Since its publication, New Practical Chinese Reader (Annotated in Spanish) has been well-received among teachers and students. This is Textbook 4 in the series, including altogether 12 lessons (Lesson 39-Lesson 50). Each lesson is composed of texts, new words, notes, drills and practice, reading comprehension and paraphrasing, grammar, and cultural note, etc. The book centers around a few international students, telling interesting stories about their life and friendship in China and introducing some real-life conventions concerning Chinese expression and comprehension. At the end of the book is the traditional character version of the texts, a word index and a character index. The new words and grammar notes are explained in Spanish, and the instructions of the exercises are also provided with Spanish translation. This book is designed for learning at the elementary or intermediate level. An MP3 CD goes with the book, including the recording of texts, new words, key sentences and conversation practices, etc.

Liu Xun is a professor at Beijing Language and Culture University, part-time professor at China People's University and Beijing University of Foreign Languages, member of the Hanban Expert Advisory Committee for Teaching Chinese as a Second Language, board member of World Chinese Teaching Association and consultant of Chinese teaching for the New York State Department of Education. His research focuses on Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language, Second Language Acquisition, teaching material development, teachers'training, etc. He once assumed the main responsibility in the design of the first set of HSK. He has compiled and co-compiled TCFL textbooks such as Practical Chinese Reader (1-4), Chinese Textbook for Children, Elementary Chinese, One Hundred Lessons on Communicative Chinese, etc, and has published monographs such as Introduction to Chinese as a Foreign Language Pedagogy, Introduction to Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language, Brief Introduction to Teaching Chinese as a Second