Chinese Primer
The Chinese Primer is
a textbook for beginning
Chinese students. It includes
concentrated training of
ear and tongue in the sound
system of Chinese, as well
as natural dialogues that
train students in the basics
of Chinese grammar and vocabulary.
The CLP's Chinese Primer Audio Recordings ($70.00, available in CD format) cover all lessons in the Chinese Primer, as well as the foundation work found at the beginning of the text. Institutional copies ($300.00) are also available, and come with a license agreement authorizing limited distribution and reduplication rights.
The CLP's Chinese Primer:Foundation Work video ($20.00) is a dramatization of the foundation work found at the beginning of the text. Institutional copies ($80.00) are also available, and come with a license agreement authorizing limited distribution and reduplication rights.
The CLP's Chinese Primer: Lessons, Units 1-8 video ($40.00) includes a dramatization of each of the Primer's lessons. Institutional copies ($180.00) are also available, and come with a license agreement authorizing limited distribution and reduplication rights.
To order the above audio and video materials, please download an order form and send it in to us, along with a check or money order made out to the Chinese Linguistics Project.
Note: All CLP materials are for the old edition of the Chinese Primer, not the Revised Edition.
Textbooks:
Audio/Video Materials:
- Chinese Primer
- Oh, China!
- A New China
- A Trip to China
- Intermediate Reader
- All Things Considered
- China's Own Critics
- Newspaper Readings
- China's Peril and Promise
- Literature and Society
- Anything Goes