The “Access to Vocational Chinese” Series is a series of vocational Chinese language textbooks jointly developed by the Center for Language Education and Cooperation of the Ministry of Education and the Talent Center of the Nonferrous Metals Industry. Based on the actual teaching development needs of “Chinese + Vocational Skills” in various countries and relying on Chinese vocational colleges, experts from various fields have been organized to participate in the development. Referencing the Chinese Proficiency Grading Standards for International Chinese Language Education and the Chinese Proficiency Standards for Vocational Education, the textbooks are divided into three levels: elementary, intermediate, and advanced. Each level follows the compilation concepts of “integration of language and skills” and “easy to learn, convenient to teach, and practical to use”. According to the typical work scenarios, work tasks, and frequently used expressions in relevant occupations, sections such as texts, conversations, language points, and exercises are designed to continuously improve learners’ Chinese application proficiency and key technical abilities in the field of vocational technology, providing assistance for learners to quickly get familiar with and adapt to the work environment.

This volume is Application of Additive Manufacturing Technology (Elementary), suitable for international employees, learners, and other groups in the field of additive manufacturing. By studying this textbook, learners will be able to conduct simple work-related communication in Chinese, understand the operational skills of additive manufacturing-related processes, and comprehend Chinese job instructions.

During the compilation of this textbook, industry experts and enterprise technicians were invited to provide guidance. Investigations were conducted in Chinese enterprises stationed abroad to understand the enterprises’ requirements for local employees in terms of language proficiency, technical skills, and overall competence. The technical points that industry experts and front-line enterprise employees believe learners should master were taken as the basis for content selection. Real corpus from actual work scenarios and typical work tasks was carefully selected and reconstructed into texts and dialogues that match the proficiency level of “zero-based” learners. Approximately 15 high-frequency words, as well as commonly used phrases and short sentences in work, are selected for each work task. The textbook consists of 36 lessons in total, and each lesson includes eight parts: Review, Warm-up, New Words Learning, Text Learning, Grammar Learning, Chinese Character Writing, Vocational Development/Cultural Development, and Summary. It is also equipped with abundant pictures, striving to present real vocational scenarios in a combination of pictures and texts. In addition, supporting resources such as audio and video materials have been developed for this textbook to help learners master the ability to conduct basic communication in Chinese in vocational scenarios.

Yu Yunfeng, Chief Editor

Yu Tianqi and Chen Weichang, Deputy Chief Editors

Experts from Lanzhou Resources & Environment Voc-Tech University, Editors.

The textbook was compiled under the editorship of Hou Wei from Lanzhou Resources & Environment Voc-Tech University, withZhang Long serving as the Deputy Editor-in-Chief.

1.  Compiled with reference to the Chinese Proficiency Grading Standards for International Chinese Language Education and the Chinese Proficiency Standards for Vocational Education;

2. Follows the compilation concepts of “integration of language and skills” and “easy to learn, convenient to teach, practical to use”;

3. Designs teaching sections according to the typical work scenarios, work tasks, and frequently used expressions in relevant occupations;

4. Effectively improves learners’ Chinese application proficiency and key technical abilities in the field of vocational technology.

5. Adopts a multi-dimensional design concept, equipped with various teaching resources such as micro-lessons, text videos, electronic courseware and audios.

It consists of 36 lessons in total, with each lesson taking 3 to 4 class hours.