Planned by the China National Office for Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language. This is a series of textbooks written especially for foreign students at the elementary level of Chinese. There are a total of 50 lessons divided evenly into two volumes. There are 11 parts in each lesson: "Sentences", "Vocabulary", "Text", "Notes", "Pattern Drills", "Strike While Iron Is Hot", "Vocabulary Extension", "Listening and Speaking", "Characters", "Reading & Writing", and "Pronunciation".
