I LEARNED CHINESE WITH THIS BOOK FROM HELEN LIN, HERSELF! IT CHANGED MY LIFE. LIN TAI TAI WAS ALSO KNOWN AS MADAME TIGER. VERY SERIOUS. CLASSTIME STARTED WITH LEARNING THE SOUNDS. THE BOOK HAS THE GRAMMAR LAID OUT SENSIBLY. MASSIVE MEMORIZATION AND WORK WITH AUDIO WAS THE COLLEGE PROGRAM. THE INSTRUCTORS MADE CUSTOMIZED CHARACTERS IN LARGE SIZE TO LEARN FROM.