This is the traditional Chinese characters version of Book 5 of Easy Steps to Chinese, a series of Chinese textbooks for middle school students who are non-native speakers of Chinese. The book is full-color printed and includes an MP3 CD.
The book is composed of five units, each with three lessons, encompassing such everyday topics as "family, hobbies, making friends", "climate, booking air tickets, shopping", "learning Chinese, summer jobs, parties", "diets, accidents, being a social worker", "China, Spring Festival, New Year's Eve dinner". Each lesson has two texts, which were written based on what middle school students think and feel in their real life. The texts are supplemented by simple explanations of grammar points and a variety of exercises including listening exercises, grammar exercises, exercises on dictionary skills, oral report, role-play, group discussion, etc.

Yamin Ma, B.A. in English Language and Literature, and M.A. in Education, is currently a Chinese teacher in Island School, Hong Kong. Ma has gained years of experience in teaching Chinese as a foreign language and she actively keeps up with the trends of AP Chinese Test in U.S. and the IB Chinese Test in Europe. Her research covers English language teaching, Chinese language teaching and educational psychology. She has read and published a number of papers in international conferences.