


Preface
Youth Chinese Test (YCT) is an international standardized test of Chinese proficiency, which evaluates the ability of primary school and middle school students whose mother tongue is not Chinese to use the Chinese language in their daily lives and study. With the principle of “combining testing and teaching”, we take much pleasure in publishing this series of YCT Standard Course.
1. Target Readers
- Overseas primary school and middle school students who take Chinese as a selective course.
- Students who are going to take the YCT.
2. Correspondence Between Textbooks and YCT
| Textbook | YCT | Vocabulary | Class Hours (For Reference) |
| Book 1 | Level 1 | 80 | 35 ~ 45 |
| Book 2 | Level 2 | 150 | 35 ~ 45 |
| Book 3 | Level 3 | 300 | 50 ~ 60 |
| Book 4 | 50 ~ 60 | ||
| Book 5 | Level 4 | 600 | 60 ~ 70 |
| Book 6 | 60 ~ 70 |
3. Design
- The series provides a scientific curriculum and effective teaching methods. It is compiled in accordance with the acquisition and study rules of Chinese as a second language, with careful consideration of the features of primary school and middle school students’ cognitive development.
- It aims to stimulate students’ multiple intelligences. The series employs various learning approaches including pictures, activities, exercises, songs and stories that center on the same topic so as to promote primary school and middle school students’ multi-intellectual development.
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- It combines testing and teaching. Based on the syllabus of YCT, the series accomplishes the goals of “stimulating teaching with testing” and “promoting learning with testing” through the design of appropriate teaching content and exercises.
4. Features
- A full coverage of YCT. On the basis of an overall and careful analysis of YCT syllabus and test papers, the series is organized with function as the prominent building blocks and grammar as the underlying building blocks, so as to fully cover YCT’s vocabulary, grammar and function items. Each lesson is accompanied by a YCT model test page. Students should be able to pass the corresponding level of YCT after finishing each book.
- An integrated combination of function and fun. The series places a great deal of emphasis on the authenticity of its content, focusing on language that is natural and useful, as well as interesting for learners. At the same time, a lot of effort has been made to take into account students’ individual perspectives and learning styles. Through texts, games, songs and stories, we hope the series is able to arise students’ interest in learning and help them enjoy it as they learn.
- A variety of activities and exercises in each section. There are activities and exercises in each teaching section in this series in order to provide teaching clues and exercise options for teachers.
- The primary focus is on listening and speaking, followed by reading and writing. The series follows the principle that students proceed with reading and writing after achieving the goal of listening and speaking. The first 4 books do not require students to learn how to write Chinese characters.
5. How to Use Book 6
YCT Standard Course (Book 6) is designed for primary school and middle school students. The book has 15 lessons, covering 190 words and half of the grammar and function items of YCT Level 4. Lessons 114 are teaching lessons while Lesson 15 is a revision lesson. The suggested class hours for each lesson are around 45 hours.
Each lesson in Book 6 consists of Key sentences, Let’s learn (new words), Short speech (text), Activities and exercises, Songs, Mini stories and Model test page.
- Key sentences. Each lesson has 2 Key sentences. The sentences are both important function items of the lesson and the clues for the key grammar points.
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- Let’s learn (new words). Each lesson has about 14 new words, with no more than 3 words that are not included in the syllabus (all marked with *). Most nouns appear in the form of pictures and are followed with Chinese characters, Pinyin, English translation and collocations or sample sentences.
- Let’s read and Short speech (texts). Each lesson has 2 texts. “Let’s read” is a conversation, while “Short speech” is a passage. Questions after the texts help teachers evaluate if students have fully understood the texts.
- Activities and exercises. The book has both traditional exercises such as filling in the blanks and matching, and interactive activities or games. The alternative activities and exercises help the class achieve a balance between being dynamic and static.
- Songs. Some lessons contain a song related to the topic. Students can sing and dance at the same time, which helps to develop their multiple intelligences through a variety of stimuli.
- Mini stories. Some lessons provide an interesting mini story related to the topic. Students can act it out in groups after reading it.
- Model test page. Each lesson has a YCT model test page attached, which helps students familiarize themselves with the test and pass YCT successfully after finishing the book.
The Confucius Institute Headquarters, China Higher Education Press and Chinese Testing International (CTI) have offered tremendous support and guidance during the planning and compiling of the series. Domestic and foreign experts in related fields have also given us many valuable comments and suggestions. It is our sincere wish that the YCT Standard Course will open the door to Chinese learning for overseas primary school and middle school students, and help them learn and grow happily and healthily.
Authors
August, 2016
目录
Contents
亲身 Warm-up
Lesson 1 我属猴。I was born in the year of the monkey.
Lesson 2 他数学好极了。He’s really good at math.
Lesson 3 小鸟正在唱歌。The little birds are singing.
Lesson 4 你打扫一下房间好吗? Can you clean the room please?
Lesson 5 你太马虎了! You are so careless!
Lesson 6 你表演什么? What role did you play?
Lesson 7 他们不是双胞胎。They are not twins.
Lesson 8 小鱼被小猫吃了。The little fish was eaten by the kitten.
Lesson 9 他家搬到动物园附近了。He moved house, near the zoo.
Lesson 10 月亮离我们多远? How far is the moon from us?
Lesson 11 我用帽子换你的盘子。Let me swap my hat for your plate.
Lesson 12 以后要注意。Be more careful in the future.
Lesson 13 我爱吃辣。I like spicy food.
Lesson 14 有的熊猫一直睡觉。Some pandas slept all the time.
Lesson 15 复习 Review
词语表 Vocabulary
课文和小故事翻译 Text and Mini Story Translation
测试听力文本 Test Listening Scripts
测试页答案 Test Answers
YCT 奖状 YCT Award
YCT 标准教程 Standard Course
2. Reading: choose the correct answers.
- 女: 你看, 门上挂 ( ) 什么?
男: 一个红灯笼。
A. 着
B. 得
C. 过 - 男: 那些照片放哪儿了?
女: 在那个蓝色的 ( ) 里, 看见了 吗?
A. 节目
B. 信封
C. 电梯 - 男: ( ) 唱的, 什么事让你这么高兴啊?
女: 姐姐打电话说她明天回来。
A. 还
B. 再
C. 又 - 女: 今年什么时候过 ( )?
男: 2月10号。
A. 暑假
B. 春节
C. 节日 - 女: 啊! 苹果里有 ( )。
男: 没事儿, 把它给我, 你吃香蕉吧。
A. 妻子
B. 孩子
C. 虫子
3. Writing: compose sentences with the following words.
- 猴年 今年 是
- 春节 节日 最喜欢 我的 是
- 一张 有 照片 信封
- 毕业 小学 已经 我 了
- 漂亮 勇敢 又 老虎 又


