Intended for English-speaking learners，these Chinese teaching mate rialsare designed to develop the learners’ability to listen，speak，read and write，as well 8.S the ability to communicate in social settings.

ThiS series incIudes：

Textbook（Vols.1-4）：This consists of text，vocabulary，notes，grammar，and cultural back ground.The texts，given in both simplified and unsim plifiedcharacters，also include pinyin and English translation.

Teacher's Book（Vols.1-4）：The Teacher's Book explains in detail the entire

structure of the se ries，and what is intended in each lesson.Here you will

find reference material，texts for listening exe rcises，keys to the exercises，

test papers，etc.

Character Book（Vols.1.2）：Includes relevant knowledge about Chinese characters. and various kinds 0f exercises Exercise Book（Vols.1.4）：These exercises are comprehensiVe，and

varied in form，covering listening，speaking，reading and writing Ranked from easy to difficult，the exercises are designed to meet the need of learners

with different skill-levels.

Cassette tapes and video tapes are also available to accompany the

textbooks.