. Discovery learning and interactive learning are embodied to encourage students to summarize certain linguistic rules on their own.

（4）Intensifying practice and application: The exercises are more pertinent to the language points. In every lesson, there are pronunciation drills, conversation practice, listening and repeating, reading comprehension, task and activity, writing exercise, etc., incorporating training in comprehensive language skills such as listening, speaking, reading, writing and translating and combining mechanical, communicative and task-based exercises in a more organic manner.

《新实用汉语课本》是第二代实用汉语教材系列，是面向中国以外国家高校和成人学生的综合性汉语教材。两代系列教材共同在国际汉语教学界产生了30多年的影响。第三版以几位国际学生为中心，讲述了他们的生活以及与中国朋友和老师的友谊的有趣故事。第三版的修订秉持让学生“更易学”、让教师“更方便使用”的宗旨，保持“结构、功能、文化一体化”的教学理念，努力培养学生的学习能力。通过语言结构、功能和相关文化知识的学习以及听、说、读、写技能的训练，培养汉语的综合运用能力，特别是跨文化交际能力。

《新实用汉语课本（第3版）》第一册由语音导论两节预备课和十节主课组成，包括语音、词汇、语法、汉字、文化等丰富的教学内容和任务及活动。

总而言之，本版教材：

（1）保持了本系列的特色：系列教材立足汉语教学特点，以解决“汉语难学”问题为目标，坚持“结构、功能、文化相结合”的教学理念 。 该系列教材以语言结构教学为基础，注重语法、词汇、语音、汉字的教学，语言点的安排力求科学、系统、递进、重复，使学生能够掌握 他们很容易。

（2）内容全面更新：课文更加新颖、实用、有趣。第一册教材的课文基本重写，功能更加强化，主题更加突出，情境更加突出。 在生词选择上，注重常用词，按主题安排补充词。

（3）激发自主学习：新增课前“热身”和课后“自我评价”两个部分。 课堂活动更加受到重视，并包括更多的交流和基于任务的活动。 发现学习和互动学习就是为了鼓励学生自己总结一定的语言规则。

（4）强化练习与应用：练习更加贴近语言点。 每节课都有发音练习、会话练习、听复述、阅读理解、任务与活动、写作练习等，融入听、说、读、写、译等综合语言技能训练，机械、 以更有机的方式进行交流和基于任务的练习。