This is a preliminary list of textbooks for Chinese provided by teachers in Washington state. We plan to add a mechanism for sharing comments about the books soon.
Disclaimer: A listing here is not an endorsement of a specific textbook.
| Beginning Chinese 初級漢語課本, John DeFrancis, Yale U. Press |
| Communicating in Chinese 学 An Interactive Approach To Beginning Chinese: Listening And Speaking and Reading and Writing, Cynthia Ning, Far Eastern Publications Yale University |
| Taiwan Today An Intermediate Reader 今日台灣：中級漢語讀本, Shou-hsin Teng and Lo Sun Perry, Chinese Language Center, Tunghai University |
| Ni Hao 你好, Shumang Fredlein, Paul Fredlein, Cheng & Tsui Company, book one, two, three, four, in simplified and traditional versions. |
| Chinese Primer 中文入門, Ta-Tuan Ch'en. Perry Link, etc. Princeton U. Press |
| Chinese Link 中文天地, Wu, Yu, Zhang, Tian, Pearson Prentice Hall World Languages, Level 1 part 1 and part 2, Level 2 is scheduled to be launched in spring 2007. |
| Intermediate Reader of Modern Chinese, 现代汉语中级读本，Chih-p'ing Chou and Der-lin Chao, Princeton U. Press |
| A New Text for a Modern China, Irene Liu with Li Xiaoqi, Cheng & Tsui |
| Dragon's Tongue 1991 TV series, Antony Szeto, etc. Out of Australia |
| Laughing In Chinese 說笑漢語, Peggy Wang, East Asia Linguistic Services |
| China's Own Critics 中国知识分子的自省, Advanced Reader of Modern Chinese 现代汉语高级读本，Chih-p'ing Chou, etc. Princeton U. Press |
| China's Peril and Promise 中国的危机与希望，Advanced Reader of Modern Chinese (II) 现代汉语高级读本，Chih-p'ing Chou, etc. Princeton U. Press |
| A Trip to China 华夏行, Chih-p'ing Chou, etc. Princeton U. Press， |
| A New China 新的中國 Intermediate Reader of Modern Chinese, Chih-p'ing Chou, etc. Princeton U. Press |
| Oh, China! 中國啊，中国！, Chih-p'ing Chou, etc. Princeton U. Press |
| Literature and Society, 文学与社会, Chih-p'ing Chou, etc. Princeton U. Press |
| All Things Considered Advanced Reader of Modern Chinese 事事关心 现代汉语高级读本，Chih-p'ing Chou, etc. Princeton U. Press |
| Anything Goes 无所不谈 :An Advanced Reader of Modern Chinese, Chih-p'ing Chou, etc. Princeton U. Press |
| The Silhouette of China Readings in Contemporary Chinese Films 中国侧影 当代中国电影选读，Chou, Wang, Chiang, Chinese Linguistic Project, Princeton University |
| Integrated Chinese，中文聽說讀寫, Tao-chung Yao and Yuehua Liu, etc. Cheng & Tsui Company, level one, part one and part two, level two, |
| Making Connections: Enhance Your Listening Comprehension in Chinese, Madeline K. Spring, Cheng and Tsui (simplified and traditional versions) |
| Practical Audio-Visual Chinese Vol. 1, 2, 3, 4,Mandarin Training Center faculty, Cheng & Tsui |
| Speak Mandarin, Tsai Ya-Lin, Tseng & Tsui |
| Colloquial Chinese 汉语口语，T'ung & Pollard, Dept. of the Far East School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London |
| Across the Straits 22 mini scripts for developing advanced listening skills in Chinese两岸对话，Bai, Sung, Zhang, Cheng & Tsui |
| Return from Silence China's Modern Writers 中国现代作家 Advanced Level Multimedia Chinese Language Course, Shih, Chung-wen, The George WA U. |
| Talks On Chinese Culture 中国文化从谈, Vivian Ling, Far Eastern Publications, Yale University |
| The Independent Reader 从精读到泛读，Vivian Ling, SMC Publishing Inc. |