Chinese Characters For Everyone: Sherlock Holmes In The Land Of Chinese Characters - Paperback

by Marie-Laure Deshazer (Author)

Sherlock Holmes receives a registered letter from his old friend Sir Henry Meyer who asks him to visit the 63 lands of Chinese characters. After locating the different Chinese characters on the map, Holmes and Watson embark on their journey to visit the characters, learn how to easily recognize, read, write and memorize them. During their journey they learn how the characters are composed along with the grammar needed to use them in sentences. With each land they visit, Holmes and Watson receive a message from their friend detective Dee. Detective Dee asks them to perform different activities to help them learn and understand the characters they just met. The tasks include reading and decoding a message, character search, short stories to remember the tones and reviewing the meaning of each character. Please join Holmes and Watson on their tour as they learn the Chinese language and the characters that are part of daily life.

Author Biography

Marie-Laure de Shazer is a certified teacher of the Chinese, French and Spanish languages. She holds Master's degrees in Chinese language, Culture and Civilization and Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment. She has lived, studied and taught in Europe, China and the United States. She enjoys researching methods that make learning language easier and more enjoyable for all ages and levels of students. Her passion is to help develop language programs for Chinese, French and Spanish for kids through adults. She had published numerous novels and is the author of Chinese For Everyone: For All Ages and Learning Styles.