Shadowdh Posted September 13, 2005 at 08:58 AM Report Share Posted September 13, 2005 at 08:58 AM Hi there all, I am going to Grant and Cutlers (a big foreign lang book shop in London) in the next few days to get a couple of beginners reader books for reading Chinese characters and was wondering if there were any that some would recommend I get or recommend I stay away from... Thanks all Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted September 13, 2005 at 09:37 AM Report Share Posted September 13, 2005 at 09:37 AM btw - There is a young woman from HK (or family from HK) who works at Grant & Cutler. She was working on the main cash desk and extremely helpful when I bought a book there recently. In fact my experience of the (French and Russian section) staff is that they know their stuff and are really helpful. Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kudra Posted September 13, 2005 at 02:27 PM Report Share Posted September 13, 2005 at 02:27 PM The ones I used, that seem to do a decent job of graduated difficulty and reinforcement. Also has a work book. WRITTEN STANDARD CHINESE, VOLUME ONE Hugh M. Stimson and Parker Po-fei Huang An introduction to reading in Chinese. Introduces 300 basic characters in both unsimplified and simplified forms. Pinyin romanization. Book: $21.95 ISBN 0-88710-129-1 Audio cassettes (set of 7): $63.95 http://www.yale.edu/fep/catalog/standard2.html is a link to all 4 volumes and work books. Some might consider this series dated, but for the first 300-600, if it's in both simplified and unsimplified, what's to be dated about it? just surfed over there http://www.grantandcutler.com/catalogues/oriental/o104.htm Don't see it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadowdh Posted September 13, 2005 at 03:48 PM Author Report Share Posted September 13, 2005 at 03:48 PM Thanks for the advice Kudra.... they dont have all there stock on their site for some reason... but they may have it in store... cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elina Posted September 13, 2005 at 04:39 PM Report Share Posted September 13, 2005 at 04:39 PM How about these books: Reading Chinese Through Humorous Stories http://shop.aaawww.net/mod8/detail.php?gid=313313&userid=7912&catid=494056 A Course in Contemporary Chinese: Reading & Writing (Volume 1) http://shop.aaawww.net/mod8/detail.php?gid=318549&userid=7912&catid=494056 Practical Chinese Study Series: Chinese Humorous Stories http://shop.aaawww.net/mod8/detail.php?gid=318598&userid=7912&catid=494056 Practical Chinese Study Series: Chinese For Leisure Life http://shop.aaawww.net/mod8/detail.php?gid=318599&userid=7912&catid=494056 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadowdh Posted September 13, 2005 at 06:11 PM Author Report Share Posted September 13, 2005 at 06:11 PM Elina... thanks a few of those look like just what I was after... and that website is brilliant, I see that I will be spending quite a bit of time looking at it... thanks... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Szechuan Posted September 13, 2005 at 07:38 PM Report Share Posted September 13, 2005 at 07:38 PM http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0071419837/qid=1126639916/sr=1-3/ref=sr_1_3/104-1387724-7533566?v=glance&s=books I plan on getting this book soon. Currently I'm using the "Teach yourself: Chinese" by the same company and Author, which has very quickly progressed my skills. Although the book I've got does teach how to write characters pretty well, theres never such thing as learning too much. Both these books are avaliable in England, although I bought them from a mall rather than a specialist, but atleast it gives you something to compare your other choices with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadowdh Posted September 14, 2005 at 08:37 AM Author Report Share Posted September 14, 2005 at 08:37 AM Thanks for the suggestion Szechuan... but I was looking more for basic readers (sort of like the ones kids use when they start school... kinda like "see spot run... run spot run"... to get me started and used to reading sentances and stuff...) Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnmck Posted September 14, 2005 at 08:48 AM Report Share Posted September 14, 2005 at 08:48 AM You could always try the books that chinese kids use at school, eg: http://www.pep.com.cn/200406/ca501731.htm http://www.pep.com.cn/xy_kbjks/index.htm The pages are in chinese so if you first go to: http://www.popjisyo.com/WebHint/Portal_e.aspx that site will help you translate some of the text. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadowdh Posted September 14, 2005 at 10:11 AM Author Report Share Posted September 14, 2005 at 10:11 AM Johnmck thanks for that it looks like what I am after... cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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