BBC Basic Business Chinese is the first volume of the BBC Practical Business Chinese series, which
is aimed at true beginners or beginning business Chinese learners, beginners who do not have a basic knowledge of the Chinese language, and is also suitable for those who are planning to have business intercourse with Chinese companies or enterprises. There're ten lessons in this textbook, with the first two lessons focusing on the basics of Chinese language and exercises, and the remaining lessons consisting of three sections of business conversation, grammar and culture points as well as practice. The practice section includes business language skills drills, rhythmic rap paragraph drills, and practical business communication tasks that are divided into paragraph dictation, situational dialogues, oral retelling, translation and interpretation, and writing dialogues. BBC Basic Business Chinese is designed to meet the pedagogical needs of intensive language training in one academic year, and is suitable for the U.S. university system, community colleges, evening or weekend Chinese language schools, and international Chinese language programs for expatriate employees of multinational corporations.