This is a comprehensive and very useful Chinese grammar book. It is especially compiled for foreign Chinese learners. It can be used as textbook for junior and senior foreign students majoring in Chinese, self-taught learners, undergraduate and graduate students majoring in Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language and teachers of Chinese as a foreign language. Since it's publication in 1992, it has achieved widespread influence in the field of teaching Chinese as a foreign language and has been adapted as textbook by many colleges and institutes of teaching Chinese as a foreign language. The second version is more applicable. Grammatical explanations are more sufficient and examples are more standardized and topical. Exercises and Answer Key are provided for in-class and after-class practice.
