The Sage Formula Basic Chinese 500 is a method specially developed and formulated for young children to learn Chinese. It is a scientific method which has been developed through in-depth research and analysis of the pragmatic use of modern Chinese. It takes into consideration a young child's physical and mental developments and his/her unique way of learning. It has selected 500 Chinese words which are most frequently used in children's literature and most relevant to a young child's day to day life. These words are grouped and arranged into 5 level (Beginning, Budding, Building, Confident and Fluent) according to the frequency of usage and a young child's mental development. It is designed to help the child to learn most of the words appearing in children's story books within a short period of time. This encourages independent reading at an early age. The child learns a new word from each lesson. This word will then be repeated in subsequent lessons. This works like practices and the child builds a solid foundation and sound understanding of the use of the word. Pinyin, Traditional Chinese Character & English.
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思展方程式的識字方法採選了500個兒童日常生活和兒童文學中最常出现的中文字，以字的常用频率和兒童的理解能力作为基準，分成五個水平階段，讓孩子循序漸進地學習認讀和理解汉字。孩子從每课中都会学到一個新的字，然後这個字在椄下来的每课都会再重覆出现，讓孩子反覆练習， 鞏固对每個生字的認識。拚音，繁體字，中英对照。
Book 1 of Building Reader teaches the following words:
校、同、運、場、班、筆、名、球、汗、螞
蟻、累、服、少、午、音、期、遊、戲、奇
Book 2 of the Fluent Reader teaches the following 20 characters:
怪、拾、熱、短、作、假、節、父、禮、祖
雙、掃、叔、抱、勤、感、已、相、夏、泳
Book 3 of the Fluent Reader teaches the following 20 characters:
姨、表、功、燈、昨、關、難、結、甜、市
街、些、城、醫、村、清、院、潔、鬧、店
Book 4 of the Fluent Reader teaches the following 20 characters:
低、滾、合、除、左、抹、椅、右、推、勞
曬、醒、危、險、紙、離、信、重、近、各
Book 5 of the Fluent Reader teaches the following 20 characters:
平、餓、糖、粒、刷、痛、皮、血、踢、破
伸、忽、死、抓、極、味、藏、苦、握、歲
Audio is available as MP3 download.
思展方程式的識字方法採選了500個兒童日常生活和兒童文學中最常出现的中文字，以字的常用频率和兒童的理解能力作为基準，分成五個水平階段，讓孩子循序漸進地學習認讀和理解汉字。孩子從每课中都会学到一個新的字，然後这個字在椄下来的每课都会再重覆出现，讓孩子反覆练習， 鞏固对每個生字的認識。拚音，繁體字，中英对照。
Book 1 of Building Reader teaches the following words:
校、同、運、場、班、筆、名、球、汗、螞
蟻、累、服、少、午、音、期、遊、戲、奇
Book 2 of the Fluent Reader teaches the following 20 characters:
怪、拾、熱、短、作、假、節、父、禮、祖
雙、掃、叔、抱、勤、感、已、相、夏、泳
Book 3 of the Fluent Reader teaches the following 20 characters:
姨、表、功、燈、昨、關、難、結、甜、市
街、些、城、醫、村、清、院、潔、鬧、店
Book 4 of the Fluent Reader teaches the following 20 characters:
低、滾、合、除、左、抹、椅、右、推、勞
曬、醒、危、險、紙、離、信、重、近、各
Book 5 of the Fluent Reader teaches the following 20 characters:
平、餓、糖、粒、刷、痛、皮、血、踢、破
伸、忽、死、抓、極、味、藏、苦、握、歲