Kuaile Hanyu is a Chinese language learning program designed for middle school students to find learning Chinese easy and enjoyable. It uses storylines about four English-speaking teens visiting China and includes textbooks, audio CDs, flashcards, and interactive games. Each of the three levels has 24 lessons organized into units covering everyday topics. The program aims to reinforce vocabulary and structures while engaging students with characters and situations they can relate to.
2. Is your middle schooler bored with
pre-school learn Chinese
materials?
• Kuaile Hanyu (or “Happy Chinese”) is
designed for bigger kids
• Objective is for middle schoolers to find
Learning Chinese easy and happy,
instead of tedious.
• Has middle school characters your child
can relate with
http://www.childbook.com/Kuaile-Hanyu-Chinese-Textbooks-System-for-Teenagers-s/245.htm
3. Theme
• Follows 4 English speaking teens visiting
China: Mary, Ann, Tom, and Mike
• Students will be able to follow how the 4
teens cope with going to school and
exploring China - and the conversations
they will use
http://www.childbook.com/Kuaile-Hanyu-Chinese-Textbooks-System-for-Teenagers-s/245.htm
4. • Reinforces and builds upon previous lesson
• Presents the Chinese vocabulary and structures
from each lesson in context
• 3 Levels of learning
• Each book has 24 lessons grouped into eight
units.
• In Simplified Chinese
http://www.childbook.com/Kuaile-Hanyu-Chinese-Textbooks-System-for-Teenagers-s/245.htm
5. Kuaile Hanyu materials
• Textbooks
• Audio CD
• Flashcards
• Video animation interactive games
With Teacher’s Guide
http://www.childbook.com/Kuaile-Hanyu-Chinese-Textbooks-System-for-Teenagers-s/245.htm
12. Level 1 Lessons
24 Lessons
Intro. of China
• You and I
• My family
• Food
• School Life
• Time and Weather
• Job
• Hobby
• Transport and Travel
http://www.childbook.com/Kuaile-Hanyu-Happy-Chinese-Simplified-Character-p/lct01.htm
13. Level 2 Lessons
24 Lessons
• My Friends and I
• My Family
• Shopping
• School Life
• Environment and Health
• Fashion and Entertainment
• Media
• Travel and Custom
http://www.childbook.com/Kuaile-Hany-Happy-Chinese-Simplified-Character-p/lct02.htm
14. Level 3 Lessons
24 Lessons
• Introduction and
Commendation
• City and Environment
• House and Furniture
• School Life
• Health
• Entertainment
• Media
• Travel and Custom
http://www.childbook.com/Kuaile-Hanyu-Happy-Chinese-Simplified-Character-p/lct03.htm
15. Kuaile Hanyu is a full system
http://www.childbook.com/Kuaile-Hanyu-Chinese-Textbooks-System-for-Teenager-s/245.htm
16. Background
• Written in collaboration by the British
Council and National Office for Teaching
Chinese as a Foreign Language (NOCFL)
of China.
• Meets UK education standards
• Published by Hanban
