About CME Europe
Amanda Lee established CME Books Europe on her return from Hong Kong, where she worked at an international school with the authors of the Chinese Made Easy series, Yamin Ma and Xinying Li. She is keen to promote Chinese language learning at schools and for individuals across Europe.
"Our research showed a considerable lack of resources for teaching
or learning Mandarin Chinese in the UK and Europe. With China being regarded
as potentially the biggest global market this century, European businesses
are looking to expand into China. This means the demand for Chinese speakers,
and therefore schools teaching Chinese with excellent resources, is greatly
on the increase".
About the Authors
Ms Yamin Ma has an M.Ed. in Curriculum Design and Development from Queen's University, Canada. Her research interest lies in educational psychology, ESL and Chinese language teaching and learning. She regularly attends international conferences and publishes articles in books.
Ms Xinying Li holds a postgraduate diploma in Applied Linguistics from Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.
Both authors have teaching experience in China and abroad, and are currently teaching Chinese in an international school in Hong Kong.
About the Books
'Chinese Made Easy' consists of 5 main textbooks with CD, workbook and
teachers book. The 5 textbooks cover two levels: Level 1 - Books 1, 2, 3
(up to GCSE/IGCSE); Level 2 - Books 4, 5 (up to A S level). This series is also suitable for IB Language B. After completing
the series, students will acquire a vocabulary of approximately 1,700 Chinese
characters and several thousand phrases.
'Chinese Made Easy for Kids' consists of 4 main textbooks with CD and workbook.
After completing this series, children will be able to write from memory
approximately 100 simple Chinese characters, recognise over 500 Chinese
characters and be able to develop listening and speaking skills from an
early age.
