CLT Catalog 2019-2020

Step Up with Chinese

(2nd Edition)

成长

（第二版）

Step Up with Chinese

is an innovative, standards-based

Chinese textbook series for students in junior and senior

high schools who have little or no Chinese background.

Highly learner-friendly and task-centered,

Step Up

develops

all four language skills while incorporating the ACTFL 5Cs.

Students will learn all the necessary material to engage

others in meaningful communication and gain a better

understanding of the Chinese culture. This second edition

features updated content, new images, and an additional

vocabulary index that facilitates Chinese word search via

English keywords.

This three-level series will cover three to four years of

instruction at the secondary school level. Each level includes

a Textbook, a Workbook and a Teacher’s Guide. Each

Textbook offers ten themed lessons. The accompanying

Workbook features a wide variety of different types of

exercises to enhance students’ proficiency in all four

language skills.

Step Up

makes an excellent course material

for high school students as well as highly-motivated middle

school students who have had little or no prior exposure to

the Chinese language.

BOOK

COMPANION

WEBSITE

Key Features

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Includes topics relevant to secondary students’ everyday

experience

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Breaks down lesson into manageable chunks to help

students progress from “bite-size” stages to more lengthy

and complex tasks

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Spiraling design helps students build upon existing

knowledge and facilitates the gradual mastery of skills

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Offers a variety of communicative classroom activities to

help students achieve target language goals

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Interweaves Chinese cultural information into the texts,

visuals and activities

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Reinforces language learning by making connections to