An Elementary Course in Scientific Chinese, a series consisting of five books, Listening and Speaking (Volume I and II), Reading Comprehension (Volume I and I)) and Listening Comprehension, has been tailored for foreign students coming to China to study in the various fields within science and technology.

The whole series has a vocabulary of over 3,900 words, 136 commonly used grammar items and 20 functional-notional items, and will enable students to acquire the basics of language to learn science and technology within a short period of time.

Listening Comprehension (60 lessons in total) focuses on improving students' listening comprehension abilities and requires approximately 60 class hours to complete.