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Editor’s Note

I. Editing Concepts
1. This textbook was written based on the concepts of communicative language instruction.
Its goal is to enable the child to learn the phonetic symbols through everyday
conversation before learning Chinese characters. It uses Bopomofo editions and Hanyu
Pinyin editions to facilitate learners to use as their backgrounds and needs demand.
2. The learning sequence for phonetics symbols is based on the core vocabulary words and
sentence patterns of each lesson and the sequence of initials and finals, and is allocated
by amount.
3. The theme of each lesson is aligned with the entire set of teaching materials, with student
interest being the guiding principle. This enables students to learn phonetics while
practicing communicative language abilities.
4. Examples of reading phonetic symbols, rhymes, and combination practice are given in
the first, second, and third volumes of the textbook as the foundation. They can help
students prepare and familiarize themselves with the relevant content so that students can
learn easily and effectively.
5. Using the superior phonetics abilities of children, the system progresses step by step
through the classroom activities, the large number of word cards, and game-style
exercises. This enables students to naturally become familiar with phonetic symbols, to
set in place the foundation of communication and prepare them for the goal of learning
Chinese characters.
II. Structure of the Teaching Materials
The K1 teaching materials consist of twelve lessons, and is available in 2 versions of
Bopomofo and Hanyu Pinyin.
1. Learning core: A comprehensive phonetics system, lessons in core sentence patterns (using
phonetic symbols), and vocabulary words (using phonetic symbols)
2. The 6th and 12th lessons of this volume present comprehensive reviews of the core
sentence patterns, which review the previous core sentence patterns from the lessons and
distribute the phonetics symbols by quantity. When learners complete Lesson 6, they will
have learned all initials. In Lesson 5 the textbooks begin incorporating tone practice.
3. Lesson exercise: This includes recognition of the phonetic symbols of each lesson,
combination practice of initials and finals, communicative language practice, and games
and activities.
4. Workbook: Each lesson includes listening, speaking, phonetic symbols, initial-final
combination practice, and writing practice.
5. Vocabulary Words Index: Vocabulary words indexed by Bopomofo and Hanyu Pinyin are
found at the end of each textbook.
III. Other Resources
1. Taiwanese Culture Units (one is included in each Part A and Part B for a total of two
units in each volume).
2. Activity word cards (attached at the end of the textbook).
3. Please download the audio files (files of lesson texts, vocabulary words and sentence
patterns, phonetic symbols, etc. and workbook listening exercises) from the huayuworld
website at www.huayuworld.org/upload/epaper/106/index.html.