Learning Chinese: A Foundation Course in Mandarin, Part I
Preliminaries:
Title Page (PDF)
Table of Contents (pp i-xvi) (PDF)
Preface (pp a-d) (PDF)
A brief introduction to the aims and methods of the book.
Background (pp e-r) (PDF)
Introducing Chinese and its linguistic settings.
Sounds and Symbols (pp 1-22) (PDF)
Introducing the sounds of Mandarin and the pinyin system of transcribing them.
The core lessons:
Lesson 1 (pp 23-40) (PDF)
Lesson 2 (pp 41-60) (PDF)
Lesson 3 (pp 61-86) (PDF)
Lesson 4 (pp 87-116) (PDF)
Lesson 5 (pp 117-140) (PDF)
Lesson 6 (pp 141-174) (PDF)
Lesson 7 (pp 175-201) (PDF)
The characters lessons:
Title Page (PDF)
Lesson A (pp 1-14) (PDF)
Lesson B (pp 15-30) (PDF)
Lesson C (pp 31-44) (PDF)
Lesson D (pp 45-56) (PDF)
Lesson E (pp 57-68) (PDF)
Lesson F (pp 69-84) (PDF)