Mandarin 1/ by Perlie Yang and Sheryl Chua

Includes bibliography.

Contents I. Introduction to China, history, and culture --II. Alphabet zhu yin, pin yin --III. Chinese numbers --IV. General expressions, Chinese greetings, courtesy and social greetings --V. Chinese calendar and adverbs of time --VI. Telling time --VII. Family relation --VIII. Grammar-word order (SVO) --IX. Nouns and pronouns --X. Self-introduction --XI. Verbs --XII. Negatives --XIII. Modern vocabulary words and terms --XIV. Simple phrases and sentence construction --XV. Conversations, dialogues and new words --XVI. Telephone --XVII. Making a long distance call --XVIII. Shopping --XIX. In the restaurant --XX. At the airport --XXI. At the hotel-reserving --XXII. At the bank --XXIII. Seeing a doctor --XXIV. Asking directions --XXV. Business.