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Focusing on conversation, Chinese Express - Joy Chinese in 3 Months is designed for beginners who have classes twice or three times a week. The full course can be finished in three months. The lessons begin with proper pronunciation of Mandarin. Then students will learn "Greetings", "Introducing Yourself", "What is This", and other common encounters, as well as some special Chinese sentence structures which are very popular in daily oral Chinese. Chinese Express - Joy Chinese in 3 Months is also a good choice for people who would like to take an intensive course before going to China for business or pleasure. An audio CD is included.

Chinese Express 2 - Joy Chinese Intermediate Course is an intermediate Chinese course following the publication of Chinese Express - Joy Chinese in 3 Months. Besides carrying on the book’s original style, development is made in the following aspects: topics on a person’s basic daily needs are extended to life and culture; vocabulary and grammatical points are enlarged; degree of difficulty is increased and types of questions become more diversified. There are 15 lessons altogether, which cover almost all the things that learners are concerned about, for instance, "Traveling in China", "Cultural Gap", "Surfing the Internet", "Seeing a Movie", "Housing in China", "Buying a Car in China", "Environmental Problems in China". Every lesson consists of a text, new words, grammatical points and exercises. The teaching materials in this book are eye-catching for short-term learners and meet their needs because of the catchy topics, up-to-date contents and practical exercises. After learning this book, students will be able to quickly learn the skills on spoken Chinese and lay some foundation for advanced study of Chinese. English explanations and notes are used in this book and 1 CD is attached. In this CD, texts, new words and some listening exercises are included. In Simplified Chinese characters, Pinyin, and English.

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