Speak and Read Chinese: Fun Mnemonic Devices for Remembering Chinese Words and Their Tones
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
Speak and Read Chinese: Fun Mnemonic Devices for Remembering Chinese Words and Their Tones
By (Author) Larry Herzberg
Stone Bridge Press
Stone Bridge Press
2nd January 2017
United States
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
Language learning: grammar, vocabulary and pronunciation
Teaching of a specific subject
Educational: Language, literature and literacy
Language teaching and learning material and coursework
495.182421
Physical Properties
Paperback
160
Width 139mm, Height 215mm
240g
Description
A handy supplement to studying characters in class or independently that teaches useful tricks for remembering words and tones.
From one of the authors ofBasic Patterns of Chinese GrammarcomesSpeak and Read Chinese, a simple, fun guide that helps language learners remember pinyin, tones, and characters of essential Chinese words.
Students and teachers rate pinyin, tones, and characters as some of the most difficult aspects of learning Chinese. This book addresses this issue by organizing easy memorization tricks for the three hundred most basic characters in popular textbook series like Integrated Chinese and New Practical Chinese Reader.
Author Bio
Larry Herzberg: Larry Herzberg studied Chinese for five years at Vanderbilt University before doing his Master's and Ph.D. work in Chinese Language and Literature at Indiana University. In 1980 he founded the Chinese Language Program at Albion College and then did the same at Calvin College in 1984. For the past three decades he has taught the Chinese language at the college level.
