Discover China recognises the challenges involved in learning Chinese and helps make learning and teaching effective, meaningful and enjoyable. Discover China is a four level course designed for young adult and adult beginners and employs a communicative approach to language learning. Emphasis is placed on pair-work, group work and on a variety of speaking and listening activities to help students become confident Chinese language speakers. Some of the Features of Discover China: A communicative approach lets students learn by using the language in real-life situations, providing them with the tools they need to communicate in Chinese naturally Language in context presents key vocabulary and language points in situations where students will encounter them in real life Structured, effective learning based on the sequence : "presentation, practice and production" has activities move from controlled practice to personalized tasks, which facilitates effective learning of the language Inductive grammar teaching encourages students to discover the language rules of Chinese for themselves by identifying the patterns in targeted language samples Meaningful and integrated character writing practice through grouping characters with common radicals to give ‘clues’ to the meaning — these high frequency characters are presented within the context of the unit theme Insights into Chinese culture with “Cultural Corner” sections in each unit, promoting a deeper understanding of this remarkable country and its language Extra pair work activities for each unit, providing additional communicative speaking practice Supported by abundant resources including workbooks, teacher’s books, assessment tasks, MP3 downloads and extra speaking activities – the support materials allow both teacher-guided learning in the classroom and self-teaching at a pace suited to the individual student