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.