Advanced Speaking Course Ⅰ, following Intermediate Speaking Course Ⅱ, is suitable for learners who have already finished learning Intermediate Speaking Course Ⅱ or other textbook at the same level and who have acquired intermediate Chinese proficiency, mastered Chinese grammar at the basic or intermediate level and roughly grasped a vocabulary of 3,500-4,000 Chinese words. The contents are up-to-date, interesting and extensive; the texts are representative, diversified and reproducible; and the activities, being task-based and flexible, pay attention to the learners’ sense of achievement.