Tweet Objectives: Learn how to write (not draw) the form of all 220 word roots with the correct pen-stroke sequence Memorize the meaning of all 220 word roots Become aware that there are some similarities and small differences in forms: Form of the word root as a root Form of the word root as a […]
Tweet Objectives: Be able to read newspaper headlines Instructions: Pick up a current Chinese newspaper and begin reading and translating the headlines. Study Log: I began Assignment 15 on June 8, 2008 and I completed Assignment 15 in three days on June 10, 2008. Approximate words learned in this lesson: 165 Approximate total words […]
Tweet Objectives: Learn phrase demarcation within a sentence Understand the complete sentence structure Instructions: Read through Chinese school books volume 2 to volume 7. Study Log: I began Assignment 14 on May 23, 2008 and I completed Assignment 14 in only eight days on May 30, 2008. Book 7, Page 1 — Book 7, […]
Tweet Objectives: Learn any new words introduced in Assignment 11 and Assignment 12 Instructions: Dissect and Decode all the new words introduced in Assignment 11 and Assignment 12. Study Log: I began Assignment 13 on May 18, 2008 and I completed Assignment 13 in only five days on May 22, 2008. Book 6, […]
Tweet Objectives: Learn the Chinese Idioms Learn the binding properties of each word Instructions: Study the Chinese Idioms Learn the binding properties of each word Study Log: I began Assignment 12 on May 11, 2008 and I completed Assignment 12 in only seven days May 17, 2008. Note: There is a one day […]
Tweet Objectives: Learn the Sound Module Phrases Learn the binding properties of each word Understand the following phrase equations: a + a = a a + b = a a + b = b a + b = c Instructions: Study the Sound Module Phrases Learn the binding properties of each word Study Log: […]
Tweet Objectives: In all lessons prior to Lesson Three, the 220 word roots are viewed as rock bottom anatomical units, especially visually. In an analogy, they are the atoms for chemistry. However, they do have some internal structures, similar to the atoms in physics. The first objective of this lesson is to understand these Chinese […]
Tweet Objectives: Although without a deep genealogy, approximately eighty (80) Horizontal Modules accounts for over 60% of Chinese written words. Therefore, this lesson has the following two objectives: Learn the Horizontal Modules and their meanings Understand the rules of how Horizontal Modules contributed to the meaning of their offspring words Instructions: Study the Horizontal Modules […]
Tweet Objectives: Re-familiarize ourselves with the covered material and harvest the our previous work. Instructions: Review all previously covered materials and work. Study Log: I began Assignment 8 on April 25, 2008 and I completed Assignment 8 in only three days on April 27, 2008. Note: In addition to the date range above, […]
Tweet Objectives: To read out the meaning of a word from its face by dissecting to its proper containing radicals and learning its decoding inference logic. Instructions: Return to Lesson One where we completed the Generation 1 (G1) dissection and decode each (G1) word’s meaning and correct any dissection mistakes that we can. Study Log: […]
