Chinese Text Books

Best Chinese textbooks

Strømmen has the very best language teachers and tutors, over the last 15 years we have used our experience to select the very best Chinese text books. These textbooks can be used with your Strømmen Chinese teacher, or used for self study. Our Chinese teachers use many approaches.

Integrated Chinese: Simplified Characters Textbook, Level 1, Part 1 (English and Chinese Edition) 3rd Edition

Cheng & Tsui s best-loved Chinese textbook series is new, revised, and better than ever! Integrated Chinese is already the leading introductory Chinese textbook at colleges and universities around the world. The third edition of this time-tested series has been fully updated to meet the needs of today s students with new communicative and interactive exercises, a full-color design, up-to-date vocabulary, enhanced cultural coverage, a diverse cast of characters, and a realistic storyline linking all the dialogues and readings.

Living Language Mandarin Chinese, Complete Edition: Beginner through advanced course

Complete Mandarin Chinese is a unique multimedia program that takes you beginner to advanced level in one convenient package.

At the core of Complete Mandarin Chinese is the Living Language Method™, based on linguistic science, proven techniques, and over 65 years of experience. Our method teaches you the whole language, so you can express yourself, not just recite memorized words or scripts.

Millions have learned with Living Language®. Now it’s your turn.

Ultimate Chinese: Mandarin (Living Language Ultimate Courses, Basic-Intermediate)

Developed by the experts at Living Language, this book offers a highly effective combination of conversational Mandarin Chinese with grammar and culture. It covers the equivalent of two years of college-level study.40 lessons, each with a lively, authentic Chinese dialogue that includes the most common and useful expressions for everyday conversation. English translations and explanations of Chinese grammar and usage, pronunciation, vocabulary, and cultural notes. Sections that introduce you to reading and writing Chinese characters. Quizzes to check your progress. Summaries of measure words, question formation, and particles.

An extensive two-way glossary. While this book stands on its own as a complete course and an invaluable reference, you’ll find that using it with the recorded lessons is even more effective.

New Practical Chinese Reader Vol. 1 (2nd.Ed.): Textbook (SCAN QR CODE) (English and Chinese Edition) 2nd Revised edition

New Practical Chinese Reader is a new series of textbooks designed for native English speakers to learn Chinese. It consists of 70 lessons in six volumes, covering beginning to intermediate levels for three years of instruction. It has been compiled under the guidance of the new the HSK Guideline and in consultation with NOTCFL Syllabus. The objective of this series is to develop the student’s ability to communicate in Chinese through the study of language structure, language function, and related cultural knowledge along with the training of listening, speaking, reading and writing skills.

New Practical Chinese Reader, Vol. 2 (2nd Ed.): Textbook (with MP3 CD or QR Scan) (English and Chinese Edition) 2nd Revised ed. Edition

This is the second edition of Textbook 2, which comes with an MP3 CD or a QR Scan to access the audio material. It has 12 lessons (Lessons 15 to 26), arranged mostly in the following order: text in Chinese and pinyin, text notes in English and Chinese, drills and practice, reading comprehension and paraphrasing, phonetics, grammar, knowledge and practice in Chinese characters, and cultural notes.