The Ni Hao series
Chinese language course
The Ni Hao series is a basic course for beginning students of Chinese.
It provides students with the opportunity to develop communicative skills
in both spoken and written Chinese at a basic level. The Communicative approach
is applied in the design of this series of books. Language functions and notions are
systematically incorporated in all topics and settings.
To enhance students' learning, a variety of learning materials ranging from books
to software are included in the series. Each level of the series contains a textbook
with CD-ROM, a student workbook, a teacher's handbook, a set of audio cassettes, audio
CDs and Games software.
Simplified character editions
The simplified character editions are based on the characters,
pronunciation and phrases used in the Peoples' Republic of China.
There is, however, an appendix which list all the vocabulary learnt
in the textbook in both simplified and traditional characters.
To enhance students' reading and writing ability, characters are used throughout
the text. Pinyin is used only as a guide to pronunciation. As learning progresses,
the Pinyin of the characters that are to be learnt is omitted.
To equip students to read authentic materials, various print fonts are used. Kaishu, used
in the main text, is an ideal font for students to learn to write. Songti, used in the
the sentence patterns, is a font commonly used in newspapers and general publications. Heiti
is used only for titles. In addition to the print fonts, hand-written script, which aims to
equip students with the ability to read handwriting, is included.
Traditional character editions
The traditional character editions are designed for student who have or
will have more contact with the full form of Chinese characters.
The pronunciation and phrases are based on the standard used in Taiwan.
However, Pinyin which is the pronunciation system of Mainland China, is still
used in these editions. For those students who have previously learned the phonetic
symbols of Zhuyin-fuhao, a Pinyin - Zhuyin-fuhao chart is included in the each textbook.
To enhance students' reading and writing ability, characters are used throughout
the text. Pinyin is used only as a guide to pronunciation. As learning progresses,
the Pinyin of the characters that are to be learnt is omitted.
There are three print fonts used; kaishu, mingti and heiti. Kaishu is a clear font
for students to learn to write and mingti is a font commonly used in newspapers. In addition
to the print fonts, hand-written script, which aims to equip students with the ability to
read handwriting, is included.
The traditional character editions are published by Cheng & Tsui Company in the USA under
license from ChinaSoft.
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