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A Note to the Learner

Welcome to this course in written Chinese!

As a native English speaker, your working hard to learn Chinese is not enough; you have to work smart in order to learn this very different language efficiently. No matter why you’ve chosen to learn Chinese—for business, travel, cultural studies, or another goal—the Basic Mandarin Chinese approach of two separate but integrated tracks in spoken and written Chinese will help you learn this language most efficiently and successfully.

Basic Mandarin Chinese Reading & Writing is designed so it can be used in a class with an instructor or by independent learners working on their own.

• Basic Mandarin Chinese Reading & Writing systematically introduces 288 of the highest-frequency characters (in both their simplified and traditional forms) and over 700 common words written with them in context in sentences and a variety of reading passages, so as to help you master basic Chinese reading and writing.

• The structure of each new character is explained in detail to make the learning of characters easier, and “look-alike” characters are compared and contrasted.

• Many lessons include character differentiation drills and some lessons include realia such as name cards, street signs, or e-mail messages.

• Each lesson introduces 6 new characters and a number of words that are written using them. By dividing the learning into small tasks, you maintain a sense of accomplishment rather than getting bogged down.

• You’ll experience both printed and handwritten forms of characters, as well as several different printed fonts.

Basic Mandarin Chinese Reading & Writing should be used in conjunction with the accompanying Basic Mandarin Chinese Reading & Writing Practice Book.

• Either before or at the same time that you study a lesson in Basic Mandarin Chinese Reading & Writing, you should study the same lesson in Basic Mandarin Chinese Speaking & Listening and Basic Mandarin Chinese Speaking & Listening Practice Book, so that you have access to all the relevant information and practice regarding Chinese pronunciation, grammar, and culture.

• The characters in each lesson are chosen, based on frequency of occurrence, from those used to write the Basic Conversation of the corresponding lesson in Basic Mandarin Chinese Speaking & Listening. Thus, when you begin a new lesson of Basic Mandarin Chinese Reading & Writing, you already know the pronunciations, meanings and usages of the new characters and words, so you need only learn their written representations. This considerably lightens your learning load!

• Both simplified and traditional characters are taught in the same volume. This means students can learn either or both kinds of characters without having to purchase another book; and instructors have the flexibility to teach a combined class where some students read and write one type of characters and other students the other type.

• Includes an audio disc with 6 hours of recordings by native speakers of the new vocabulary and reading exercises, to help with pronunciation, phrasing, and comprehension. The disc also includes several useful Appendices.

• The online Basic Mandarin Chinese Instructor’s Guide (available free from the publisher) contains detailed suggestions for using these materials as well as a wealth of exercises for use by instructors in class or by tutors during practice sessions.

出版和使用说明

《基础中文：读与写》专供读写课使用。这本教材通过各种练习有系统地介绍两百八十八个高频字（简体及繁体）和七百多个高频词。学习者宜与配套的《基础中文：读与写》练习册、《基础中文：听与说》及《基础中文：听与说》练习册一起使用。

出版和使用說明

《基礎中文：讀與寫》專供讀寫課使用。這本教材通過各種練習有系統地介紹兩百八十八個高頻字（簡體及繁體）和七百多個高頻詞。學習者宜與配套的《基礎中文：讀與寫》練習冊、《基礎中文：聽與說》及《基礎中文：聽與說》練習冊一起使用。