Modern Mandarin Chinese

Modern Mandarin Chinese is a two-year undergraduate course for students with no prior background in Chinese study. Designed to build a strong foundation in both the spoken and written language, it develops all the basic skills such as pronunciation, character writing, word use, and structures, while placing strong emphasis on the development of communicative skills.

Each level of the course consists of a textbook and workbook in simplified characters. A free companion website provides all the audio for the course with a broad range of interactive exercises and additional resources for students'' self-study, along with a comprehensive instructor''s guide with teaching tips, assessment and homework material, and a full answer key.

Key changes to this new edition:

• This revised edition of level 2 introduces over 200 characters and over 400 new vocabulary items.
• Additional exercises in the workbooks and online support the expanded number of words a