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Chinese-learning magazines and books, courses for young learners, and textbooks for high schools, colleges and adults.

Magazines

Our interactive magazine for learners of Mandarin Chinese.

Live Interactive Chinese

Live互動華語

LiveABC's multimedia Mandarin course in magazine format. Its 24 themed volumes follow a step-by-step spiral curriculum, from greetings and family to travel, campus life and business Chinese, and every volume combines a full-colour book with an interactive CD-ROM, audio and video lessons.

Units include a picture dictionary, five essential sentences, sentence patterns, a sitcom, a talk show and a 3D animated theatre
Animated Story of Chinese Characters, trending words and a Cultural Window on Chinese culture
Simplified and Traditional Chinese on facing pages
Each volume: book with audio CD, interactive CD-ROM and DVD, plus Chinese proficiency test practice
Bronze winner, 7th Annual Horizon Interactive Awards

Books

Self-study books for Mandarin Chinese.

Beginner

Chinese Pronunciation

A complete Mandarin pronunciation course for beginners studying on their own or in class. Cross-section illustrations of tongue and mouth positions, video demonstrations, sound-combination drills, songs and language games make Mandarin sounds and tones easier to master.

Young learners

Pronunciation and Chinese courses for kindergarten and primary pupils.

My First Pronunciation

我的第一本发音书

The pronunciation book of the My First Chinese! programme, introducing young children to the sounds of Mandarin before they start the coursebooks. The programme was created for Korean children learning Chinese.

Used in kindergartens across South Korea
Programme: one pronunciation book, four books for younger children (My First Chinese!) and four for children (My Friend Chinese)
Components: student's book, workbook, writing book, audio CD, online learning site and LivePen support

My First Chinese!

我的第一本汉语

A four-level Mandarin course for younger children, part of the My First Chinese! programme created for Korean children learning Chinese. It follows the My First Pronunciation book.

Used in kindergartens across South Korea
Four levels (Books 1–4)
Components: student's book, workbook, writing book, audio CD, online learning site and LivePen support

My Friend Chinese

汉语我的好朋友

A four-level Mandarin course for children, the children's strand of the My First Chinese! programme created for Korean learners of Chinese.

Used in kindergartens across South Korea
Four levels (Books 1–4)
Components: student's book, workbook, writing book, audio CD, online learning site and LivePen support

College & adult

Chinese courses for high schools, universities and adult learners.

Beginner–Intermediate

Zhēn Bàng!

真棒

A three-level Chinese course for high school and college learners, co-published by LiveABC with a US education publisher since 2009. It is a set text for Chinese elective courses in US public high schools.

Book 1: beginner; Book 2: beginner to intermediate; Book 3: intermediate
Third revised edition completed in 2021
More than 40,000 copies sold