Inrecentlyyears,moreandmoreChinesestudentsaregoingoverseas,eitherasexchangestudents,ortopursuedegrees.Atthesametime,moreandmorestudentsarecomingfromothercountriestoChineseuniversitiestofurthertheirstudies.We'venoticedthatintermsofbothknowledgetransferandinterculturalcommunication,theEnglishlanguagehasplayedanindispensablerole.Furthermore,itistheinterestofthesestudentstohaveasmoothtransitionfromonesystemtoanother,fortheircreditstotransfer,andforthemtoimmersethemselvesinthenewenvironmentasquicklyaspossible.Tothisend,moreandmoreChineseschoolsareofferingcoursesdeliveredbilinguallyorinEnglishtoenhancestudents'internationaloutlook.
OneofthegreatestchallengesinofferingChinesestudentsacourseinEnglishisfindingasuitabletextbook:thetextbookmustseriouslyconsiderwhatstudentshavedoneintheirhighschools;itmustmeetthenationalandlocalofficialcoursestandards;anditshouldresonatewithsignificantinternationalflavorssoastobenefitstudents.