Chinese Idioms Literacy COOL is an inaugural piece of work using Chinese idioms to form a rhythmic passage. It is a complete system for learning Chinese that includes materials for standard pronunciation, basic word recognition, idioms practice, forming standard sentences, phrases accumulation, reading and comprehension and essay writing. When the child is learning the Chinese idioms, he is also familiarizing with the commonly used words and phrases in the Chinese language. Combined with the practicing of proper reading techniques and drilling of comprehension and essay writing utilizing idioms, (Chinese Idioms Literacy COOL) is a complete system that is able to enhance a child’s learning effectiveness within a short time frame.
How was designed?
Chinese Idioms Literacy COOL had compiled the commonly used Chinese idioms where every pair of idioms is connected with the last character of the 1st idiom rhyming with the first character of the second idiom, and every four idioms follow a similar rhythm. The rhythmic pattern of the full text makes it easy for recitation and memorization. At the same time, an unfamiliar character of an appropriate difficulty level would appear in every 3 characters on average. This helps the student to learn new words easily in a relaxed manner. Such intensive and extensive word recognition and reading helps the student to progress to understanding and comprehending the meaning of the idioms much better. The integrated training also utilizes a variety of methods and questioning styles to help the student learn repetitively and apply the idioms in different situations, be it verbal communication or essay writing.
Chinese Idioms Literacy COOL is authored by Principal and Founder of Yuquan Language School Ms Song Yuhong who, with more than ten years of overseas teaching experience, specially tailored this system for those staying outside of China but has a great interest in learning the Chinese language. There is no prerequisite to learning. Regardless of whatever one’s foundation in the Chinese language or one’s age, the learning is made fun and easy. It does not matter whether one has a conducive environment for learning Chinese. The learning effectiveness of this program is high and definitely beneficial for life.
Chinese idioms are specialized vocabularies and have been used by people since ancient times. They are usually made up of four Chinese characters and each of them has a specific and unique meaning, some of which is generated from famous Chinese ancient anecdotes. Every one who learn Chinese language will have to learn Chinese idioms and many of them eventually falls in love with them and desires to express their ideas in Chinese idioms. The reason is that it is rather stylish to utilize since it condenses a long expression into just four characters. However, learning Chinese idioms sometimes can be a daunting task as it requires sheer good memory and a certain proficiency level of Chinese as well as some fine understanding of the Chinese culture. Therefore, Chinese Idioms Literacy COOL manages to solve those problems and makes learning Chinese idioms much easier and more fun.
Yuquan Language School – Interview with 95.8FM Capital 22 Oct 2008 (with English subtitles)
Yuquan Language School – Interview with 95.8FM Capital 30 Oct 2008 (with English subtitles)
CHINESE IDIOMS LITERACY(YOYO) 成语识字cool
Suitable age group | 3-6 years old (N1-K2) |
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Materials | 14 books, 1 CD and flashcards |
Content | 72 commonly used word 144 common phrases 52 standard sentences 8 reading passages 36 colorable paintings |
Suitable age group | 3-6 years old (N1-K2) |
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Materials | 14 books, 1 CD and flashcards |
Content | 72 commonly used word 144 common phrases 52 standard sentences 8 reading passages 36 colorable paintings |
Suitable age group | 3-6 years old (N1-K2) |
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Materials | 14 books, 1 CD and flashcards |
Content | 72 commonly used word 144 common phrases 52 standard sentences 8 reading passages 36 colorable paintings |
Suitable age group | 3-6 years old (N1-K2) |
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Materials | 14 books, 1 CD and flashcards |
Content | 72 commonly used word 144 common phrases 52 standard sentences 8 reading passages 36 colorable paintings |
Suitable age group | 3-6 years old (N1-K2) |
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Materials | 14 books, 1 CD and flashcards |
Content | 72 commonly used word 144 common phrases 52 standard sentences 8 reading passages 36 colorable paintings |
Suitable age group | 3-6 years old (N1-K2) |
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Materials | 14 books, 1 CD and flashcards |
Content | 72 commonly used word 144 common phrases 52 standard sentences 8 reading passages 36 colorable paintings |
Suitable age group | 3-6 years old (N1-K2) |
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Materials | 14 books, 1 CD and flashcards |
Content | 72 commonly used word 144 common phrases 52 standard sentences 8 reading passages 36 colorable paintings |
CHINESE IDIOMS LITERACY(BASIC) 成语识字cool
Suitable age group | 4-6 year old(N2-K2) |
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Materials | 5 books,1 CD and flashcards |
Content | 165 commonly used word 64 Chinese idioms 100 common phrases 25 standard sentences 8 reading passages 6 sets of pictures for oral conversation 16 writing words 8 Poems 32 Antonym |
Suitable age group | 4-6 year old(N2-K2) |
