Taken from YCT1 vocabulary these 131 A4 character drawing sheets in pdf format are printable and copiable or can be projected. Each sheet has the Chinese character, piyin with tone mark and meaning. Go to bookmarks to select the sheet you require. The sheets illustrate all the strokes in order with arrows to show stroke direction and build-up the character on a grid with the radical compnent shown in red. Empty grids enable the students to draw the character a number of times.

This second set has 30 cards (5×5 grid). A smiley face indicates a ‘free’ space. The cards can be used in many ways with a teacher saying the Chinese or English word, or drawing or projecting a character and/or pinyin on a whiteboard. No English translation appears on the cards. A CALL card has been created for the set with English, Chinese, characters and graphics. The cards can be downloaded for printing at A4 or A5.

A 15 page A4 size introduction to Chinese At the end of the booklet pupils will be able to: Say hello and greet people Ask somebody how he or she is Say how I am Welcome people Say thank you An mp3 file of the words is available, Email mike.copleston@chineselanguagepublishing.eu