Written with only 400+ commonly-used Chinese characters, containing more than 50 easy-to-learn rhythmic verses and covering more than 100 basic Chinese grammatical points. Each unit has five parts: Listening and Reading, Reading and Speaking, Understanding, Practice, and Writing with rich practical and resourceful information, explanations and supplementary exercises. Providing a totally different and new learning approach to students longing to learn to speak Chinese well by taking advantage of the melodious and rhythmic nature of the Chinese language. Combining the traditional Chinese method of reading aloud with oral and writing practices.
Very useful to remember sentences thanks to the catchy tunes on the mp3 companion CD. A good support tool for learning Mandarin Chinese.
by Susie Tattershall on 2011-10-26 12:04:51
Great book! Because of the rhythmic repetition, students remember content easier. This is the first book that makes teaching character recognition in a useful manner. Great game opportunites exist. One thing that might improve it a little is more variety of rhythm schemes. But still a great book. Students may not remember proper tone markings on a test, but when using this book, they instinctively know when tones to chant are said incorrectly. Chants are much more useful than songs for the teaching of tones.