Big Chinese Workbook for Little Hands (Kindergarten Level, Ages 5+) - Softcover

Yang, Yang

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1530080681 ISBN 13: 9781530080687

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2016

Synopsis

New feature added! Now you can scan the QR code on each page to listen to the sound recordings.

www.BigChineseWorkbook.com

A new approach to writing characters (simplified). A breakthrough in teaching Chinese to young learners. Fun and easy to learn.

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.

Recommended by teachers and linguists to be used for self-study or in supplement to any Chinese school curriculum. No textbook is required for using this workbook.

This book uses simplified characters.

About this title

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, Confucius Institute, University of Arizona       
Mr. Lai Yao: Teacher of Chinese Immersion program, Gavilan Peak School, Anthem, Arizona

For 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.

About this edition

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1530080681
• ISBN 13: 9781530080687
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 144
• Editor: Chen Qin, Wang Claire, Peng Ke, Chen Yi, Yao Lai