Published by the People’s Education Press (PEP) and Nankai University, Mastering Chinese is a set of Chinese as a foreign language(CFL) textbooks aimed at undergraduate and graduate students, as well as non-degree students of all types. The complete set includes 12 titles: Mastering Chinese: Reading and Writing (books 1—6) and Mastering Chinese: Listening and Speaking (books 1—6). The set's main features are as follows: ◆ Using a “Function—Setting—Task” CFL teaching approach, it bridges the gap between classroom language learning and real language use through multiple communicative settings, pictures and tasks. ◆ On the one hand, Reading and Writing helps forge a solid base for students; on the other, Listening and Speaking expands students’ language abilities. Together, these books help students develop comprehensive language competence. ◆ It offers concentrated hands-on practice to go with intensive teaching of the language. ◆ It develops students’ language competence at multiple levels. Aside from the teaching of vocabulary and sentence patterns, it attaches much importance to the teaching of active Chinese morphemes, language chunks and discourse analysis. ◆ It is tailored to meet teachers’ and students’ needs in classroom teaching and learning. It is presented at a pace that suits readers the best. ◆ As a textbook combination, appropriate and sufficient teaching contents and learning materials are made handy for teachers and students. ◆ It facilitates test preparation for HSK Level 6 and helps students succeed in using Chinese to complete various social and communicative tasks.