Introductory Chinese is a series of Chinese teaching textbooks tailored for foreign students who are studying in China. It will help them master the Chinese language basics needed to live and communicate with others in the country, as well as improve their listening, speaking, reading and writing abilities. The whole set is comprised of six books: Listening and Speaking (I, II), Reading Comprehension, Chinese Character Workbook, Listening Comprehension and Listening Comprehension Workbook. This series covers a vocabulary of over 1200 words, 109 grammar points and more than 1200 characters. Listening Comprehension and Listening Comprehension Workbook are to be used together. The set consists of 44 lessons and requires approximately 150 class hours. Students are required to listen to recordings while completing the exercises in the Listening Comprehension Workbook. Together, Introductory Chinese and Elementary Course in Scientific Chinese form a set. Those who come to China to study science and engineering
