New-Audio CDs for Integrated Chinese Level 1 Part 1 available now! The audio CDs contains audio material from both the textbook and the workbook. The CD set offers learners the opportunity to listen to and repeat after native speakers. It includes the practice sections on pronunciation and tones, the vocabulary, the dialogues and narratives found in the books. This acclaimed, bestselling beginning Chinese language-learning series “integrates” the best of the grammatical and functional approaches to language acquisition. It is a challenging, cohesive series that stresses all four language skills: listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Level 1 is available in two parts, one for each semester, in traditional or simplified character editions. Level 2 includes both T and S in each book. Teacher’s manuals use T characters only. New in the Integrated Chinese series: Level 2 Character Writing Workbook. Much more than a writing book, it features traditional and simplified characters in one volume, example sentences in traditional characters showing word usage in context, and four useful appendices: A list of proper nouns and measure words, an English-Chinese glossary that includes all the vocabulary in Levels 1 and 2, a Chinese character index including all characters appearing in Levels 1 and 2, and example sentences in simplified form. The complete set of materials for each level of Integrated Chinese consists of: Textbook Textbook Audio CD Workbook Workbook Audio CD Character Writing Workbook Teacher's Manual Audio cassettes (Set of 3) for the textbooks cover vocabulary and dialogues in the textbooks.