New Course of Mandarin (Middle Level, Revised Edition)

The book is written for Hong Kongese trying to learn mandarin and recognized as a classic by Hong Kong mandarine teachers.More than 0.2 million copies have been sold in the past 30 years.a- It is coauthored by several experts and teachers with rich experience of teaching, examination and textbook writing, and read and supervised by staff of the National Mandarin Proficiency Test.a- The revised edition shares strengths of the previous edition and adds comparison between Mandarin and Cantonese and exercises of polyphones in Mandarin based on the difficulties encountering Cantonese learners.New texts and exercises feature vivid subjects and practical subjects.a- This textbook is suitable for classroom learning, group activities and self-study.The revised edition is still divided into three volumes corresponding to three levels but becomes more systematic.The beginner's level stresses daily dialogue and basic phonetics to lay a solid foundation for future learning.The middle level focuses on improving conversational skills through a large amount of pronunciation training, written for non-beginners interested in improving Mandarin speaking.The advanced level explains difficulties in pronunciation and differences between Mandarin and Cantonese in grammar and vocabulary.

Along with pronunciation, reading aloud and dialogue the book helps readers to further improve their Mandarin.