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Level 1, Part 2 continues the first year of study in Integrated Chinese, helping learners build solid communicative skills as they discuss everyday topics such as food, sports, travel, going to a party, and renting an apartment. Pinyin texts appear at the end of each lesson, encouraging students to begin reading characters alone. In total, Level 1, Part 2 introduces 350 more characters. What s new in the expanded Second Edition: This book is primarily in traditional characters, with both simplified and traditional characters in the index, and simplified character forms of the textbook dialogues in appendices.