Discovering Chinese is a set of textbooks specifically designed for students learning Chinese in non-Chinese speaking communities. Volume One is available now and contains 12 lessons with the following features:
- A spiral-up, step-by-step approach that reinforces and builds upon material from previous lessons, and emphasizes speaking and comprehension.
- A comprehensive selection of characters and sentence patterns.
- Highly relevant topics with immediately useful language, covering school, family, daily life, sports, etc.
- Vivid illustrations, detailed cultural and grammatical introductions.