Easy Steps to Chinese is a set of Chinese textbooks for young native Spanish speakers studying Chinese.
This is Textbook 1 in the series. It is composed of 5 units, each with 3 lessons, respectively introducing such topics as "pinyin, basic strokes, numbers, greetings", "dates, age, telephone numbers", "family members, self-introduction, occupation", "time, daily routine, means of transport", “colors, clothing, parts of the body".
It is a color textbook with beautiful illustrations, practical conversations and short passages, which help students to make simple communication in fluent and accurate Chinese. Apart from the MP3 CD, it also provides two-dimension-code file containing the recording of the texts for students to scan and study at any time and any place.

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.