Chinese Course (3rd Edition) 1B

Chinese Course is a series of comprehensive Chinese learning materials designed for international students studying in China. It consists of 6 volumes, which take a degree-granting institution one year to finish. It is one of the most popular and influential textbook series for undergraduate education targeted at foreigners. The first two editions have sold more than two million copies in total. This is Book 1B of the third edition, including a total of 10 lessons. It follows Book 1A and comes to the stage of grammar and sentence patterns. Each lesson basically consists of five sections: text, new words, notes, phonetics/grammar, and exercises. The texts are mostly practical conversations; they are where grammar and vocabulary are used. The new words are all common words. The exercises come in diverse types, including comprehension, imitation, communication, etc.