Learning Chinese Characters: v. 1 |
 |
 click here for more details, find new or used items |
Alison Matthews, Laurence Matthews
|
|
Pages: 384 (Paperback)
ISBN: 080483816X
Pub: Tuttle Publishing,US
Pub date: 2007-08-31
Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 40579
Reader Reviews:
Great book for memorizing chinese characters (0/0 people found this helpful)
I recently bought this book. It uses an amazing concept with immediate results. I always had problem memorizing chinese characters. Some of them really gave me a hard time since they were almost identical (e.g. bai & zi). Using the visual imagery method I was able to remember 90 characters after just 1 week's 20 minute per day studying.
The stories are really easy to remember so I easily connect the character to the meaning and then to the pronounciation. After a while I was able to create my own stories which helped a lot to speed up the memorizing process.
The characters are presented in a very well organised order. The new characters and compounds are introduced only after each character that is involved is previously very thoroughly presented.
The radical of each character is added in a box, the traditional character (where there is one) is given as well, and there is also a detailed stroke order.
What I would suggest for the second edition is to introduce the actual reasons why the characters were created the way they are (if it is applicable).
Generally an excellent job which gave me what I needed (as a beginner chinese language student) - fast and solid results.
Another Must Have Guide! (1/2 people found this helpful)
If anyone's wondering whether to buy this or not - my advice is DO! It's another simple and fscinating guide to a challenging language for us beginners!
Similar Products
Easy-peasy Chinese: Mandarin Chinese for Beginners (Book & CD)
Chinese Characters: A Geneolog
Learn to Write Chinese Characters (Yale Language)
A History of Japan
Categories
Amazon.co.uk places this book into the following categories:
Books -> Subjects -> Art, Architecture & Photography -> Print & Decorative Arts -> General AAS
Books -> Subjects -> Art, Architecture & Photography -> General AAS
Books -> Subjects -> Languages -> By Language -> Bestsellers
Books -> Subjects -> Languages -> By Language -> Chinese -> Bestsellers
Books -> Subjects -> Languages -> By Language -> Chinese -> Dictionaries
Books -> Subjects -> Languages -> General AAS
Books -> Subjects -> Reference -> Language -> Handwriting
Books -> Subjects -> Reference -> Language -> General AAS
Books -> Subjects -> Reference -> Transport -> Aviation -> General AAS
Books -> Subjects -> Reference -> Writing -> Writing Skills
Books -> Subjects -> Reference -> Writing -> General AAS
Books -> Subjects -> Reference -> General AAS
Books -> Subjects -> Study Books -> FE & College -> Vocational -> Sport & Recreation
Books -> Refinements -> Language (feature_browse-bin) -> English
Books -> Refinements -> Format (binding_browse-bin) -> Paperback
Books -> Refinements -> Font Size (format_browse-bin) -> Regular Size