Preface Purpose and Design Developing Competence in Business Chinese is an integrated skills-oriented course-book consisting of three modules: Reading & Writing, Speaking and Listening. Based on ananalysis of learners' needs and a study of the requirements set in relevant teaching syllabi andtest outlines, this coursebook aims at helping learners of Chinese at the intermediate level toacquire skills in using the target language for business purposes.
Target User Group Developing Competence in Business Chinese is specifically designed for users who havealready acquired some basic competence in Chinese and yet wish to learn to use it somehowin doing business in the China context. To be more exact, it is for those learners who havemastered about 800 common Chinese characters, about 1 000 common Chinese expressionsor words and the basics of Chinese grammar. It could be used as textbooks for foreignstudents in China taking an optional course in business Chinese, or self-study materials forthose engaged in doing business in China or with Chinese partners. It could also be used asa staff training course package in Chinese language for foreign enterprises either in China oroverseas.
