New Practical Chinese Reader is a new series of textbooks designed for native English speakers to learn ChineseIt consists of 70 lessons in six volumescovering beginning to intermediate levels for threeyears of instruction.It has been compiled under the guidance of the new HSK Guideline and inconsultation with NOTCFL Syllabus.The objective of this series is to develop the students ability to communicate in Chinese through the study of language structurelanguage functionand related cultural knowl