The Sage Formula Basic Chinese 500 is a method specially developed and formulated for young children to learn Chinese. It is a scientific method which has been developed through in-depth research and analysis of the pragmatic use of modern Chinese. It takes into consideration a young child's physical and mental developments and his/her unique way of learning. It has selected 500 Chinese words which are most frequently used in children's literature and most relevant to a young child's day to day life. These words are grouped and arranged into 5 level (Beginning, Budding, Building, Confident and Fluent) according to the frequency of usage and a young child's mental development. It is designed to help the child to learn most of the words appearing in children's story books within a short period of time. This encourages independent reading at an early age. The child learns a new word from each lesson. This word will then be repeated in subsequent lessons. This works like practices and the child builds a solid foundation and sound understanding of the use of the word. Pinyin, Traditional Chinese Characters & English.
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思展方程式的識字方法採選了500個兒童日常生活和兒童文學中最常出现的中文字，以字的常用频率和兒童的理解能力作为基準，分成五個水平階段，讓孩子循序漸進地學習認讀和理解汉字。孩子從每课中都会学到一個新的字，然後这個字在椄下来的每课都会再重覆出现，讓孩子反覆练習， 鞏固对每個生字的認識。拚音，繁體字，中英对照。
Book 1 of the Confident Reader teaches the following 20 words:
姑、娘、字、寫、故、烏、鴉、傘、件、悄、
經、群、飄、瓜、掉、遠、認、半、張、等
Book 2 of the Confident Reader teaches the following 20 words:
伯、原、追、林、菜、壞、種、肚、病、飯、
全、舞、拍、傷、機、告、訴、因、所、停
Book 3 of the Confident Reader teaches the following 20 words:
電、買、慢、教、送、旁、急、再、先、直、
答、蜜、蜂、採、許、連、夜、希、搬、當
Book 4 of the Confident Reader teaches the following 20 words:
雀、枝、吹、彎、座、分、定、刀、拿、桌、
咬、豬、狼、牙、流、安、哈、猴、非、桃
Book 5 of the Confident Reader teaches the following 20 words:
秋、冷、梨、鞋、背、包、記、行、救、次、
讀、终、於、處、晴、久、蛋、母、米、物
Audio is available as MP3 download.
思展方程式的識字方法採選了500個兒童日常生活和兒童文學中最常出现的中文字，以字的常用频率和兒童的理解能力作为基準，分成五個水平階段，讓孩子循序漸進地學習認讀和理解汉字。孩子從每课中都会学到一個新的字，然後这個字在椄下来的每课都会再重覆出现，讓孩子反覆练習， 鞏固对每個生字的認識。拚音，繁體字，中英对照。
Book 1 of the Confident Reader teaches the following 20 words:
姑、娘、字、寫、故、烏、鴉、傘、件、悄、
經、群、飄、瓜、掉、遠、認、半、張、等
Book 2 of the Confident Reader teaches the following 20 words:
伯、原、追、林、菜、壞、種、肚、病、飯、
全、舞、拍、傷、機、告、訴、因、所、停
Book 3 of the Confident Reader teaches the following 20 words:
電、買、慢、教、送、旁、急、再、先、直、
答、蜜、蜂、採、許、連、夜、希、搬、當
Book 4 of the Confident Reader teaches the following 20 words:
雀、枝、吹、彎、座、分、定、刀、拿、桌、
咬、豬、狼、牙、流、安、哈、猴、非、桃
Book 5 of the Confident Reader teaches the following 20 words:
秋、冷、梨、鞋、背、包、記、行、救、次、
讀、终、於、處、晴、久、蛋、母、米、物