Learning Chinese is awesome! A program designed for the American high school student, Zhēn Bàng! welcomes students to the world of Chinese language and culture with a design that is colorful, inviting, and engaging. Students will enjoy talking about their lives, family, friends, school, home, eating, shopping, and more in paired and group communicative activities. Aligns with the National Standards. Incorporates 21st century skills and tools to help students learn the Chinese language and its cultural setting. Begins with an overview of Chinese pronunciation, geography and history, and lays a foundation for a study of Chinese characters. Presents lively dialogues, a sequential presentation of structure, illustrated vocabulary, and a step-by-step approach to reading and writing Chinese characters. Integrates rich culture throughout the text. Utilizes native-speaking teens for all audio and video. Enriches learning with technology that speaks to today’s students. With Zhēn Bàng!, students will discover that learning Chinese is easy and teachers will find that their students are on a path to life-long fluency. - Publisher.