Purple Culture : RSS Product Feed :: A Key to Chinese Speech and Writing 1 (with audios) http://www.purpleculture.net/ en Copyright (c) 2026 Purple Culture purple@purpleculture.net (Purple Culture) purple@purpleculture.net (Purple Culture) Fri, 12 Jun 2026 16:15:08 +0800 Purple Culture News RSS Feed 1440 A Key to Chinese Speech and Writing 1 (with audios) http://www.purpleculture.net/a-key-to-chinese-speech-and-writing-1-with-audios-p-4207 http://www.purpleculture.net/a-key-to-chinese-speech-and-writing-1-with-audios-pr-4207 This introductory course (in 2 volumes) is compiled by Joel Bellassen, an associate professor at the Seventh University of Paris, and Zhang Pengpeng, a senior lecturer at the Beijing Language and Culture University. It not only serves as a textbook but also as a guide which, through a variety of routes (etymology, semantics, linguistics, graphics and culture), can help students think of Chinese. The 400 characters featured in Vol. I will enable students to recognize at least 70% of the characters used in books and newspapers.