A word from the author:
Having spent years trying to learn Chinese the traditional way, I quickly realised that the
logic behind it was not suitable for me. Therefore, as a teacher I have spent the last 5 years
designing a series of Chinese grammar books that allow a native-born English speaker to go
from English grammar to Chinese, rather than the traditional way of starting from Chinese
grammar and then relating it to English grammar. In this way, a native-born English speaker,
who thinks in English, can learn to translate from English to Chinese using this style of
learning.
Who is this book for?
This book is for anyone wishing to learn how to use Chinese for speaking, reading and
writing. The information contained within this book is enough to pass HSK 3, but the book
itself is designed to get non-native speakers to use Chinese effectively on a day-to-day
basis. You might want to send messages, write emails, conduct in-depth conversations, or
give presentations in Chinese. If so, then the beginner to intermediate edition provides all the
grammar needed to communicate with native Chinese people about everyday issues.
How to use the book:
The book is divided into 140 units, and after every 7 units there is a summary page that can
be used to review what has been studied. With this book, students will start learning simple
nouns, then simple sentences and finally finishing on intermediate level structures. The
tenses that are taught are 'present simple, present continuous, future simple and past
simple'. In other words, by the end of the book, students should be able to talk and write
about the past, present and future. In fact, there is enough information contained within
that students should be able to live and work in China without fear of making any mistakes
or not being able to communicate an everyday idea or opinion.
