Harvest: Intermediate Chinese Textbook

Harvest is a four-skill intermediate Chinese program that integrates the teaching of the language and culture. It draws students into the study of Chinese through its stimulating and contemporary readings, authentic language use, content-based materials, and engaging and meaningful activities. Culture permeates every lesson, giving students an appreciation of the habits, traditions, and perspectives of the Chinese-speaking people in the 21st century. The program comprises 6 units, 12 lessons and covers a wide variety of cultural topics such as school life, family, festivals, Chinese ethnic minorities, famous people, Chinese literature and arts. The Harvest Workbook, sold separately, follows the theme of each unit to provide additional reading, writing, listening and speaking practice. The bound-in CDs provide the audio program for all listening activities. The Harvest program was designed for high school students who have studied Chinese as a foreign language for at least 3 years.