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"Learning and Remembering Chinese Characters" provides a systematic study aid designed with the psychological principles to ease and bear on the daunting process of learning Chinese characters. One of the key principles is the use of visual imagery. It has a modern approach: use of simplified characters and pinyin with little emphasis on historical etymology and is learning-oriented, using visual and imaginative memorisation techniques from the psychology of learning with tips on learning habits and an introduction to concepts in gentle progression. For ease of use, characters are introduced in a logical order but prioritised by usefulness (by HSK grade and as measured by frequency of occurrence in Chinese). A practical guide, it has a concise, clear and appealing layout and is well-indexed with easy to-look-up methods. It covers the list of Chinese characters for HSK levels A and part of B. The contents include: Introduction, The nature and purpose of the book, Chinese characters (Building blocks, etc.), Visual imagery and stories, Learning strategies, How to write Chinese characters and More about Chinese characters.
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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This book uses an amazing concept with immediate results. I always had problem memorizing chinese characters. Some of them really gave me a hard time since they were almost identical (e.g. bai & zi). Using the visual imagery method I was able to remember 90 characters after just 1 week's 20 minute per day studying.
The stories are really easy to remember so I easily connect the character to the meaning and then to the pronounciation. After a while I was able to create my own stories which helped a lot to speed up the memorizing process.
The characters are presented in a very well organised order. The new characters and compounds are introduced only after each character that is involved is previously very thoroughly presented.
The radical of each character is added in a box, the traditional character (where there is one) is given as well, and there is also a detailed stroke order.
What I would suggest for the second edition is to introduce the actual reasons why the characters were created the way they are (if it is applicable).
Generally an excellent job which gave me what I needed - fast and solid results.
The stories are really easy to remember so I easily connect the character to the meaning and then to the pronounciation. After a while I was able to create my own stories which helped a lot to speed up the memorizing process.
The characters are presented in a very well organised order. The new characters and compounds are introduced only after each character that is involved is previously very thoroughly presented.
The radical of each character is added in a box, the traditional character (where there is one) is given as well, and there is also a detailed stroke order.
What I would suggest for the second edition is to introduce the actual reasons why the characters were created the way they are (if it is applicable).
Generally an excellent job which gave me what I needed - fast and solid results.
28 of 29 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Learning chinese characters requires work. Lots of it. So an effective method is vital, and this is it. The book uses mnemonics and 'silly' stories to help you deconstruct the first 800 most important chinese characters (the HSK level A characters) and memorize them. It is simple and very effective. I started an intensive course in chinese a few months ago, and this book was a complete godsend. If you work regularly and systematically you WILL learn the characters,and your retention is far better than viaother methods. It still requires a lot of work - there is no way around that - but this way you will make genuine progress, and the method completely avoids the boring rote memorisation that is both dispiriting and relativly ineffective. In addition, the method employed can easily be extended beyong the first 800 characters. In short, this book provides a SYSTEM that you can apply to all chinese characters. I have no hesitation in giving it five stars. This comes top of my list of essential books for learning chinese.
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Having lamentably failed after several attempts to lean characters, I found this book on the web. It really works. It makes learning characters a pleasure instead of a chore. You learn each character by way of a short story--just a sentence or two long. In the past, I learnt so many characters one week and forgot them by next. Now, the stories stick in your mind and you recall the character by association.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
Commendable but simply not effective
I can see why this book divides the readers onto "love it" or "hate it" camp.
I bought this book when I first decided to tackle the Hanzi. Read more
I bought this book when I first decided to tackle the Hanzi. Read more
Published 9 hours ago by Johnny
Inane
Perhaps if you want to learn 800 characters at all costs for an HSK exam and have no interest beyond that then this book may be for you. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Scott Dunbar
Confused, confusing and totally hopeless
Having studied Chinese characters (and forgotten most of them) many years ago I thought this book would make it easy (who am I kidding -at least easier) to brush up and relearn. Read more
Published 4 months ago by M. Samson
Fantastic
This is a fantastic book. Every character has a story to help you remember.
Example:
' (xin) has the story "He was so fed up of his *kin* that he felt like taking an... Read more
Example:
' (xin) has the story "He was so fed up of his *kin* that he felt like taking an... Read more
Published 5 months ago by Mr. T. Abdulla
Good book
The idea how this book was written is really very interesting. English is not my first language therefore I do not pay much attention to the stories assigned to each character as... Read more
Published 6 months ago by Eve
The Matthews: Learning Chinese
Having a Chinese wife I had always intended to learn Chinese so set off a week ago and bought or subscribed to some 5 systems, started to make progress and then I found this... Read more
Published 11 months ago by Peter
Good but wordy...
I have been studying Chinese for about 6 months and I have to admit this book is fantastic. It has a smart lay out and is very easy to read. Read more
Published 15 months ago by Joanna
Curate's egg
The method for learning the characters is sound - and in fact it's what is used for the better-known "Linkword" approach - but the practical application here is woeful: it depends... Read more
Published 18 months ago by Multilingual reader
A contrived system that leaves you doubting whether it was worth it...
I already had some knowledge of Chinese before buying this book. For me, it is a strange method of learning, in that you have effectively have to learn 800 mini stories, one... Read more
Published 21 months ago by Oscar Lees
Why some people may not like this book
I look forward to the second edition of this book, and especially the flashcards!
I bought the book as soon as Amazon mentioned it to me, because I knew the authors were on to... Read more
I bought the book as soon as Amazon mentioned it to me, because I knew the authors were on to... Read more
Published on 2 May 2010 by T. Richardson
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