As the teaching of Chinese increasingly uses simplified characters, thi s new version of the popular "A Primer for Advanced Beginners of Chinese" fills an important gap in Chinese-language instruction. The primer is addressed to meet the needs of the rapidly growing number of Chin ese language students who were raised in the United States in Chinese-speaking homes and speak the language but cannot read or write it. This text develops lessons around readings on Chinese history, culture, geography, literature, folktales and mythology, customs, and cuisine.
