I am using this book for beginning Chinese. It is very good because it has easy vocabulary for a beginner and gradualy turn difficult. I like specially the first section that tell you about the radicals, and certain rules for the use of pinyin that other books don't tell you, which makes you pronounce the words incorrectly. and also I like the chart that tell you the manner to pronounce the Chinese letter which are different than English ones, such as the "ch" which it is not exacltly the english "ch", as well as the "r", or "zh" or other.the con ot that the audio does not come with the book, I do not know where to get it because it was provided in my class.