Questions and Answers on Modern Chinese Vocabulary

Li YingPeking University Press · ChinaAug 2025

Rating 3.7
Word count
176K words
Chapters
50
ISBN
9787301249765

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Language and Writing Teaching ChineseLanguage TeachingPractical ValueTeaching DifficultiesCase AnalysisKnowledge ExplanationQuestion-and-Answer FormatVocabulary TeachingTeacher ReferenceChinese Teachers

Summary

This book introduces the basic knowledge of vocabulary essential to Chinese language teaching, analyzes the various problems that may arise in the teaching process, and helps readers acquire the relevant knowledge and skills needed to address them. Departing from the conventional approach, it is written in a question-and-answer format, with content built around questions and problems Chinese teachers may have or encounter, making it highly targeted, practical, and theoretically grounded.

Editor's review

This book addresses the practical needs of Chinese language teaching by systematically introducing basic knowledge about vocabulary and focusing on the analysis of various problems that may arise in the teaching process. Its highlight lies in the question-and-answer format, which sets content based on questions Chinese teachers may raise or encounter rather than presenting material in the linear fashion of traditional textbooks. As a result, it is highly targeted and practical while maintaining a certain theoretical grounding. Readers can treat the questions in the book as a "rehearsal" for the teaching scene: while checking answers, they simultaneously organize their vocabulary knowledge framework, then return to their own classrooms to verify and adjust. It is suitable as a supplementary reader for Chinese teacher training, lesson preparation reference, and teaching reflection, and also for students in Chinese international education and related majors to connect theory with teaching practice. Readers need not aim to finish it in one sitting; they can select relevant Q&A entries according to their teaching progress and the confusions they encounter.

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Reading tips

  1. First browse the list of questions in the table of contents and mark entries related to your own teaching confusions for priority reading.
  2. After reading each set of Q&A, retell it using examples from your own classroom to test whether your understanding is grounded.
  3. Compile the questions in the book into a teaching self-check list, refer to it item by item during lesson preparation, and develop a problem-oriented mindset.
  4. Read it alongside the vocabulary arrangement in the Chinese textbook you use, and observe how the book's suggestions can be translated into exercise design.

About the publisher

Peking University Press China · Founded in 1979

Peking University Press is a comprehensive university press whose publishing areas cover classical literature, popular science, social culture, world history, Western philosophy, and culture. Its catalogue contains 6,031 titles, with representative books including A Dream of Red Mansions, Relativity: The Special and General Theory (15th Edition) (with Einstein's classic papers on unified field theory and other topics), Elements, Conics, The Aristocratic Families of the Eastern Jin, The Philosophy of Mythology (Volume I), The Philosophy of Mythology (Volume II), and The Origin of Continents and Oceans. Representative authors include Cao Xueqin, Zhou Ruchang, Albert Einstein, Euclid, Apollonius, Tian Yuqing, Schelling, and Xian Gang. The press has developed distinctive strengths in classical Chinese literature and in the translation of Western philosophical classics, while also covering scientific classics and social and cultural studies. As public information is limited, this description is based only on the books in the catalogue and offers no further extrapolation.

Contents

  1. 版权信息
  2. 总序
  3. 前言
  4. 第一节 词汇单位与现代汉语词汇的构成
  5. 一、词汇与词汇单位
  6. 二、汉语词汇的构词法
  7. 三、现代汉语词汇的构成
  8. 思考与练习
  9. 深度阅读/参考文献
  10. 第二节 现代汉语词汇的特点和系统性
  11. 一、词汇的性质和特点
  12. 二、现代汉语词汇的系统性
  13. 三、现代汉语词汇的特点及其对教学的影响
  14. 思考与练习
  15. 深度阅读/参考文献
  16. 第三节 现代汉语的词义构成与词义分析
  17. 一、词义的构成
  18. 二、词的本义、基本义、引申义、比喻义
  19. 三、汉语词义的理据性
  20. 四、词义的解释与对比分析
  21. 思考与练习
  22. 深度阅读/参考文献
  23. 第四节 词汇教学的任务和基本原则
  24. 一、与词汇学习有关的问题
  25. 二、词汇教学的任务
  26. 三、词汇教学的基本原则
  27. 思考与练习
  28. 深度阅读/参考文献
  29. 第五节 课堂上的词汇教学
  30. 一、课堂上的词汇教学环节
  31. 二、课堂上对教学词汇的选择和控制
  32. 三、课堂上的词汇教学方法和技巧
  33. 思考与练习
  34. 深度阅读/参考文献
  35. 第六节 难点词汇的教学
  36. 一、如何进行近义词的教学？
  37. 二、怎样进行抽象词语的教学？
  38. 思考与练习
  39. 深度阅读/参考文献
  40. 第七节 综合课和口语课的词汇教学
  41. 一、口语课的词汇教学与综合课有什么不同？
  42. 二、初级阶段综合课的生词，怎么教？
  43. 三、中高级阶段综合课的生词，怎么教？
  44. 思考与练习
  45. 深度阅读/参考文献
  46. 第八节 阅读课和听力课的词汇教学
  47. 一、阅读课上的词汇教学
  48. 二、听力课上的词汇教学
  49. 思考与练习
  50. 深度阅读/参考文献

FAQ

Is this book suitable for absolute beginner Chinese learners to study on their own? No. This book mainly introduces basic vocabulary knowledge necessary for Chinese language teaching and analyzes problems that may arise in the teaching process; it is intended for Chinese teachers or readers in related majors. Absolute beginners lack teaching scenarios and linguistic foundations, so direct reading is unlikely to translate into learning outcomes; they are better off using dedicated Chinese textbooks.
What impact does the Q&A format have on reading? The Q&A format sets content based on questions teachers may raise or encounter, making it highly targeted and convenient for consulting as needed. Readers need not read through sequentially; they can select relevant entries according to their teaching progress and confusions. However, they should also actively connect the vocabulary knowledge framework behind each question to avoid memorizing only isolated answers.
Is the content more theoretical or more teaching-practice oriented? Based on the materials, this book introduces basic vocabulary knowledge necessary for Chinese language teaching, analyzes various problems in teaching, and helps readers master the relevant knowledge and abilities needed to solve problems; it is targeted, practical, and has a certain theoretical grounding. Thus it balances theory and practice, but its focus is on analyzing and responding to teaching problems rather than pure theoretical exposition.

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About the author

Li Ying Author · Chinese

Li Ying, a native of Jinhua, Zhejiang, is a member of the China Writers Association and a council member of the Chinese Reportage Society, and formerly served as chair of the Jinhua Writers Association. She has long been engaged in literary creation and writing on local culture, having published twelve works and edited more than sixty collections of writings. Her representative works include Meng Xiangbin: One Man Moves a City, The Third Kind of Power, Governing the Country in a Major Way, and Echoes from the Mountains, and she has received awards including the Xu Chi Reportage Prize. Judging from the nine works held in the library, her writing spans language and writing, documentary literature, applied psychology, management, and inspirational growth. These range from knowledge-oriented books such as Questions and Answers on Modern Chinese Vocabulary to documentary writings with local and historical concerns, such as Searching for Wucheng's Memories of the War of Resistance and New China in Books, as well as applied subjects including Harvard Psychology Lessons, chain-store sales promotion, and second-child fertility behavior. She is skilled at turning specialized knowledge into accessible expression, balancing readability with practicality.