Contemporary Chinese is a textbook designed for students whose native language is English. The ultimate goal of this book is to develop the student’s ability to comprehend and communicate in Chinese language. Specifically, it provides training in the skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing Chinese.
 
This series has the following features:

• is concise, practical, and has real life applications
• is adaptable to the varied needs of different students
• gives equal attention to listening, speaking, reading and writing
• guides your learning step by step

Discs in MP3 format in Putonghua and CD-ROM are available