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1、AnIntroductiontoLearningTheChineseLanguageEditedbyAvrilCanuterocketlanguages.com/chinese/premium/ContentsIntroductionChapter1SomeSimpleFactsRegardingtheChineseLanguageChapter2WaystoLearntheChineseLanguageChapter3HowtoLearnChineseChapter4EasyWaystolearnChineseChapter5SomeBasicSk
2、illsRequiredforLearningChineseChapter6HowtoGoAboutLearningChineseonlineChapter7SomeTechniquesWhichMayAssistYouWhenLearningtoSpeakChineseConclusionIntroductionFormanyyearsnow,theworldhasbeeninsistingthateveryoneshouldspeakEnglish.Butacrosstheworld,countrieshaveprovidedtheiryoung
3、withinitiativestolearnotherlanguagesalso.Yetinrecentmonths,Americanshavenowcometorealizethatthereisnowaneedforpeopletoabletospeaklanguagesthataremorespecialized.Certainlythefactisthatonelanguagewhichmanyschoolsarenowconsideringincludingwithintheircurriculums,notjustintheUSA,but
4、aroundtheworld,isChinese.Presently,1.3billionpeoplespeakChinesearoundtheworld,andofthis,885millionspeakMandarin(theofficiallanguageofChina),whichalsohappenstobethemostdominantdialect.CurrentlyintheUSA,only24,000students(Grades7throughto12)areactuallystudyingthislanguage,butthei
5、rnumbersaregrowingsteadily.However,thebiggestproblemthatmanyeducatorsintheUSarefacingwhenitcomestoexpandingtheirChineseprograms,isfindingpeoplewhoareactuallyqualifiedtoteachit.ThereareonlyafewUniversitiesintheUSAwhichofferprogramstoallowpeopletotrainandgaintheirteacher’scertifi
6、cationinteachingtheChineselanguage.OneUniversity(GeorgeMason)includedaprogramwhichwouldallowpeopletogaintheirteacher’scertificateforteachingMandarin,andatotalof2peopleenrolledonthecourse.Thisiswhereexchangecoursescomeinuseful,andareverycriticalinhelpingensurethatthislanguage,al
7、ongwithArabic,canbetaughtinUSschools.HoweverforthosethatareinterestedinlearningtheChineselanguage,youwillfinditcanbeverydifficult.Soyouneedtobepreparedtospendagooddealofyoursparetime,asyouwillfinditwilltakesometimetolearn.However,throughthisbook,wehopetoprovideyouwithsomeuseful
8、informationthatwillhelpyoutolearnChinese.Chapter1–Some