Primer for Advanced Beginners of Chinese

Duanduan Li is a lecturer of Chinese, and currently director of the Chinese Language Program at Columbia University. Irene Liu was director of the Chinese Language Program at Columbia University. Lening Liu is a senior lecturer of Chinese in the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures at Columbia University. Hailong Wang is a lecturer of Chinese in the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures at Columbia University. Zhirong Wang is a lecturer of Chinese in the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures at Columbia University. Yanping Xie, a speech and language pathologist, was a lecturer of Chinese in the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures at Columbia University.

• Volume One List of Abbreviations Introduction: The Basics of Pronunciation and Characters Lesson 1. Chinese Names Lesson 2. Chinese Families Lesson 3. China: The North and the South Lesson 4. The Ten Suns Lesson 5. Heaven and Earth Lesson 6. The Story of Chinese Idioms Lesson 7. The Great Wall Lesson 8. Li Bai Learns A Lesson Lesson 9. Shen Nong and Chinese Medicine Lesson 10. Chinese Food Appendix I. A Brief History of the Creation of Chinese Characters and the Evolution of the Chinese Writing System Appendix II. Comprehensive Vocabulary List (English-Chinese and Chinese-English) Appendix III. Character Stroke Order Volume Two List of Abbreviations Lesson 11. The Chinese Zodiac Lesson 12. Chinese New Year Lesson 13. The Story of The Dream of Red Mansions Lesson 14. Shaolin Martial Arts Lesson 15. Confucius Lesson 16. The Story of Mencius Lesson 17. The Story of Silkworms Lesson 18. Chinese Tea Lesson 19. Chinese Porcelain Lesson 20. The Character of Bamboo Appendix I. Comprehensive Vocabulary List (English-Chinese and Chinese-English) Appendix II. Character Stroke Order