Level 1, Part 2 continues the first year of study in Integrated Chinese, helping learners build solid communicative skills as they discuss everyday topics such as food, sports, travel, going to a party, and renting an apartment. Pinyin texts appear at the end of each lesson, encouraging students to begin reading characters alone. In total, Level 1, Part 2 introduces 350 more characters. What s new in the expanded Second This book is primarily in traditional characters, with both simplified and traditional characters in the index, and simplified character forms of the textbook dialogues in appendices.