An Elementary Course in Scientific Chinese, a series consisting
of five books, Listening and Speaking Volume Ⅰ and Ⅱ , Reading
Comprehension Volume Ⅰ and Ⅱ 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. " The basis of science and
Technology Chinese course with CD-ROM listening textbooks" 60
lessons in totalfocuses on improving students'' listening
comprehension abilities and requires approximately 60 class hours
to complete. " The basis of science and Technology Chinese course
with CD-ROM listening textbooks"was written by Du Houwen.