Fangcao Hanyu: Ling Series is suitable for children aged 7-12. It includes three volumes: Pinyin, Learn to Read Chinese Characters, and Reading, which are both independent and interrelated. Each book can be regarded as a menu from which the teacher chooses items and combines them freely according to the students' Chinese proficiency for the sake of improving their Chinese language skills within a short period.

Features:
◇Practice-oriented, targeted at training students' speaking and communication skills, its content organized based on the needs of instruction
◇Stressing children's self-directed learning and guiding students towards self-study, practice and application through the teaching of spelling skills, character recognition techniques and sample sentences
◇Boosting students' interest in learning and enhancing their learning effect through a great number of children's songs, games and fun exercises

This is the volume of Reading, which includes 15 lessons and 3 "Chinese Garden" exercises. Each lesson contains an easy short passage. The passages cover a wide range of topics and expose students to a multicultural world to cultivate their Chinese competence and global horizons. The book presents substantial content and feasible steps of teaching. Teachers can create interactive activities based on the design of each lesson.