Chinese Primer, Volumes 1-3 (Pinyin): Revised Edition - The Princeton Language Program: Modern Chinese (3 volumes) edition

Uses techniques to put beginning learners of Mandarin Chinese on the path toward mastery. This book aims to lead students to adopt Chinese as one of their own languages and not to regard it as an object of study and translation. It features texts in traditional and simplified Chinese characters, and includes a Chinese introduction for teachers.