{"id":8250,"date":"2016-07-14T23:05:54","date_gmt":"2016-07-14T22:05:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/?p=8250"},"modified":"2022-02-21T11:38:35","modified_gmt":"2022-02-21T10:38:35","slug":"benefits-using-%e8%af%ad%e6%96%87%e5%9c%8b%e6%96%87-textbooks-learn-chinese","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/benefits-using-%e8%af%ad%e6%96%87%e5%9c%8b%e6%96%87-textbooks-learn-chinese\/","title":{"rendered":"The benefits of using \u8bed\u6587\/\u570b\u6587 textbooks to learn Chinese"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/2016-05-18-14.00.46-e1463573217397.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-8459\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/2016-05-18-14.00.46-e1463573217397-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"2016-05-18-14.00.46-e1463573217397\" width=\"300\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/2016-05-18-14.00.46-e1463573217397-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/2016-05-18-14.00.46-e1463573217397-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Textbooks are great for learning languages, including Chinese, but it&#8217;s important to diversify your reading. If you only read your textbook, you&#8217;re not doing it the right way. This becomes more true the more advanced your level gets, when diversity in reading material becomes a goal in itself. If you want recommendations for reading material, check:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/10-best-free-chinese-reading-resources-beginner-intermediate-advanced\/\">The 10 best free Chinese reading resources for beginner, intermediate and advanced learners<\/a><\/p>\n<p>One way of diversifying your reading that I&#8217;m particularly fond of is to use Chinese textbooks written for native speakers. While being quite difficult, they are useful because they provide a unique combination of language and culture that is hard to find elsewhere.<\/p>\n<p><em>Tune in to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/podcast\/\">the Hacking Chinese Podcast<\/a> to listen to the related episode:<\/em><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/anchor.fm\/hackingchinese\/embed\/episodes\/81---The-benefits-of-using--and--textbooks-to-learn-Chinese-e1emjgu\" width=\"400px\" height=\"102px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<em>Available on <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/hacking-chinese-podcast\/id1536284827\">Apple Podcasts<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/podcasts?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy8zODhlYjllOC9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw==\">Google Podcast<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/overcast.fm\/itunes1536284827\/hacking-chinese-podcast\">Overcast<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/5iCRv1jg3j3yJZGJlYVYaO\">Spotify<\/a> and many other platforms!<\/em><\/p>\n<p>To make sure everybody&#8217;s on the same page, I&#8217;m talking about what&#8217;s called \u8bed\u6587 (y\u01d4w\u00e9n) on the mainland and \u570b\u6587 (gu\u00f3w\u00e9n) in Taiwan. This would be akin to studying English for Americans or Swedish in Sweden. The textbook authors assume that you already speak the language; they want to teach you more about written language, literature, advanced vocabulary and so on.<\/p>\n<p>If this is what you want to learn, \u8bed\u6587\/\u570b\u6587 textbooks are great!<\/p>\n<h3>The benefits of using \u8bed\u6587\/\u570b\u6587 textbooks to learn Chinese as a second language learner<\/h3>\n<p>I have already hinted at some of the benefits above, but let&#8217;s take a more detailed look:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Written Chinese with some help and exercises &#8211; <\/strong>These books are meant to help students improve their Chinese, so they will introduce new language, discuss how it&#8217;s used and even give you exercises to work with. Since the target group already speaks Mandarin fluently, the focus is on written, formal language.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Learning about culture and literature &#8211; <\/strong>By reading the texts in \u8bed\u6587\/\u570b\u6587 textbooks, you will learn what native speakers learn, which hopefully will make it easier to understand them and their culture. Which authors are important? Which stories? You will also get introductions to both the authors and their work, helping you put them in context.<\/li>\n<li><strong>A glimpse of what it&#8217;s like for them &#8211; <\/strong>I find it very interesting to see what and how native speakers learn to read and write Chinese. This includes everything, from the actual texts and language content to the way the books are structured and the underlying pedagogy. It&#8217;s also interesting to see how ideology and politics influence the content.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Baby steps to classical Chinese &#8211; <\/strong>Depending on the level of the book and when and where it was published, \u8bed\u6587\/\u570b\u6587 textbooks usually include fragments of classical Chinese: short poems, excerpts from the Analects and so on. These typically have some scaffolding in modern Chinese, because Classical Chinese is hard for Chinese children too. This scaffolding makes it easier for us foreigners too,but if you want to dive into Classical Chinese properly, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/learning-classical-chinese-is-for-everyone-no-seriously\">you&#8217;re better off with textbooks and courses written for non-natives speakers<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>They are cheap &#8211;\u00a0<\/strong>If you live in an area where there textbooks are used, you can get hold of as much reading material as you want at a very low cost. Compared to textbooks for adult foreigners, these books are very cheap, partly because they are part of compulsory curricula in school and partly because textbooks in English target an audience with considerably more purchasing power. As a comparison, Integrated Chinese, volume 1, costs almost $60 on Amazon, but the most recent edition of the book I show pictures from in this article only cost $7.