This is a new textbook prepared by the Beijing Languages Institute and intended for foreign learners in a course of modern Chinese at universities or secondary schools. The beginning level consists of two volumes with 50 lessons and a vocabulary of 1,000 basic words.
The situations provided in this textbook centre around two foreign stndents who study Chinese first in their own country (Book Ⅰ) and then in China (Book II). Priority is given to everyday expressions concerning clothing, food, hou