The Grammar Course for Chinese Proficiency Grading Standards, consisting of 9 volumes, is completely based on the “Appendix A (Normative) Grammar Grading Outline” of the Chinese Proficiency Grading Standards for International Chinese Language Education. Volumes 1 to 6 correspond to Levels 1 to 6 of the Grading Standards one by one, and Volumes 7 to 9 correspond to Levels 7 to 9 of the Grading Standards, which are divided into three sub-volumes.This book explains each grammatical point from the aspects of structure, semantics, pragmatics, etc., and emphasizes the practical application of grammar. At the same time, in order to meet the examination needs of learners, it provides a sufficient and rich set of HSK simulation test questions, enabling learners to study, practice, and test immediately. Through learning, practicing, testing, and applying, it comprehensively improves learners’ five language skills of listening, speaking, reading, writing, and translation.This book can be used as a textbook for classroom teaching by front-line Chinese teachers and for tutoring in Chinese proficiency examinations. It can also serve as a reference book for Chinese learners at the corresponding proficiency level to study grammar independently and prepare for the HSK.

Li Chunling (Editor-in-Chief) is the Dean of the School of International Cultural Exchange, Director of the International Student Office, and Secretary of the directly affiliated Party branch of the School of International Cultural Exchange at Central University of Finance and Economics. Meanwhile, she  is a professor and supervisor for doctoral students. Professor Li is a Standing Committee member of the Teaching Steering Committee of Preparatory Colleges of the China Scholarship Council, a member of the Professional Committee for Chinese as a Specific Purpose Education of the International Society for Chinese Language Teaching, a director of the Eighth Council of the Society on Modernization of Chinese Language, an editorial board member of International Student Education and Management, a member of the International Society for Chinese Language Teaching, a standing director of the Seventh Council of China Association for International Education (CAFSA), and a standing director of the Ninth Council of the International Student Affairs Research Branch of the Beijing Association of Higher Education. Her research mainly focuses on international Chinese teaching, modern Chinese grammar, and grammar for international Chinese teaching.

Tu Aiping (Editor-in-Chief) is an associate professor and a supervisor of postgraduates at the School of International Education of Shenyang Normal University. She is a standing director of the Professional Committee for Language Informatization and Intelligence Research of the Society on Modernization of Chinese Language. Her research mainly focuses on contrastive studies between Chinese and foreign languages, Chinese language acquisition, error analysis, and grammar teaching of Chinese as a foreign language.

This textbook series of grammar learning and practice features the core characteristics of “Three Easiness” (easy to understand, easy to look up, and easy to remember) and “Three Quickness” (quick to learn, quick to practice, and quick to apply), which are reflected in the fact that each grammatical point consists of explanation and comprehensive exercises. The explanation part includes five sections: grammatical interpretation, common collocations, formulaic formal structures, relevant descriptions, and comparisons, which are clear with prominent key points. The comprehensive exercises are strictly matched with the explanation part of the grammatical points. The exercises are compiled based on the structural, semantic, and pragmatic descriptions of the grammatical points, striving to combine explanation with practice and allowing learners to practice as they learn. The types, contents, and the difficulty levels of exercises are all closely centered on the testing characteristics and requirements of the HSK, meeting the examination needs of Chinese learners at all levels. As such, it realizes a closed-loop path from grammar learning to grammar application and grammar testing.

This book is suitable for Chinese learners who have mastered the vocabulary at Level 1 of the Chinese Proficiency Grading Standards for International Chinese Language Education. 

It is recommended that learners, according to their own situations, complete the corresponding exercises after studying the grammatical points.