内容简介
IntroductiontoStandardChinesePinyinSystem(2ndEdition)containsatextbookandaworkbook.ItiswrittenbilinguallyfocusingonlearningPinyininameaningfulway.Thetextbookconsistsoftenlessons.Lesson1providesabriefintroductiontoStandardChinesepronunciationandgivesaholisticpictureoftheStandardChinesepronunciationsystem.Lessons2-9introduce21initialsand36finals,describinghoweachsoundispronounced.EachlessonprovidesfunctionalpracticeofdailylifeexpressionsbyusingnewlyintroducedPinyin.Relevanttonguetwistersandpoemsareprovidedtohelpdiscriminateandpracticedifficultsounds.Lesson10givesasummaryofphoneticspellingrulesforwritingChinesesyllablesandrulesfortonechangesinthecontextofintonationpatterns.Aworkbookcorrespondingtothetextbooklessonsprovidesfocusedpractice.ThisallowslearnerstodomorePinyinpracticeoutsideofclass.Additionalonlineexercisesforthetextbooklessonsareprovidedonthecompanionwebsitehttps://uiowa.edu/pinyin/,whichcomeinvisual,aural,andinteractiveforms.Allofthesewillmaketheexercisesmoreinterestingandmeaningfultoourlearners.Audiofilesforthetextbookandworkbookexercisesareavailableonthiswebsiteforconvenienceofuse.