This is a traditional textbook, suit for the student who has ample time to learn Mandarin Chinese to a ‘just so so’ level, the structure is good and very helpful to me
A funny quote from Amazon under this book:
It is impossible to learn Chinese from a book — with or without Skype. I suggest getting arrested by smuggling something in or out of China and then do some hard time in a Chinese prison for better immersion with the language
