This is Expert of Chinese in 30 Days, Elementary (with 1 MP3 CD). There are 14 lessons in this volume, with each lesson consisting of five parts: texts, phrases, notes, exercises and additional phrases. Expert of Chinese in 30 Days may be used as textbook for a short course with 60-80 studying hours, or may be used by language training classes with fewer weekly studying hours, or as self-teaching material. An audio MP3 is included, providing dialogues from each lesson. Translation in English, Japanese and Korean has been provided by translators who are native speakers of their respective languages and know Chinese well. Texts and notes are accompanied with English translation.