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Materials | 5 books,1 CD and flashcards |
Content | 165 commonly used word 64 Chinese idioms 100 common phrases 25 standard sentences 8 reading passages 6 sets of pictures for oral conversation 16 writing words 8 Poems 32 Antonym |
Suitable age group | 4-6 year old(N2-K2) |
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Materials | 5 books,1 CD and flashcards |
Content | 165 commonly used word 64 Chinese idioms 100 common phrases 25 standard sentences 8 reading passages 6 sets of pictures for oral conversation 16 writing words 8 Poems 32 Antonym |
Suitable age group | 4-6 year old(N2-K2) |
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Materials | 5 books,1 CD and flashcards |
Content | 165 commonly used word 64 Chinese idioms 100 common phrases 25 standard sentences 8 reading passages 6 sets of pictures for oral conversation 16 writing words 8 Poems 32 Antonym |
Suitable age group | 4-6 year old(N2-K2) |
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Materials | 5 books,1 CD and flashcards |
Content | 165 commonly used word 64 Chinese idioms 100 common phrases 25 standard sentences 8 reading passages 6 sets of pictures for oral conversation 16 writing words 8 Poems 32 Antonym |
Suitable age group | 4-6 year old(N2-K2) |
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Materials | 5 books,1 CD and flashcards |
Content | 165 commonly used word 64 Chinese idioms 100 common phrases 25 standard sentences 8 reading passages 6 sets of pictures for oral conversation 16 writing words 8 Poems 32 Antonym |
Suitable age group | 4-6 year old(N2-K2) |
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Materials | 5 books,1 CD and flashcards |
Content | 165 commonly used word 64 Chinese idioms 100 common phrases 25 standard sentences 8 reading passages 6 sets of pictures for oral conversation 16 writing words 8 Poems 32 Antonym |
Suitable age group | 4-6 year old(N2-K2) |
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Materials | 5 books,1 CD and flashcards |
Content | 165 commonly used word 64 Chinese idioms 100 common phrases 25 standard sentences 8 reading passages 6 sets of pictures for oral conversation 16 writing words 8 Poems 32 Antonym |
CHINESE IDIOMS LITERACY(INTERMEDIATE 1) 成语识字cool
Suitable age group | 6-8 years old(K1-P2) |
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Materials | 8 books, 1 CD and Chinese Idioms flashcards |
Content | 250 commonly used words 100 Chinese idioms 240 common phrases 60 standard sentences 6 sets of pictures for oral conversation 60 writing words 16 writing words 15 short reading passages Sentence practices |
Suitable age group | 6-8 years old(K1-P2) |
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Materials | 8 books, 1 CD and Chinese Idioms flashcards |
Content | 250 commonly used words 100 Chinese idioms 240 common phrases 60 standard sentences 6 sets of pictures for oral conversation 60 writing words 16 writing words 15 short reading passages Sentence practices |
Suitable age group | 6-8 years old(K1-P2) |
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Materials | 8 books, 1 CD and Chinese Idioms flashcards |
Content | 250 commonly used words 100 Chinese idioms 240 common phrases 60 standard sentences 6 sets of pictures for oral conversation 60 writing words 16 writing words 15 short reading passages Sentence practices |
Suitable age group | 6-8 years old(K1-P2) |
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Materials | 8 books, 1 CD and Chinese Idioms flashcards |
Content | 250 commonly used words 100 Chinese idioms 240 common phrases 60 standard sentences 6 sets of pictures for oral conversation 60 writing words 16 writing words 15 short reading passages Sentence practices |
Suitable age group | 6-8 years old(K1-P2) |
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Materials | 8 books, 1 CD and Chinese Idioms flashcards |
Content | 250 commonly used words 100 Chinese idioms 240 common phrases 60 standard sentences 6 sets of pictures for oral conversation 60 writing words 16 writing words 15 short reading passages Sentence practices |
Suitable age group | 6-8 years old(K1-P2) |
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Materials | 8 books, 1 CD and Chinese Idioms flashcards |
Content | 250 commonly used words 100 Chinese idioms 240 common phrases 60 standard sentences 6 sets of pictures for oral conversation 60 writing words 16 writing words 15 short reading passages Sentence practices |
Suitable age group | 6-8 years old(K1-P2) |
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Materials | 8 books, 1 CD and Chinese Idioms flashcards |
Content | 250 commonly used words 100 Chinese idioms 240 common phrases 60 standard sentences 6 sets of pictures for oral conversation 60 writing words 16 writing words 15 short reading passages Sentence practices |
Suitable age group | 6-8 years old(K1-P2) |
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Materials | 8 books, 1 CD and Chinese Idioms flashcards |
Content | 250 commonly used words 100 Chinese idioms 240 common phrases 60 standard sentences 6 sets of pictures for oral conversation 60 writing words 16 writing words 15 short reading passages Sentence practices |
CHINESE IDIOMS LITERACY(INTERMEDIATE 2) 成语识字cool
Suitable age group | 6-8 years old(K1-P2) |
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Materials | 8 books and 1CD |
Content | 250 commonly used words 100 Chinese idioms 240 common phrases 60 standard sentences 6 sets of pictures for oral conversation 60 writing words 16 writing words 15 short reading passages Sentence practices |
