This is the first part of a Putonghua textbook which comes in two volumes and covers elementary through high intermediate levels, pitching at a maturity of the university level learners and beyond. It features structural explanations and communicative exercises.
John C. Jamieson is emeritus professor of East Asian languages and cultures at the University of California, Berkeley He is the editor or author of a number of Chinese texts, includingElementary Chinese Companion.Tao Lin is an advisor of doctoral candidates in the department of Chinese at Peking University. His major works includeStudies in Phonetics: Collected Essays and A Course in Phonetics (all in Chinese).