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Monday, September 9, 2013

Difference Between Chinese Made Easy /Kids and Better Chinese Producdst

Customer Question:

What is the difference between Chinese Made Easy/Chinese made Easy for Kids and Easy Steps for Chinese?

Also, would completing Chinese Made Easy series equal to completing the Better Chinese series through Magical Tour of China? What are the difference between these two programs?

My Answer:

Chinese Made Easy and Easy Steps are about the same. They have different publishers, same author, and Easy Steps is a bit newer.

Better Chinese has this order:

My First Chinese Words

My First Chinese Reader / Discovering Chinese

Magical Tour of China - Simplified Chinese only

Chinese Made Easy for Kids focuses more on verbal, where Chinese Made Easy includes writing. Chinese made easy for kids is supposed to go before Chinese made easy, but I have seen teachers use both together.

Magical Tour of China is a little more advanced than Chinese Made Easy.

Better Chinese products are designed around a story based approach for teaching.

What I find is Better Chinese has an amazing amount of support materials, including CD Roms, worksheets, assessments, teaching guides with lesson plans that reduce the amount of work needed by a Chinese Teacher. The negative is it's pricier than Chinese Made Easy.

For value, I recommend Chinese Made Easy for kids / Chinese Made Easy. For overall quality and products available, I recommend the Better Chinese system.

I hope that helps,

Sincerely,

Ray, Owner
www.childbook.com
800-689-1218

Labels: better chinese, chinese made easy, Chinese made easy for kids, Magical Tour of China, my first Chinese Reader, my first chinese words

Thursday, June 11, 2009

My First Chinese Reader - Learn Chinese through Stories

Am happy to see that people are getting My First Chinese Reader as the summer has started. Maybe parents are already giving their kids a headstart on learning Chinese this vacation?

My First Chinese Reader is a favorite because their entire line is based on the principle of Learning Chinese through stories. Everyone likes stories, it is somehow easier to remember. How many of us in our adult years still fondly remember obscure short stories we read (or saw) when we were kids?

My First Chinese Reader was designed to be used by 2nd grade to 6th grade students just starting to learn Chinese. Each level has a textbook, workbook, Teacher's/ Parent's Guide and software (each sold separately). You can also choose from Simplified or Traditional Chinese.

sample pages inside

Tip: if you see Better Chinese materials in our website, please do connect this with My First Chinese Reader because they have an assortment of helpful materials in different levels. Better Chinese materials include My First Chinese Words for the Very Beginner and Discovering Chinese for the bigger kids.

Better Chinese also has supplement materials for My First Chinese Reader that kids will like, like

10-in-1 game set
a writing exercise book
dictionary that feature words in the lessons
other CD-ROM software for stories, idioms, etc.
Audio CDs to hear the tones
Chinese games instruction book for teachers and parents.

Big Bonus: Since kids are expected to learn Chinese through stories, parents and teachers can also gain access to more Chinese stories that the children can use daily.

Yes, it does look fun, doesn't it? Go check out My First Chinese Reader at ChildBook.

Labels: better chinese

Monday, March 23, 2009

Better Chinese

I just redid the entire Better Chinese Section. Huge improvement for making it clearer.

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Monday, September 9, 2013