This Volume Ten of New Concept Chinese series includes one textbook, two workbooks, one character book and an accompanying audio CD. Each lesson includes text, characters and words, comparison of character forms and reading. The reading materials are two riddles and a story, vivid, interesting and helpful to improve students' reading skills. Starting from this volume, the Basic Knowledge of Chinese Language in each lesson begins to introduce commonly used punctuations, and the word searching methods in using Chinese dictionary. The two workbooks offer exercises such as words linking, word formation, sentence making, etc. Character tracing practice is also offered to help students improve their character writing ability. The accompanying CD includes the recording of texts and part of the exercises. Upon finishing this volume, the students will master 178 new characters and 299 words and phrases, and will be able to read short articles of about 400 characters.

Chen Jian, founder and principal of New Concept Chinese School, has years of valuable experience in teaching Chinese in overseas schools.