UNIT 01 Hello!
Conversation Points: Greetings in Chinese
Understanding Chinese Sentence Structure with Grammar Points

UNIT 02 How are you?
Conversation Points: Asking for Greetings in Chinese
Learning Grammar Points: Adjective-Predicate Sentences and '?' Interrogative Sentences

UNIT 03 Do you buy books?
Conversation Points: Asking About Someone's Updates in Chinese
Grammar Points: Learning Verb-Predicate Sentences / Learning Subject-Predicate Sentences

UNIT 04 What is this?
Conversation Points: Asking and Answering Objects in Chinese
Grammar Points: Learning Interrogative Words and Questions (1) / Learning the '是' Question

UNIT 05 What is your last name?
Conversation Points: Introducing Your Name and Nationality in Chinese
Grammar Points: Learning Interrogative Words and Questions (2)

UNIT 06 Where are you going?
Conversation Points: Asking and Answering Destination Information in Chinese
Learning Grammar Points: Question and Answer

UNIT 07 Who is he?
Conversation Points: Expressing Possessive Relationships in Chinese
Learning the grammar point structure particle '的' / Learning the interrogative particle '有'

UNIT 08 How many people are in your family?
Conversation Points: Asking about family size and members in Chinese
Mastering grammar points and quantifiers

UNIT 09 Where do you work?
Conversation Points: Asking About Occupations in Chinese
Grammar Points: Mastering Prepositional Phrases

UNIT 10 How old are you this year?
Conversation Points: Asking Age in Chinese
Learning Grammar Points: Noun-Predicate Sentences / Learning [多 + Adjective] Interrogative Sentences

UNIT 11 What month and day is it today?
Conversation Points: Expressing Dates in Chinese
Grammar Point: Learning the auxiliary verb '想'

UNIT 12 What time is it now?
Conversation Points: Expressing Time in Chinese
Learning grammar points and connecting sentences

UNIT 13 How much is it?
Reading Amounts in Chinese Conversation Points
Learning the grammar point '一点?'

UNIT 14 Is Beijing far from here?
Conversation Points: Learn to express congratulations in Chinese
Grammar Points: Learning the Preposition '?' / Learning Verb Conjugation

Text interpretation / Answers and recording script
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Conquer everything from the first steps of Chinese to the new HSK Level 4 in one go!

'Pagoda Chinese Basics 1' is a completely revised edition of the Chinese bestseller 'Tian Tian Chinese Basics 1'.
The professional curriculum and content of Pagoda Language Institute, which has the largest number of Chinese language students, has been updated to the latest version and reborn as 'Pagoda Chinese Basics 1'.


'Pagoda Chinese Basics 1' has been completely revamped in terms of learning methods, difficulty level, and content to match the latest Chinese learning trends.
We provide step-by-step learning materials and practice problems so that beginners can solidify their fundamentals in pronunciation, grammar, speaking, listening, and writing, and simultaneously prepare for the HSK Level 4 exam.
Additionally, we boldly excluded grammar, vocabulary, and expressions with low practicality, and carefully selected and included highly useful content that can be applied directly to daily life.


Features of this book

1.
Intensive training on pronunciation and grammar, the most difficult areas for Chinese beginners.
- Explains Chinese pronunciation, which is unfamiliar to Koreans, through 7 fun sentences.
- Native speaker pronunciation voice support for perfect pronunciation mastery
- Structured to allow natural understanding of grammar within sentences, with systematic grammar explanations.
- Boldly exclude grammar with low frequency of use and focus on learning practical grammar.
- Learn Chinese word order and grammar system through various sentence structure exercises and examples.

2.
Up-to-date Chinese vocabulary and text structure that can be applied directly to everyday life
- Composed of topics closely related to daily life and sentences with high usability
- Inserting practical vocabulary and sentences that are currently widely used in China
- Insert real images of vocabulary to help learners understand.

3.
Expand your Chinese expressions through various pattern exercises.
- Provides supplementary vocabulary related to conversational points in each lesson, and allows practice of learned conversational sentence patterns with a variety of vocabulary.
- Maximize vocabulary and expression level through repetitive pattern practice

4.
Speaking, listening, and writing training to prepare for the new HSK Level 4 simultaneously
- Systematic grammar and vocabulary structure for learners preparing for the new HSK Level 4
- Master basic listening skills through the 'Listen and Express' corner.
- Learning Chinese characters and their meanings through direct practice of writing key vocabulary and sentence patterns for each lesson.
- Simultaneously improve grammar and writing skills through word order practice.
- Provides practice questions covering all areas of speaking, listening, and writing, covering the latest trends

5.
A variety of supplementary materials for mastering basic Chinese
- Provides a 'Simplified Chinese Writing Note' for learners unfamiliar with Chinese characters.
- Review vocabulary in spare time using the 'Pocket Vocabulary'
- MP3 CD with native speaker pronunciation to improve listening and speaking skills
* MP3s are available for free download at www.pagodabook.com