Application: Intermediate Chinese Reading and Writing selects 32 interesting articles on a variety of topics and divides them into 8 units. It corresponds with Application: Intermediate Chinese Listening and Speaking but plays a major and leading role. From Lesson 1 to Lesson 32, the text length increases gradually from about 200 to 600 characters. In each lesson, there is a pre-reading activity to lead in, a main text with relevant language points, and some after-reading exercises to wind up. The specific teaching advice is as follows:
    
(1) It takes about 90 minutes to study one lesson. Students are required to preview the new words before class, and their work is better to be tested by means of dictation at the beginning of the class.
(2) For each lesson, it is better to begin with "warm-up". The questions and illustrations may arouse students' curiosity and the teacher may take this opportunity to further familiarize students with the new words they have previewed.
(3) There are about 25 new words in each lesson. The teacher may categorize them according to the part of speech or their semantic functions. It is also suggested to allocate time for words of different difficulty levels according to students' needs and language proficiency.
(4) The language points in each lesson should be explained and practiced fully to make sure that students can use them correctly. Such practice can be conducted when dealing with the new words or studying the text.
(5) The teacher may allocate some class time for students to read the texts aloud in turns. After making sure that students have no problem with vocabulary and grammar, the teacher may further check students' reading comprehension through question-answer tasks, and then encourage them to retell the texts.
(6) There are three groups of after-reading exercises in each lesson. The first one concerns vocabulary and grammar such as Exercise 3 and 4, which should be completed in class. The second one concerns the contents of the text such as Exercise 1 and 2, which can be assigned to students as homework. The third one concerns follow-up reading and writing, which can be dealt with either in class or after.