Language Through Literature: An Advancedof Contemporary Chinese Short-Short Stories isspecially designed for North American students at theintermediate high and advanced levels. It includestwelve short-short stories which have been published inthe past ten years. Each short-short story hasapproximately 1,200 to 1,800 characters. The stories fallunder six thematic units: jobs, interests, marriage, thecountryside, friends, and education. Each unit has twolessons. Each lesson contains a short-short story, avocabulary list, a section with important expressions andgrammatical structures, and a group of exercises.
《汉语小小说选读》是为中高级对外汉语教学编写的教材,共收入12篇最近10年发表的小小说,每篇小小说长度为1200~1800字不等。全书分为“职业”、“兴趣”、“婚姻”、“农村”、“朋友”和“教育”6个单元,每单元包括两课,每课包括小小说正文、新词语、重点词语和句式及练习4大部分。本书在多伦多大学和耶鲁大学的四年级汉语课上试用,并根据回馈反复修改,受到学生的一致好评。《汉语小小说选读》适合中高级或高级汉语课使用,一般在二至四学时内可以完成一篇小小说的学习。