New eBook Helps Language Students Learn Chinese Characters

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(Newswire.net — April 8, 2013) Vancouver, BC —Released only several months ago, Aaron Posehn’s cleverly titled eBook, chinEASE, has already helped dozens of people understand how to learn Chinese characters. Although this language is notoriously difficult in its written form, Mr. Posehn takes a measured approach to provide readers with both simple and practical advice on how to tackle this unique writing system.

If you are someone who’s been to Asia, or even just to your local Chinatown, you have surely had your senses bombarded with signs and papers and menus all written in Chinese characters. This can get overwhelming, not to mention disorienting, if you can’t understand what is written around you.

That’s why writer Aaron Posehn decided to pen his new eBook – chinEASE. With 15 years of experience in studying the Mandarin language, Mr. Posehn says that it was a no-brainer to produce such a detailed resource. “China is becoming a powerful nation,” he explains. “To not understand what your neighbor is saying is, at best, an inconvenient position in which to put yourself.”

Mr. Posehn says that chinEASE takes a very systematic approach to teaching Chinese characters. Although many will claim that the writing just looks like little squiggles or doodles, this book breaks characters down into their smaller and more understandable components, helping the reader to see why Chinese writing is in fact not the scary monster it’s usually made out to be.

Once learned, these smaller sections can also be recombined to form more complicated characters, allowing readers to expand their knowledge and to understand why certain characters are formed in the ways that they are.

Mr. Posehn also adds that the eBook includes practical chapters on how to read business cards and Chinese menus. “One of my favorite things to do in China is to go out and eat,” he says. “But not being able to read a Chinese menu would be devastating. Luckily, I do know how to read what’s put in front of me, and I want to extend this skill to readers of my eBook so that they can know exactly what kind of dish they’re ordering, and that maybe they should think twice about the exotic meat that looks so much like chicken in the picture.”

Parents with children in language classes will benefit as well, says Mr. Posehn. “You probably have no idea what your kids are learning in their language lessons, but this eBook will help you to catch up. And if your children are just beginning to learn Chinese characters themselves, you could also help them to review what they’ve learned in class upon finishing this eBook, not to mention maybe even teach them something completely new that their own teacher has yet to introduce.”

chinEASE is only available online. Anyone wanting to gain a solid understanding of how to learn Chinese characters successfully can get started by visiting the following web page: http://www.chinease-ebook.com/.

 

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