Comments on: How to find the time and motivation to read more Chinese https://www.hackingchinese.com/how-to-find-the-time-and-motivation-to-read-more-in-chinese/ A better way of learning Mandarin Wed, 06 Mar 2024 22:53:32 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Student Q&A, March 2024: Reading aloud, finding word boundaries, and working actively with reading materials | Hacking Chinese | Hacking Chinese https://www.hackingchinese.com/how-to-find-the-time-and-motivation-to-read-more-in-chinese/#comment-117970 Wed, 06 Mar 2024 22:53:32 +0000 http://www.hackingchinese.com/?p=6116#comment-117970 […] How to find the time and motivation to read more Chinese […]

]]> By: Student Q&A, November 2023: Reading Pinyin or characters, comprehensible vs. compelling content and reading tools | Hacking Chinese | Hacking Chinese https://www.hackingchinese.com/how-to-find-the-time-and-motivation-to-read-more-in-chinese/#comment-113312 Thu, 02 Nov 2023 14:46:16 +0000 http://www.hackingchinese.com/?p=6116#comment-113312 […] How to find the time and motivation to read more Chinese […]

]]> By: Calibrate https://www.hackingchinese.com/how-to-find-the-time-and-motivation-to-read-more-in-chinese/#comment-23709 Wed, 20 Sep 2017 22:48:16 +0000 http://www.hackingchinese.com/?p=6116#comment-23709 In reply to Andrew T..

倪匡 books are scifi novels. In terms for language, to me it’s to equivalent of Hardy Boys & Nancy Drew.

]]> By: Andrew T. https://www.hackingchinese.com/how-to-find-the-time-and-motivation-to-read-more-in-chinese/#comment-3881 Wed, 04 Feb 2015 10:54:39 +0000 http://www.hackingchinese.com/?p=6116#comment-3881 Emily, could you (or, perhaps, someone else on this site), please, recommend some good children’s literature to me? Specifically, I mean fiction literature written by Chinese authors for Chinese children in Chinese, and not translations from other languages.

In fact, a few months ago I asked this question to a couple Chinese friends of mine and they answered that they didn’t really know any such literature. (!) They said that when they were small children themselves, their parents did read something to them, but that they didn’t read anything themselves because, naturally, they didn’t know enough Chinese characters at that small age. Then, during their school years, they didn’t read any literature at all, except for textbooks, because the school load was so high that they barely managed without any extra activity. So, they actually started reading something on their own only after they became adults, and naturally, it wasn’t children’s literature.

I also heard a lot of stories about how the children in Mainland China have to study in a literally “24/7” mode, including weekends, and how hard it is, so I’m kind of keep wondering if children’s literature in China really exist?

]]> By: Emily https://www.hackingchinese.com/how-to-find-the-time-and-motivation-to-read-more-in-chinese/#comment-3880 Mon, 17 Nov 2014 20:11:55 +0000 http://www.hackingchinese.com/?p=6116#comment-3880 I’m a fan of reading Harry Potter translations, too, but children’s literature in general is often a good choice because the story structure and plot are usually a little simpler, and so is the choice of vocabulary. My first Chinese book originally written in Chinese was 根鸟, but I got bored halfway through and dropped it. Now I’m reading 狼图腾, which is a great book – at least the first 12 pages are, because that’s as far as I’ve gotten since I started reading a month ago 🙂

]]> By: perfectnumber628 https://www.hackingchinese.com/how-to-find-the-time-and-motivation-to-read-more-in-chinese/#comment-3879 Sat, 15 Nov 2014 01:22:13 +0000 http://www.hackingchinese.com/?p=6116#comment-3879 Good article. I’ve been reading the Harry Potter books in Chinese, which is nice because I already know the story, so it makes it easier to understand. I also have a few Chinese books about math and science- especially dinosaurs, because they are awesome. 🙂 The key is to find topics that I’m really interested in, and that makes it more motivating.

]]> By: Sascha https://www.hackingchinese.com/how-to-find-the-time-and-motivation-to-read-more-in-chinese/#comment-3878 Fri, 14 Nov 2014 19:24:35 +0000 http://www.hackingchinese.com/?p=6116#comment-3878 My first Chinese book I read completly is called 三体 (finished a few weeks ago). It is a science fiction book about about humans getting in contact with an extraterrestial culture. I am not a quite advanced reader (as I said, that was my first book) but I think books of this genre and in the scientific context might be a easier read, because many technical term are self explaining. So here you have it, there is three parts of 三体, so plenty of reading material for (I think) intermediate chinese level.

]]> By: Olle Linge https://www.hackingchinese.com/how-to-find-the-time-and-motivation-to-read-more-in-chinese/#comment-3877 Fri, 14 Nov 2014 06:30:59 +0000 http://www.hackingchinese.com/?p=6116#comment-3877 In reply to Shannon K.

I’ve read the translations to traditional Chinese and they are available online in most book shops I’ve seen. I’ve also found about half of them second hand, which is a lot cheaper. I have no idea how hard/easy they are to get hold of elsewhere!

]]> By: Jacqueline https://www.hackingchinese.com/how-to-find-the-time-and-motivation-to-read-more-in-chinese/#comment-3876 Fri, 14 Nov 2014 01:27:21 +0000 http://www.hackingchinese.com/?p=6116#comment-3876 It’s probably not high literature, but something I like to do is read Chinese clickbait. It’s easy to read when it’s on my newsfeed all the time.
http://www.knowledger.info/

]]> By: Shannon K https://www.hackingchinese.com/how-to-find-the-time-and-motivation-to-read-more-in-chinese/#comment-3875 Fri, 14 Nov 2014 00:16:04 +0000 http://www.hackingchinese.com/?p=6116#comment-3875 Do you mind if I ask where you found of copy of WOT in Chinese? I’d absolutely love to pick up a copy!

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