Questions that concern the reading and comprehension of a written text
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How do I practise grouping characters into words? At which stage of learning should one expect to be good at this?
I just got the following sentence in a newsletter:
请问我可以跟你借支笔吗？
Being a beginner that I am, I read it as "Can I please get one pay-check in advance?" because I saw this in my dictionary:
借支 = ...
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Should Chinese text be grid aligned in game dialogs?
Title says it all, should I have my text using a variable width font, or fixed width. I didn't know if it is easier to read if its aligned on a grid?
So here is my dialog with fixed width, one issue ...
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Can Chinese readers scan large amounts of text faster/more accurately than their alphabet-using counterparts?
I was browsing one day and came across this comment in this discussion(italics mine):
I feel English is a reading language, if you are reading an English book, you watch the word and make sound in ...
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How useful are the kanji in reading Chinese? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Is it easier to learn Chinese after learning Japanese or vice versa?
I'm learning Japanese, and I'm going to learn all of the jouyou kanji, which is about 2000 ...
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What font size for reading simplified characters on screen?
I realize this sounds like a very subjective question, so I will try to ask it very carefully:
I'm learning to speak, read, and write Mandarin. A lot of times (particularly on the web or in e-mail) I ...
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Recommendations for novels written in colloquial Chinese [closed]
Like many language learners, I enjoy reading Chinese novels as a way of learning new vocabulary and practicing my reading skills. Nevertheless, in the process of muddling through Chinese fiction, I ...
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What readers are available at the 1,000 word level?
I want to improve my reading and grammar skills by finding interesting things to read. What graded readers, basal textbooks, magazines, and other reading materials are available for adult students who ...
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What computer games give good reading and listening practice? [closed]
What computer games are available to help low-intermediate learners to practice reading and listening? I'm looking for games that I can download, buy, or play On-line.
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Character Pronunciation Clues
Is there any way to know what a character's pronunciation or tone is, based on the strokes or radicals that make up characters?
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How many characters do I need to learn?
How many Chinese characters would I generally need to learn to be able to handle most text in typical every day circumstances?
How many would be required to be considered fluent?
Are there any good ...
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Reading handwriting
How can I get better at reading handwriting? Are there fonts that look like it, or web sites with examples for practice? Are there some common shortcuts that people take when writing by hand?