Suitable age group | 6-8 years old(K1-P2) |
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Materials | 8 books and 1CD |
Content | 250 commonly used words 100 Chinese idioms 240 common phrases 60 standard sentences 6 sets of pictures for oral conversation 60 writing words 16 writing words 15 short reading passages Sentence practices |
Suitable age group | 6-8 years old(K1-P2) |
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Materials | 8 books and 1CD |
Content | 250 commonly used words 100 Chinese idioms 240 common phrases 60 standard sentences 6 sets of pictures for oral conversation 60 writing words 16 writing words 15 short reading passages Sentence practices |
Suitable age group | 6-8 years old(K1-P2) |
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Materials | 8 books and 1CD |
Content | 250 commonly used words 100 Chinese idioms 240 common phrases 60 standard sentences 6 sets of pictures for oral conversation 60 writing words 16 writing words 15 short reading passages Sentence practices |
Suitable age group | 6-8 years old(K1-P2) |
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Materials | 8 books and 1CD |
Content | 250 commonly used words 100 Chinese idioms 240 common phrases 60 standard sentences 6 sets of pictures for oral conversation 60 writing words 16 writing words 15 short reading passages Sentence practices |
Suitable age group | 6-8 years old(K1-P2) |
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Materials | 8 books and 1CD |
Content | 250 commonly used words 100 Chinese idioms 240 common phrases 60 standard sentences 6 sets of pictures for oral conversation 60 writing words 16 writing words 15 short reading passages Sentence practices |
Suitable age group | 6-8 years old(K1-P2) |
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Materials | 8 books and 1CD |
Content | 250 commonly used words 100 Chinese idioms 240 common phrases 60 standard sentences 6 sets of pictures for oral conversation 60 writing words 16 writing words 15 short reading passages Sentence practices |
Suitable age group | 6-8 years old(K1-P2) |
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Materials | 8 books and 1CD |
Content | 250 commonly used words 100 Chinese idioms 240 common phrases 60 standard sentences 6 sets of pictures for oral conversation 60 writing words 16 writing words 15 short reading passages Sentence practices |
CHINESE IDIOMS LITERACY(ADVANCED 1) 成语识字cool
Suitable age group | 9 years old and above(P3-P6) |
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Materials | 6 books and 1 CD |
Content | 1125 commonly used words 400 Chinese idioms 1000 phrases 50 reading passages Combined practices 60 writing words |
Suitable age group | 9 years old and above(P3-P6) |
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Materials | 6 books and 1 CD |
Content | 1125 commonly used words 400 Chinese idioms 1000 phrases 50 reading passages Combined practices 60 writing words |
Suitable age group | 9 years old and above(P3-P6) |
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Materials | 6 books and 1 CD |
Content | 1125 commonly used words 400 Chinese idioms 1000 phrases 50 reading passages Combined practices 60 writing words |
Suitable age group | 9 years old and above(P3-P6) |
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Materials | 6 books and 1 CD |
Content | 1125 commonly used words 400 Chinese idioms 1000 phrases 50 reading passages Combined practices 60 writing words |
Suitable age group | 9 years old and above(P3-P6) |
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Materials | 6 books and 1 CD |
Content | 1125 commonly used words 400 Chinese idioms 1000 phrases 50 reading passages Combined practices 60 writing words |
Suitable age group | 9 years old and above(P3-P6) |
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Materials | 6 books and 1 CD |
Content | 1125 commonly used words 400 Chinese idioms 1000 phrases 50 reading passages Combined practices 60 writing words |
CHINESE IDIOMS LITERACY(ADVANCED 2) 成语识字cool
Suitable age group | 9 years old and above(P3-P6) |
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Materials | 6 books and 1 CD |
Content | 1125 commonly used words 400 Chinese idioms 1000 phrases 50 reading passages Combined practices 60 writing words |
Suitable age group | 9 years old and above(P3-P6) |
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Materials | 6 books and 1 CD |
Content | 1125 commonly used words 400 Chinese idioms 1000 phrases 50 reading passages Combined practices 60 writing words |
Suitable age group | 9 years old and above(P3-P6) |
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Materials | 6 books and 1 CD |
Content | 1125 commonly used words 400 Chinese idioms 1000 phrases 50 reading passages Combined practices 60 writing words |
Suitable age group | 9 years old and above(P3-P6) |
---|---|
Materials | 6 books and 1 CD |
Content | 1125 commonly used words 400 Chinese idioms 1000 phrases 50 reading passages Combined practices 60 writing words |
Suitable age group | 9 years old and above(P3-P6) |
---|---|
Materials | 6 books and 1 CD |
Content | 1125 commonly used words 400 Chinese idioms 1000 phrases 50 reading passages Combined practices 60 writing words |
Suitable age group | 9 years old and above(P3-P6) |
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Materials | 6 books and 1 CD |
Content | 1125 commonly used words 400 Chinese idioms 1000 phrases 50 reading passages Combined practices 60 writing words |