Integrated Chinese: Textbook Level 1, Part 1: Traditional Characters

Overall it's well written, but confusing in places as well.

I am using this book for beginning Chinese. It is very good because it has easy vocabulary for a beginner and gradualy turn difficult. I like specially the first section that tell you about the radicals, and certain rules for the use of pinyin that other books don't tell you, which makes you pronounce the words incorrectly. and also I like the chart that tell you the manner to pronounce the Chinese letter which are different than English ones, such as the "ch" which it is not exacltly the english "ch", as well as the "r", or "zh" or other. the con ot that the audio does not come with the book, I do not know where to get it because it was provided in my class.

...and is still interested (somehow!) in actually learning [traditional] Chinese, this textbook and its attendant workbooks are for you. Grammatical notes, explanations, and cultural references abound, not to mention supplementary flashcards created by another student that are available on the internet. Most importantly, the workbooks (character and regular) give you an excellent chance to practice writing and to learn the characters in context, greatly helping with the necessary (but drastically de-emphasized) memorization component. I haven't had any experience with any Chinese textbooks other than this one and the **** we had to use in Chinese school, so I can't speak about how this one fares in comparison to other non-Chinese-school textbooks, but on its own merits, I would definitely advise you to buy it.