Reading Levels:	3 to 10 years old.
Books per Set:	4 book(s)
Book Properties:	122 page(s), Paperback
Book Size:	7.50 X 7.50 inch
Software Disc:	0 disc(s)

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 yound 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 developement. 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, Simplified Chinese Character & English. “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，简体字，中英对照。