New Practical Chinese Reader - Textbook 1

Compiled by Liu Xun. This completely revised edition (it will encompass six volumes in 70 lessons when completed) takes the student from an absolute beginner to an intermediate level, approximately 3 years of higher-level classroom instruction. Emphasizing the basic skills of reading, writing (simplified characters), speaking, and listening, with supplementary exerxises, many illustrations, charts, and in a larger format.