Ni Hao 3 is the third level of the series and is designed for students who have completed Ni Hao 1 and Ni Hao 2. This level is ideally suited for students around 14 to 16 years old in year 10 or 11 of high school. As in other levels, Chinese characters are used extensively throughout the text and is accompanied by pinyin which acts as a guide to pronunciation and is gradually omitted as the student becomes familiar with the characters and vocabulary. The third edition of Ni Hao 3 follows on from the third edition of Ni Hao 2. Teachers who started using the third edition of Ni Hao 2 have shown their strong approval. They expressed that the smooth transition between levels and the addition of the Pinyin-character column are of great help. The storylines of the texts and cartoons in the Textbook, and of the listening and reading passages in the Workbook are all enjoyable. The exercises in the Workbook, which now cater for individual sections in each lesson, work very well alongside the Textbook This level introduces more than 500 words and phrases and there are 151 characters to be learnt to write. Topics include: > asking the school subjects > getting to places, taking public transport > leisure activities > celebrations > feeling sick > traveling