Shanghai math books popular in bilingual schools

Speakers: Nillah Nyakoa and Lu Sirui

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English versions of a popular Shanghai math learning-aid book series "One Lesson One Exercise" sold like hot cakes at the 2017 Shanghai Book Fair.

More than 500 were bought after it debuted at the fair, which concluded yesterday. Only the first books for grades 1 to 5 were sold at the fair, but all will be available at physical and online bookstores next month.

Unlike the English version of the books that were published in the United Kingdom with modifications based on the British syllabus, the local English series was directly translated from the Chinese version.

These include a total of 17 books for grades 1 to 9, two for each of the first 8 grades and one for the last.

The book series has also attracted interest among the city's bilingual schools.

Xia Haiping, principal of the Experimental School of Foreign Languages Affiliated to East China Normal University, said she would like to buy some of them to study their contents to see if they can be used in bilingual teaching of math.

The audio clip is from Studio+, produced by CRI.