Recently I reached a milestone in my learning. I finished New Practical
Chinese Reader and began New Practical Chinese Reader Two. There are
some noticeable differences between the two texts. The most obvious
is that there is no longer any pinyin with the dialogues that begin
each lesson / chapter. The idea is that the text will gradually ween
us off the use of pinyin. According to the introduction in NPCR1 this
is part of the methodology of the series of books. A more subtle
change is that the grammer, sentence patterns, questions and answers
have become much more complex. I expected the texts to become more
difficult, but there seems to be quite a jump from simple Chinese to
more complex Chinese.
Here is something I did
not expect. There are many suplementary resources for NPCR1 across
the Net. As for NPCR2 there seems to be very few resources available.
I can't understand this. It is as though learners had very good
intentions to begin learning Mandarin, worked their way through NPCR1
and then stopped. Alternatively many of the supporting web sites
seemed to have given up creating media that would help learners who
choose this text. There are a few websites where I can still access
some resources, but others finished with Lesson 14 of NPCR1. So this
makes working through NPCR2 for me a bit more dull and less of a rich
learning experience. I have searched for suplementary materials for
NPCR2 and found nothing.
I still have access
these sites;
Hanlexon
I should mention that my university UNE does supply me with multiple resources to support my learning. The lesson guides are very detailed, well written and support my studies. There is much to do and much to learn in my course of study.
I should mention that my university UNE does supply me with multiple resources to support my learning. The lesson guides are very detailed, well written and support my studies. There is much to do and much to learn in my course of study.
So onward and upward
using NPCR2. If anyone has a NPCR2 related resource or resources I
would be very pleased to know about it.
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