Intermediate · Family · Original practice reading
The words we already know
我从小听家里人说中文，却一直不太会读。重新开始学习时，我发现自己的听力和阅读水平并不一样。如果一切都从最简单的问候开始，我会很快失去兴趣。现在，我先把家里常说的话写下来，再学习其中的汉字。熟悉的声音，成了认识文字的起点。
Pinyin reference
wǒ cóng xiǎo tīng jiā lǐ rén shuō zhōng wén ， què yì zhí bú tài huì dú 。 chóng xīn kāi shǐ xué xí shí ， wǒ fā xiàn zì jǐ de tīng lì hé yuè dú shuǐ píng bìng bù yí yàng 。 rú guǒ yí qiè dōu cóng zuì jiǎn dān de wèn hòu kāi shǐ ， wǒ huì hěn kuài shī qù xìng qù 。 xiàn zài ， wǒ xiān bǎ jiā lǐ cháng shuō de huà xiě xià lái ， zài xué xí qí zhōng de hàn zì 。 shú xī de shēng yīn ， chéng le rèn shi wén zì de qǐ diǎn 。
English meaning
I grew up hearing Chinese at home but struggled to read. My listening and reading levels were different. Starting with basic greetings was discouraging. I now write down familiar family expressions and learn their characters. Familiar sounds become a starting point for literacy.
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What helps the narrator learn characters?
- Starting with familiar spoken expressions
- Avoiding all reading
- Only memorizing greetings
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Starting with familiar spoken expressions
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