This textbook is designed using dialogues applicable to Children's everyday life. While studying this textbook, you can listen to the accompanying cassette tapes to hear dialogues between native speakers. Practicing and reciting these dialogues will lead a child's ears and mouth to "open" naturally.
Pronunciation, including initials and finals, are taught using funny cartoons. Kids can quickly and easily associate these pictures with Chinese characters.
The included "cassette tapes of conversations" are for centralized training for listening and speaking. Listen to the native speakers' accurate pronunciations and tones, and just like listening to a song, you will learn with your ears first, and eventually be able to speak it out yourself.
Detailed descriptions of tones, one of the most important characteristics of the Chinese language, are provided. For every tone many examples are provided for practice, which will introduce natural and accurate pronunciation into children's ears and mouths.
The "rules of tones" which make pronunciation much clearer and easier to master has been listed. There are many typical Chinese names as examples so that kids will become familiar with them.
Adults who want to learn conversation-oriented instead of grammar-oriented Chinese can also begin with this textbook.
