Elizabeth Scurfield was until recently Chair of the Department of Modern Languages at the University of Westminster in London, where she was a founder member of the Chinese section.Song Lianyi grew up and was educated in Beijing. He has taught Chinese as a foreign language for more than 13 years. He is at present Lecturer in Chinese at SOAS. He completed his PhD in language teaching techniques at the Institute of Education, University of London.

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• : Introduction: 01 Origins of the script: 02 How Chinese characters are formed: 03 Writing Chinese characters: basic rules, strokes and word order: 04 How words are formed: 05 Signs (1): At the hotel: 06 Signs (2): Directions: 07 Signs (3): Shopping: 08 Entertainment: Going places: 09 The weather: 10 How to use a Chinese-English dictionary: Key to the exercises: Table of radicals: Pronunciation guide: Some useful public signs and notices: Chinese-English vocabulary: English-Chinese vocabulary

Elizabeth Scurfield was until recently Chair of the Department of Modern Languages at the University of Westminster in London, where she was a founder member of the Chinese section.Song Lianyi grew up and was educated in Beijing. He has taught Chinese as a foreign language for more than 13 years. He is at present Lecturer in Chinese at SOAS. He completed his PhD in language teaching techniques at the Institute of Education, University of London.

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• : Introduction: 01 Origins of the script: 02 How Chinese characters are formed: 03 Writing Chinese characters: basic rules, strokes and word order: 04 How words are formed: 05 Signs (1): At the hotel: 06 Signs (2): Directions: 07 Signs (3): Shopping: 08 Entertainment: Going places: 09 The weather: 10 How to use a Chinese-English dictionary: Key to the exercises: Table of radicals: Pronunciation guide: Some useful public signs and notices: Chinese-English vocabulary: English-Chinese vocabulary

Elizabeth Scurfield was until recently Chair of the Department of Modern Languages at the University of Westminster in London, where she was a founder member of the Chinese section.Song Lianyi grew up and was educated in Beijing. He has taught Chinese as a foreign language for more than 13 years. He is at present Lecturer in Chinese at SOAS. He completed his PhD in language teaching techniques at the Institute of Education, University of London.

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• : Introduction: 01 Origins of the script: 02 How Chinese characters are formed: 03 Writing Chinese characters: basic rules, strokes and word order: 04 How words are formed: 05 Signs (1): At the hotel: 06 Signs (2): Directions: 07 Signs (3): Shopping: 08 Entertainment: Going places: 09 The weather: 10 How to use a Chinese-English dictionary: Key to the exercises: Table of radicals: Pronunciation guide: Some useful public signs and notices: Chinese-English vocabulary: English-Chinese vocabulary