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CLASSIFICATION
OF TEXTS
Note:
All Chinese is
difficult for Westerners because there is no relationship between the vocabulary
of Western
languages and Chinese.
Its tonal
nature adds another dimension which one must take care to observe.
Even the simplest phrases such as, “How are you?”
“I am fine” require time to take on meaning.
Therefore any kind of category such as beginning, intermediate or
advanced tend to be arbitrary for the student.
In
other words, if
you know it, you know it. If you don't, you don't!
Therefore,
advanced students can benefit from
elementary stories if they do not have the vocabulary used in that
story.
Also
an aggressive student can tackle Intermediate or Advanced texts if they
have the courage to persist.
Pinyin and audio for
pronunciation, color coding and native language is there to help make
every text more accessible than every before.
In some cases it may be just as difficult to remember an elementary
phrase as it is to remember a more difficult one.
We suggest that you work through the stories and allow time and
repetition of texts to govern your progress rather than strive hard to
memorize everything at once.
Of
course, you can always take a favorite line or two to concentrate upon.
Remember, good wine takes time to mature and so does learning a new
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