Gateway to Chinese Language is a comprehensive package of course material for first-year Mandarin Chinese. It is in two volumes, each comprising a textbook and a workbook.Volumes I and II have ten and twelve lessons respectively. Each lesson contains dialogues, annotated vocabulary with illustrated sentences, sentence patterns, sentence building exercises, questions and responses, cultural notes in English, and a reading section. For the lesson texts, both pinyin and Chinese characters are provided. The pinyin text focuses on pronunciation, accuracy of intonation, and fluency of speech, while...

Gateway to Chinese Language is a comprehensive package of course material for first-year Mandarin Chinese. Each lesson contains an array of approaches, and the volume includes interactive tutorial software.

Gateway to Chinese Language is a comprehensive package of course material for first-year Mandarin Chinese. Each lesson contains an array of approaches, and the volume includes interactive tutorial software.

Gateway to Chinese Language is a comprehensive package of course material for first-year Mandarin Chinese. Each lesson contains an array of approaches, and the volume includes interactive tutorial software.

Gateway to Chinese Character Writing is designed to show beginners of Chinese how to write a Chinese character properly. The book introduces the principles that govern the construction of Chinese characters, the basic strokes that comprise Chinese characters, and the proper stroke order when writing Chinese characters. The book is also accompanied by a DVD which clearly demonstrates how to write those Chinese characters introduced in the book in the proper stroke order. The book is highly compatible with Gateway to Chinese Language.