Practical Chinese Reader Texts & Exercises with Sound Files

  1. Students are expected to prepare all the following materials before their weekly classes.
  2. Click the links under "Lessons" to listen and read the texts. When you are on a Chinese text web page, you can either click on the title of the text to download the sound file of the lesson or you can click on the Chinese sentences and listen to the lesson sentence by sentence with the English translation in the pop-up windows.
  3. You will need the hardcopies of the Practical Chinese Reader to follow the exercises under "Ex". Click here for the ktmatu PCR vocabulary

Michaemas Term

Week Lessons Pronunciation & lab work Listening Grammar Speaking and other exercises
One 1-5 Pinyin Ex 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 Pinyin table Tasks for Week 1 Characters  New words       PCR vocab index (full form)
Two 6-8 Pinyin Ex 6, 7, 8      Pinyin practice Comprehension    Tasks for Week 2 Characters  New words
Three 9-11 Pinyin Ex 9,10,11   Pinyin practice Comprehension Tasks for Week 3 Characters  New words
Four 12-14 Ex 12, 13, 14       Pinyin practice Vacb test Tasks for Week 4 Speaking    New words
Five 15-17 Ex L.16, 17    Pinyin practice        Vacb test Tasks for Week 5 Speaking    New words
Six 18-19 Ex L. 18, 19  Dictation exercises Vacb test Tasks for Week 6 Speaking    New words
Seven 20-21 Ex L. 20, 21   Tasks for Week 7 Speaking    New words
Eight 22-23 Ex L. 22, 23 Comprehension Tasks for Week 8 Speaking    New words

Hilary Term

Week Lessons Pronunciation & lab work Listening Q 20-30, 31-40 Grammar Speaking and other exercises
One 24-26 New words Ex L. 24,  25,  26 Comprehension 24- Tasks for Week 1  
Two 27-28 New words Ex L. 27,  28 Comprehension 25-6 Tasks for Week 2 Interpreting
Three 29-30 New words Ex L. 29,  30 Comprehension 27-8 Tasks for Week 3 Interpreting    New words
Four 31-32 Ex L. 31,  32 Comprehension 29-30 Tasks for Week 4 Interpreting    New words
Five 33-34 New words Ex L. 33,  34 Comprehension 31-32 Tasks for Week 5 Interpreting    New words
Six 35-36 New words Ex L. 35 Comprehension 33-34 Tasks for Week 6 Interpreting    New words
Seven 37-38 New words LL Ex Comprehension 35-36 Tasks for Week 7  
Eight 39-40 New words LL Ex  Chinese script Comprehension 37-38, 39-40 Tasks for Week 8  

Trinity Term

Lessons 41-42 New words

LL Ex  Chinese script  

Lessons 43-44  Comprehension New words

LL Ex  Chinese script

 Lessons 45-46 Comprehension

LL Ex Chinese script

 Lessons 47-48

LL Ex Chinese script

Lessons 49-50  Listening Revision Revision Revision

 

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