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to start from the simplest characters containing the fewest strokes, working up to the more complicated characters; to relate Chinese construction to Western notions of grammar, so that the English-speaking student who is out to gain only a working knowledge can start off with a point of contact and some measure of grasp. It is the author's hope that at the end of the Fifty Lessons students will find themselves with sufficient confidence and courage to go on to Chinese literature.
Additional Details
- Title
- Fifty lessons in Chinese
- Creators
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- Chang, Anne
- Subject
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- Chinese language--Study and teaching
- Chinese language--Textbooks for foreign speakers--English
- Chinese language--Writing
- Publisher
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- Donald Moore, 1956
- National Library Board Singapore, 1956
- Contributors
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- Digital Description
- application/pdf, ill.
- Provenance
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- Table of Contents
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- the tones -- The composition of Chinese characters -- Useful radicals -- Rules for writing Chinese characters -- The numerals -- Lessons 1-50.
- Edition
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- Copyright
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- All Rights Reserved. National Library Board Singapore 2009.