Description
This series is an elementary course in 5 volumes that is tailored for foreign students coming to China to study in the various fields of science and technology. The whole set is comprised of five books, including Listening and Speaking (I、II), Reading Comprehension (I、II), and Listening Comprehension. The whole series has a vocabulary list of over 3,900 words as well as 136 commonly used grammar items and 20 functional items. Reading Comprehension aims to improve students’ reading comprehension and increase their reading speed. This series will equip students with the basics of technical and scientific Chinese and will prepare them to study science and engineering in China. An Elementary Course in Scientific Chinese and Introductory Chinese form a set. Those who come to China to study science and engineering should begin with the latter and then proceed to the former.