This user-friendly book is aimed at helping students of Mandarin Chinese learn and remember Chinese characters.
At last-there is a truly efficient and enjoyable way to learn Chinese characters! This book helps students to learn and remember both the meanings and the pronunciations of over 800 characters. This otherwise daunting task is made more accessible by the use of techniques based on the psychology of learning and memory. Fundamental principles include the use of visual imagery, the visualization of short "stories," and the systematic building up of more complicated characters from basic building blocks.
Although Learning Chinese Characters is a comprehensive book intended for students, it can be used by anyone with an interest in Chinese characters, without any prior knowledge of Chinese. It can be used alongside (or after, or even before) a course in the Chinese language. All characters are simplified (as in mainland China) but traditional characters are also given, when available.
Key features:
ISBN: | 9780804838160 |
Publication date: | 15th November 2007 |
Author: | Alison Matthews, Laurence Matthews |
Publisher: | Tuttle Publishing |
Format: | Paperback |
Pagination: | 384 pages |
Genres: |
Bilingual and multilingual dictionaries Writing systems, alphabets Language teaching and learning |