Chinese BuilderCards

The Lightning Path to Mastering Vocabulary

By Song Jiang, Haidan Wang

First Edition
Integrated Chinese Only

First Edition


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中文介紹

Much more than a set of flashcards, the BuilderCards are uniquely designed to help students build their Chinese vocabulary by understanding how groups of words are related.

Research on second-language acquisition has proven that learning groups of associated words is the fastest way to build vocabulary. Using a carefully sequenced order, students will learn head words plus associated words that are linguistically, semantically and pedagogically related to the head words, and build mnemonic connections that will help them recall definitions and interpret unfamiliar words from context.

The structure of the cards allows for a wealth of information, including part of speech, English definition, and pinyin, plus information on radicals and numbers of strokes. This thoroughly designed set will give students confidence as they prepare to take the HSK, SAT II Chinese, AP Chinese, or other Chinese proficiency tests.

For all beginning-level learners of Chinese, but especially designed for students of Integrated Chinese, Practical Chinese Reader, New Practical Chinese Reader, Practical Audio-visual Chinese, Hanyu for Beginning Students, Chinese Primer, Interactions: A Cognitive Approach to Beginning Chinese, and test-takers of Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi (HSK) First Level.

Chinese BuilderCards 不仅是生字卡，更是特别为学生设计，由单字衍生至相关字词，增进字汇的辅助工具。
外语学习研究显示学习衍生字词是增进字汇能力最有效的方法。精心编排的字卡顺序，让学生将 768 个字词，由语言学上、语意学衍生学习 2100 个相关字词，连结帮助记忆，除了不易忘记字词的解释，也能培养由文意中推测生词的能力。

每张字卡包含英文解释、拼音、部首、笔划数目等丰富的资讯，完整的设计帮助学生准备HSK、SAT II中文、AP中文及其他中文相关测验。

专为中文初学者设计，尤其适合使用 Integrated Chinese、Practical Chinese Reader、 New Practical Chinese Reader、Practical Audio-visual Chinese、Hanyu for Beginning Students、Chinese Primer, Interactions: A Cognitive Approach to Beginning Chinese、以及準備 Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi (HSK) 测验第一级。

每张生字卡包含该字词之拼音、英文解释、在主要课本的出现课次、部首以及笔划数目。
囊括主要七本教材以及 HSK 生词中统计最为频繁出现的 768 个基本生词。
包含一本 62 页的小册介绍使用建议，另外提供依编号顺序、出现比率排列、以及生词於七大教科书中出现课次的整理目录。
简体字版、正体字版均有。《中文听说读写》版 Integrated Chinese BuilderCards 将包含简体字及正体字两种体例。

Contains 768 head words selected through a statistical analysis of their use in seven standard beginning-level textbook series and the HSK (standard test of Chinese for foreign speakers) word list.
Teaches a total of 2,894 vocabulary words.
Each card includes a head word, chosen by the frequency of appearance in seven widely-used Chinese textbooks, pinyin, English definition, radical information, and number of strokes.
The face of each card includes a key to the chapter or section in each of the seven textbook series in which the character is introduced for quick reference.
Cards are numbered sequentially based on dictionary order by pinyin romanization. Users may use indices to re-sort the BuilderCards according to their own textbook order and determine how to prioritize the importance of each word in their study.
A 62-page companion booklet includes a pedagogical introduction, study guide, suggested learning strategies, an index of all words by card number and frequency, and an index to where each word appears in the seven publications.
Available in simplified or traditional characters with pinyin.