The first Chinese series written for background and non-background learners, it provides a thorough foundation for progression to further studies of Mandarin Chinese. Jinbu depicts contemporary China and Chinese communities that students can relate to.
The student books include a wide variety of activities so lessons can be tailored for different abilities. 'Investigating characters' units show students how radicals relate to their meanings, making characters easier to remember.
The student books are rich in illustrations and photographs to engage students' interest.
Activity book
The innovative and engaging activity books continue the language and cultural explorations with prompts for intercultural language learning (IcLL).
Packed with fun and engaging activities that support each topic covered in the student books, the activity books are perfect for homework, extension and cover work.
An Integrated Digital Solution
Reader+ gives you access to the eBook version of your student book as well as bonus multimedia assets. It’s built to work online and offline, making content easily available anytime, anywhere, in every school. It works on PC and Mac, Android and iOS.
Learners can quickly navigate through their eBooks, read them, take notes and save bookmarks. Reader+ integrates multimedia (audio/video) and interactive activities that enhance and extend the reading experience.
The audio CDs include all of the audio for the listening activities in the student book, recorded by native Chinese speakers and at the right pace for listening.
The audio tracks are revisited for extension work with the worksheets provided online on Pearson Places.
Student books
Jinbu 1 student book
Jinbu 2 student book
Activity books
Jinbu 1 activity book
Jinbu 2 activity book
Audio CD sample
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