<\/li>\n<li><strong>A lesson in humility &#8211; <\/strong>Unless you have studied Chinese for a long time already, picking up a \u8bed\u6587\/\u570b\u6587 textbook meant for 12-year-olds is going to be a lesson in humility. I did so after having studied full-time for about two year, at which point I felt that my reading was pretty good, but I found it too hard. I still worked through the entire book because it was part of our curriculum, but it was clearly so much above my level that this was not ideal. I have included a few pages from the book I used here if you&#8217;re curious (from Taiwan, hence the traditional characters and vertical script):<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/2016-07-14-23.44.13-e1468533518750.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-8457\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/2016-07-14-23.44.13-e1468533518750-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/2016-07-14-23.44.13-e1468533518750-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/2016-07-14-23.44.13-e1468533518750-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/2016-07-14-23.47.00-e1468533572808.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-8458\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/2016-07-14-23.47.00-e1468533572808-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"2016-07-14 23.47.00\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/2016-07-14-23.47.00-e1468533572808-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/2016-07-14-23.47.00-e1468533572808-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Many of the above advantages actually apply to other textbooks for native speakers as well, including in mathematics, history, science and so on, which I have written more about here:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"U5p9qgNznM\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/866-digital-textbooks-for-expanding-your-chinese\/\">866 digital textbooks for expanding your Chinese<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;866 digital textbooks for expanding your Chinese&#8221; &#8212; Hacking Chinese\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/866-digital-textbooks-for-expanding-your-chinese\/embed\/#?secret=zeEC7gaBNC#?secret=U5p9qgNznM\" data-secret=\"U5p9qgNznM\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>A few caveats, or why \u8bed\u6587\/\u570b\u6587 textbooks might not be so good for foreign students<\/h3>\n<p>While it should be obvious that I think \u8bed\u6587\/\u570b\u6587 textbooks are great for learning, there are two major disadvantages with using them:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>They are too difficult &#8211; <\/strong>I mentioned this above, but it&#8217;s worth repeating here because these textbooks are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/6-things-in-chinese-that-are-harder-to-learn-than-they-seem\/\">great examples of something in Chinese that is harder to learn than it seems<\/a>. \u8bed\u6587\/\u570b\u6587 textbooks are really hard compared to the final book in any textbook series for foreigners I&#8217;ve seen. We&#8217;re talking way beyond HSK 6 here, even if you go for junior high school. Your only way of adjusting difficulty is to choose books for younger kids, but these also tend to be less interesting. You can of course also skip particularly difficult parts (usually anything related to Classical Chinese).<\/li>\n<li><strong>They are not always helpful &#8211; <\/strong>I said above that using \u8bed\u6587\/\u570b\u6587 textbooks is good because they offer some scaffolding in the form of footnotes, introductions and so on, but it&#8217;s worth keeping in mind that these are meant for young native speakers. This means that they aren&#8217;t always helpful for foreign adults. You can of course compensate for that by using your own dictionary or having a tutor guide you through the text, but it&#8217;s still a disadvantage.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"2qvkR52ns6\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/6-things-in-chinese-that-are-harder-to-learn-than-they-seem\/\">6 things in Chinese that are harder to learn than they seem<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;6 things in Chinese that are harder to learn than they seem&#8221; &#8212; Hacking Chinese\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/6-things-in-chinese-that-are-harder-to-learn-than-they-seem\/embed\/#?secret=f65JrF587G#?secret=2qvkR52ns6\" data-secret=\"2qvkR52ns6\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Which books to use and where to get them<\/h3>\n<p>I haven&#8217;t used enough books to recommend one series over another. On the mainland, there are standardised books, but they differ between provinces. In Taiwan, there are a few book series in common use. I would suggest you get the most popular series where you live.<\/p>\n<p>The easiest way to do this is to go to any major book shop and ask for it. Buying online or from abroad is a lot harder and it&#8217;s probably easier to ask someone locally to buy them for you and mail them.<\/p>\n<p>A better alternative is to find digital copies, which isn&#8217;t very hard. For example, check the article I linked to above: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/866-digital-textbooks-for-expanding-your-chinese\/\">866 digital textbooks for expanding your Chinese<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Conclusion<\/h3>\n<p>I&#8217;ve learnt a lot from studying \u8bed\u6587\/\u570b\u6587 textbooks and think they are in many ways superior to advanced textbooks for foreigners. They are also much easier to get in large quantities and a lot cheaper. If you&#8217;ve finished your textbook series and want to try something authentic, why not check out what the kids are studying?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Using textbooks meant for native speakers is a great way of improving your reading and writing, as well as learning about literature and culture in general. \u8bed\u6587\/\u570b\u6587 textbooks are difficult, but also very rewarding!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8459,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,10,17,22,23],"tags":[124,155,340,672,809,808],"class_list":["post-8250","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-advanced","category-intermediate","category-reading","category-vocabulary","category-writing","tag-classical-chinese","tag-culture","tag-literature","tag-written-chinese","tag-809","tag-808"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site 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