Grammar Learning Manual, a practical learning manual for students of Chinese language, is compiled in strict accordance with the “Appendix A (Normative Grammar Grading Outline)” (hereinafter referred to as “Grammar Grading Outline”) of Chinese Proficiency Grading Standards for International Chinese Language Education, which is jointly issued by the Ministry of Education and the State Language Commission. This book observes the “student-centered” education idea, and advocates the natural acquisition of grammar. Grammar Learning Manual is divided into the elementary, intermediate and advanced levels, respectively corresponding to the grammar points in the “Grammar Grading Outline”. In the book, the grammar points in the “Grammar Grading Outline” are split or merged, and each grammar point is explained in detail around several dimensions, such as its “basic meanings and usage”, “typical example sentences and dialogues”, “supplementary example sentences”, “structural features” and “tips”. Based on the teaching practice, this book strives to provide some reference and support for international Chinese grammar learning and teaching.

This book was developed by Chinese Testing International Co., Ltd. with Professor Liu Yinglin as the consultant. Its Editors-in-Chief are the four experts, i.e. Ying Chenjin, Wang Hongbin, Jin Haiyue and Li Yanan, who developed “Appendix A (Normative Grammar Grading Outline)” of Chinese Proficiency Grading Standards for International Chinese Language Education.

This book is the first grammar learning book written strictly in accordance with Chinese Proficiency Grading Standards for International Chinese Language Education(hereinafter referred to as “Standards”), whose lead authors developed “Appendix A (Normative Grammar Grading Outline” of the “Standards”. It has the following characteristics:

· A grammar learning material which integrates learning, acquisition and communication for self-taught foreign students of Chinese

· An indispensable learning material for undergraduates and graduates majoring in International Chinese Language Education

· An important reference material for young teachers and volunteers of International Chinese Language Education

· An important reference material for compilers of International Chinese language textbooks (including the local ones)

· For beginner-level Chinese students using Chinese Proficiency Grading Standards for International Chinese Language Education

· It can be used as a practical grammar learning book for students’ self-study and teachers' instruction. 

· Each grammar point is recommended to take around ten minutes.