http://mattschiavenza.com/2008/09/15/good-tone-acquisition-method/ From the Dragon to the Apple- A Sinophile in New York Tue, 22 May 2012 05:30:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://mattschiavenza.com/2008/09/15/good-tone-acquisition-method/comment-page-1/#comment-49072 tim uy Sat, 10 Jan 2009 07:22:47 +0000 http://mattschiavenza.com/?p=332#comment-49072 This is a great idea! This is a great idea!

]]> http://mattschiavenza.com/2008/09/15/good-tone-acquisition-method/comment-page-1/#comment-35152 Jason Tue, 16 Sep 2008 13:00:32 +0000 http://mattschiavenza.com/?p=332#comment-35152 I like the coloring idea a lot! I'm definitely going to give it a shot. When I was studying intermediate/2nd year stuff, I really liked the textbook "New Practical Chinese Reader" because the readings include tone markings above the characters. It's not the only thing I was reading at the time, but I do think it helped with internalizing character's tones. Now that I don't use it anymore, I definitely find myself skimming over the tonal pronunciation of characters when reading. On the one hand, I want to continue internalizing, but I wouldn't want everything covered in tone markers anymore. Using colors seems like a really creative compromise. I like the coloring idea a lot! I’m definitely going to give it a shot.
When I was studying intermediate/2nd year stuff, I really liked the textbook “New Practical Chinese Reader” because the readings include tone markings above the characters. It’s not the only thing I was reading at the time, but I do think it helped with internalizing character’s tones.
Now that I don’t use it anymore, I definitely find myself skimming over the tonal pronunciation of characters when reading.
On the one hand, I want to continue internalizing, but I wouldn’t want everything covered in tone markers anymore.
Using colors seems like a really creative compromise.

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