Description
Product Description
#1 Recommended by teachers and linguists to be used for self-study or in supplement to any Chinese school or Chinese immersion school curriculum.
Designed for kids living in English speaking countries and/or regions, Chinese heritage or non-Chinese heritage. Fulfilled with fun activities that provide training in pre-writing skills (6 basic strokes and 19 most commonly used compound strokes), language skills such as colors, shapes, numbers, dates, and sight words (most frequently used characters). Also introduces the unique measure word system in Chinese.
3 Ways to access the sound recordings (updated 2021):1. Simply scan the QR code on the front cover to access all the soundtracks and find specific ones by page number;2. Scan the QR code on each of the pages to access specific soundtracks (this may not work on all devices);3. Visit https://bigchineseworkbook.com/learning-resourcesThis book series uses simplified characters. For optimized learning, please use Tracing & Writing Chinese Characters, Level K, along with this book for additional practice. Please visit www.bigchineseworkbook.com for free trial worksheets, sound recordings for all levels, answer keys, etc.
From the Author
Thanks to the contributions from the editors:
Dr. Ke Peng: President of Kentucky Association of Chinese Language Teachers,
Assistant Professor of Chinese, Western Kentucky University
Dr. Qin Chen: PhD in Modern Chinese Literature and Culture, Ohio State University
Ms. Claire Wang: Head of Foreign Language Programs, Accelerated Learning Laboratory, Arizona
Ms. Yi Chen: Teacher of Chinese Language and Culture, University of Arizona
Mr. Lai Yao: Teacher of Chinese Immersion program, Gavilan Peak School, Anthem, ArizonaFor more resources, please visit our website:bigchineseworkbook.com
About the Author
Yang Yang has been a language teacher since 1999. Her students have won numerous awards in national English competitions in China. In 2006, she received her MA degree in Applied Linguistics from Ohio University with an Outstanding Language Teaching Award and an Outstanding Research Award in Second Language Acquisition. Then she did two years' PhD study in Chinese Linguistics at University of Arizona. She has been teaching Chinese at different universities and local Chinese schools in the US since then and loved by her students. Currently she is an invited writer and editor for
Little Pipa, an Educational Magazine for young Chinese learners in the US.