Preface

Conversational Mandarin Chinese Online is a textbook for the beginning students who wish to learn spoken Chinese. It is the hard copy of its online version which can be accessed from the web site http://www.csulb.edu/~txie/ccol/content.htm. 

The students can use this textbook to learn fundamental spoken Chinese by listening to the sound files from the web site. By completing study of this book, the students can reach the Novice-High/Intermediate-Low level based on the Proficiency Guidelines of the American Council on Teaching Foreign Languages. Namely, the students will be able to ask and answer basic questions when interacting with native Chinese speakers. They will also have the ability to continue to learn the language using the expressions learned in this textbook.

This version is the second working edition. Comments and suggestions are welcomed. Please forward your comments and suggestions as well as any typing errors to:

Dr. Tianwei Xie, Department of Asian and Asian American Studies, California State University, Long Beach, Long Beach, CA 90840. The author's email address is: txie@csulb.edu.

								Tianwei Xie
								September 2005

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