Introductory Chinese is a series of Chineseteaching textbooks,which is
comprised of sixtitles:Listening and Speaking(volumes I and II),Reading
Comprehension,Chinese Character Workbook,Listening Comprehension and
Listen ing Comprehension Workbook.Listening Comprehension and Listening
Conprehension Workbook are to be used together.They contain listening
exercises focusing on the grammar,language usage and vocabulaly found in
Listening and Speaking.The set consists of 44 lessons and requires
approximately 150 class hoursto complete.Listening Comprehension also
contains keys to the exercises,listening scripts and two audio CDs.It
can be used as a teacher's book .Listenning Comprehension Workbook is
for students to use to complete the listening
exercises.Together,Introduct Chinese and An Elenwntao'Course in
Scientific Chinese form a set.Those who come to China to study science
and engineering should begin with the former and then proceed to the
latter.