Reading and Writing Skills

2012 topics in this forum

1. Graded readers, by the numbers (characters/words, page count) 1 2 3 4 6

   By character, April 3, 2014 at 10:52 PM
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   • markpete
   • March 15, 2024 at 04:57 PM

2. Chinese Idiom Rally II. 1 2 3 4 15

   By Guest Barbara, January 24, 2004 at 10:37 AM
   • 292 replies
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   • roddy
   • April 2, 2004 at 11:46 AM

3. Newspaper Article of the Day 1 2 3 4 11

   By renzhe, January 6, 2011 at 04:21 PM
   • 200 replies
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   • Qiaonansen
   • May 11, 2015 at 01:00 PM

4. Extensive reading and reading speed 1 2 3 4 9

   By pinion, October 11, 2020 at 09:52 PM
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   • Dr Mack Rettosy
   • January 14, 2023 at 05:41 PM

5. Why Learning To Write Chinese Is A Waste Of Time 1 2 3 4 8

   By chinopinyin, June 27, 2010 at 06:22 PM
   • 141 replies
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   • Caidanbi
   • August 18, 2010 at 08:35 PM

6. Beginner Discussion Group (Old Beginner Writing Group) 1 2 3 4 7

   By xuefang, April 25, 2016 at 07:24 AM
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   • Monk
   • August 15, 2017 at 11:54 AM

7. Chinese in purely phonetic script 1 2 3 4 7

   By shibo77, August 3, 2005 at 04:22 AM
   • 131 replies
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   • nipponman
   • November 21, 2005 at 07:05 PM

8. What's Your Favourite Character? 1 2 3 4 7

   By BeijingMadeEasy, October 8, 2007 at 03:08 PM
   • 125 replies
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   • lansora
   • June 26, 2012 at 04:43 AM

9. Mandarin Companion Graded Reader: "The Secret Garden" 300 char level 1 2 3 4 6

   By Rufus, October 29, 2013 at 01:47 PM
   • 108 replies
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   • mfgillia
   • April 6, 2014 at 05:39 PM

10. 1,500 words in 30 days 1 2 3 4 6

    By kongli, March 23, 2011 at 09:17 AM
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    • edelweis
    • April 26, 2012 at 10:13 AM

11. Reading my book 1 2 3 4 6

    By SeekerOfPeace, January 24, 2008 at 02:51 PM
    • 103 replies
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    • skylee
    • March 31, 2008 at 05:03 AM

12. Chinese Idiom Rally 1 2 3 4 5

    By ax, December 23, 2003 at 09:50 AM
    • 99 replies
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    • roddy
    • January 24, 2004 at 10:40 AM

13. Taiwanese names and romanisation 1 2 3 4 5

    By atitarev, May 3, 2008 at 01:53 PM
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    • in_lab
    • December 2, 2009 at 03:00 AM

14. How do mainland Chinese people feel when seeing a sign with traditional characters? 1 2 3 4

    By chinopinyin, October 27, 2011 at 12:26 AM
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    • ParkeNYU
    • February 8, 2017 at 04:28 AM

15. Group read! 《秘密花园》; "The Secret Garden" (300-ch. book). Discussing through Chapter 2! 1 2 3 4

    By Marguerite, November 13, 2013 at 05:40 PM
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    • 新墨西哥人
    • March 3, 2014 at 04:32 PM

16. Are characters necessary to become fluent in Mandarin? 1 2 3 4

    By zhouhaochen, December 28, 2013 at 10:09 AM
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    • renzhe
    • January 21, 2014 at 11:34 AM

17. Tones over Characters 1 2 3 4

    By Shelley, July 12, 2017 at 12:08 PM
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    • Gharial
    • October 16, 2017 at 04:09 PM

18. Reading Milestones 1 2 3 4

    By 黄有光, August 14, 2021 at 12:23 PM
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    • 黄有光
    • June 25, 2022 at 01:07 PM

19. Teachers who teach Traditional Characters?!! Why? 1 2 3 4

    By geek_frappa, June 30, 2004 at 12:29 PM
    • 72 replies
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    • imron
    • May 4, 2007 at 04:17 AM

20. DeFrancis article on Chinese writing reform 1 2 3 4

    By Taibei, June 29, 2006 at 08:28 AM
    • 71 replies
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    • Ama-Li
    • January 29, 2007 at 12:34 PM

21. reading fluency 1 2 3 4

    By semola, December 2, 2011 at 03:23 AM
    • 71 replies
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    • realmayo
    • December 8, 2011 at 04:11 PM

22. Considering not learning to write --- looking for input 1 2 3 4

    By TheWind, March 22, 2016 at 11:22 AM
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    • imron
    • April 12, 2016 at 02:02 AM

23. Focusing Exclusively on Reading 1 2 3 4

    By ablindwatchmaker, October 19, 2021 at 07:38 AM
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    • realmayo
    • November 12, 2021 at 02:14 PM

24. World's greatest polyglot say's Mandarin is the hardest language in the world 1 2 3 4

    By ABCinChina, January 31, 2008 at 08:57 AM
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    • floatingmoon
    • June 8, 2008 at 02:26 AM

25. Language of Xian 1 2 3 4

    By Jovey, February 18, 2008 at 12:50 AM
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    • racky
    • March 17, 2008 at 05:48 PM