Fundamentals of Chinese Characters

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By John Jing-Hua Yin

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Fundamentals of Chinese Characters explores the connections between the shapes and meanings of basic Chinese characters, helping students to recognise and write characters before they begin speaking Chinese. The book organises fundamental knowledge according to the intrinsic regularity of characters, rather than the traditional sequence in spoken language courses. It includes interactive exercises, rhymes, and illustrations to make learning easy and engaging.
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This book is ideal for educators teaching Chinese at the elementary level and learners who want to build a strong foundation in recognising and writing characters before focusing on speaking skills.

Provides a focus on the connections between the shapes and meanings of basic Chinese characters, enabling students to learn to recognise and write Chinese characters before they learn to speak Chinese. This book presents fundamental knowledge of Chinese characters according to their regularity rather than how it's used in teaching spoken Chinese.

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Fundamentals of Chinese Characters focuses on the connections between the shapes and meanings of basic Chinese characters, enabling students to learn to recognise and write Chinese characters before they learn to speak Chinese.

Presenting fundamental knowledge of Chinese characters according to their intrinsic regularity rather than in the sequence often used in teaching spoken Chinese, this book enables teachers to offer students a course on Chinese characters alongside a Chinese language course at the elementary level.

With interactive exercises, rhymes for all the characters covered in the book, and illustrations for all the basic characters, this book makes learning Chinese characters easy and fun.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780300109450

Publisher: Yale University Press

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 01 June 2006

Country: United States

Imprint: Yale University Press

Audience: Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 24.0mm

Width: 216.0mm

Height: 279.0mm

Weight: 907g

Pages: 424

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About the Author

JOHN JING-HUA YIN is associate professor of Chinese and director of the Chinese Language Program at the University of Vermont.