NPCR is a new serieS of textbooks designed for native IEnglish
speakers to learn Chinese．It consists of seventy lessons in six
volumes for three years of in．struction。BasiC sentence patterns
and functionaI items are jntraduced in}the first three volumes
with thirty—eight lessons．Book Four leads to the{ntermediate
Ievel of the Iast two volumes．NPCR has been compiled under the
guidance 0f the new Hanban Syllabus and lnI consultation with the
HSK Guideline．The ablective of this series is to develop the
student’S ability to communicate using Chinese throug h the study
of language structure，language function，and related cultural
knowledge along with the training of listening,speaking，reading
and writing skills．
