基礎漢字500共分五級。There are 5 levels in Basic Chinese 500.

每級分為5冊，每冊20課。
每冊教20個生字，全部生字都在目錄清楚列明。每級5冊共教100個生字。
全部5級共教500個生字。

There are 20 lessons in each book, 5 books in each level.
Each book teaches 20 characters. All characters are listed clearly in the Table of Contents. Each level teaches 100 characters.
The 5 levels together teach 500 characters.

課程所教的生字基本上以幼兒生活中的常用度為選字準則：

• 所選的生字由最常用、與幼兒生活最有密切關係開始
• 其次是幼兒文學(包括童話、寓言、童詩、兒歌、圖書)內最常用的字
• 基本常用的部首字，作為日後學習的重要基礎

課程所教的字並不考慮下列因素：

• 字的筆劃多少
• 發音的順序
• 字典的排列次序

The characters in the course are chosen based on:

• they are highly relevant to a young child’s world, and are most often used in their daily life
• they are most often used in children’s literature, including fairy tales, fables, poetry, rhymes, story books, etc.
• some of the most used radicals are included, to form a solid foundation for future learning

The inclusion of character in the course does not take the following factor into consideration:

• the complexity of the written form of the character
• the phonological order of the characters
• the listing order of the characters in dictionaries

從第一冊第5課開始讀短句
從第一冊第7課開始讀完整的句子(9個字的句子)

The child starts to read short phrases from lesson 5 of book 1.
The child starts to read complete sentences (9 characters in a sentence) from lesson 7 of book 1.

課程教導全面的詞類，包括：

• 名詞 – 水/兔/書/肚…
• 助詞 – 的/以/又/很…
• 動詞 – 跑/認/追/帶…
• 形容詞 – 忙/香/滿/壞…
• 量詞 – 個/本/片/條…
• 感嘆詞 – 麼/嗎/了/哈…
• 方向詞 – 前/東/左/後…

課程還包括破音字、韻字等。

The course includes a comprehensive list of words, including:

• nouns
• verbs
• adjectives
• adverbs
• quantifiers
• auxiliary words
• exclamation words
• directions

Homophones and rhymes are also taught.

所有課文都只有5句** (5頁)。每句最長12個字。平均一分鐘可完成一課。

** 第一冊頭幾課只有3句。

All lessons contain only 5 sentences** each (ie. 5 pages). The sentences are less than 12 characters long. It takes about 1 minute to finish reading 1 chapter.

** 第一冊頭幾課只有3句。The first 3 lessons in the course contain only 3 sentences [/su_spoiler]

平均4個月之內可完成一級。

It takes about 4 months to finish 1 level.

建議每天最少讀兩次 (早、晚各一次)，每次5課。每次僅需5分鐘以下可完成當天「功課」(若加讀其他圖書時間會較長)。

We recommend you to read with your child twice each day (once in the morning, once in the evening), 5 lessons each session. It should take less than 5 minutes to finish the “work” of the day (it takes longer if you also read other books).

• 保持規律性
• 保持輕鬆愉快的氣氛
• 多誇獎孩子
• 不要貪多、貪快
• 一星期最少讀5天，最好天天讀

• maintain a good habit and pattern to study regularly
• make it a pleasant event
• be generous with your praises
• avoid rushing
• read at least 5 days a week, 7 days if possible

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• 《寫得好看》為已能握筆書寫的孩子提供全課程500個漢字的書寫和運用練習。

• There are MP3 recordings of all the lessons in Putonghua as well as Cantonese available online. You can also make use of the Read-Along App.
• There are enormous amount of extra practice sheets and resources in FREE STUFF
• Bonus Packs are available exclusively on SagebookShop
• Study Cards are also available
• Write NOW provides practices to children who have started to write on paper.