Feiyue Intermediate Chinese,a set of two student』s textbooks and oneteacher』s book,is intended for English-speaking students in college and highschool. Feiyue means to fly forward and serves
here as a metaphor for theprogression that will occur in students』 Chinese proficiency levels after activelyworking through the meticulously designed exercises and activities in
thesetextbooks.
These textbooks have the following features:Lead-in pictures for each lesson which highlight their subject matter and thekey words.Each lesson consists of a dialog and a narrative passage in
both simplifiedand traditional characters.For each new word,in addition to a pinyin transcription and an Englishexplanation,parts of speech and examples of usage are also provided.Each lesson
integrates an array of exercises and activities in listening,speaking,reading,writing,and typing Chinese.Character components are illustrated; explanations of language points aresimple,precise
and practical.Pictures and real-life materials accompany the lessons.SDs in MP3 format are provided for all texts and listening exercises.