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As the second generation of thePractical Chinese Readerseries,New Practical Chinese Reader(NPCR) is a series of comprehensive Chinese teaching materials for adult students in countries other than China. The two generations together have exerted an influence in the international Chinese teaching circles for over 30 years. Its third edition centers on a few international students, telling interesting stories about their life and friendship with their Chinese friends and teachers in China. The revision regarding the third edition adheres to the aim of making it “easier to learn” for students and “more convenient to use” for teachers and maintains the pedagogy of “the integration of structure, function and culture”, striving to develop students’ comprehensive use of the Chinese language, especially the ability of cross-cultural communication, through the learning of language structures, functions and relevant cultural knowledge as well as the training in listening, speaking, reading and writing skills.
New Practical Chinese Reader (3rd Edition) Workbook 1 includes plenty of exercises on phonetics, vocabulary, sentence patterns and Chinese characters as well as training in listening, speaking, reading and writing skills. 

《新实用汉语课本》是为海外成人汉语者编写的一套零起点综合汉语教材，是《实用汉语课本》系列的第二代产品。两代产品在国际汉语教学界的影响已有30余年。本次修订后的第3版，主要围绕几个外国人在中国的生活及他们与中国朋友和教师的友情与交往，展开一系列贴近生活、有趣的故事。教材坚持以学习者“更容易学”、教师“更方便用”为宗旨，贯彻“结构—功能—文化相结合”的理念，力图通过语言结构、语言功能和相关文化知识的学习及听说读写技能训练，培养学习者汉语的综合运用能力，特别是跨文化交际的能力。
本书为第3版第一册课本，包括语音预备课2课和正课10课，包含了语音、词汇、语法、汉字、文化知识等丰富的教学内容和任务与活动训练。