PROMO = The first chapter only (of 6).
BASIC = Teacher's Guide, Student Readings, Slides, Assessments, Cultural articles
PREMIUM = Basic + Additional activities, Music, MovieTalks, additional curriculum content from time to time will be added at no extra charge
TPRS® Story Starters (volume 3) includes 80 comics in full color that you can use in your class to facilitate class discussion! Talk about the characters and develop the story as a class, in partners or in groups! Or use these to assess your student’s individual proficiency. These comics contain no language and could be used for ANY language class and level!
In addition to 80 comics, this resource contains additional activities (from volume 1) for how you can use these comics in listening, reading, writing or speaking!
Use them for multiple lesson plans or an enrichment activity in your classes today!
Free Sample available here.
TPRS® Story Starters (volume 2) includes 83 comics in full color that you can use in your class to facilitate class discussion! Talk about the characters and develop the story as a class, in partners or in groups! Or use these to assess your student’s individual proficiency. These comics contain no language and could be used for ANY language class and level!
In addition to 83 comics, this resource contains additional activities (from volume 1) for how you can use these comics in listening, reading, writing or speaking!
Use them for multiple lesson plans or an enrichment activity in your classes today!
Free Sample available here.
TPRS® Story Starters includes 62 comics in full color that you can use in your class to facilitate class discussion! Talk about the characters and develop the story as a class, in partners or in groups! Or use these to assess your student's individual proficiency. These comics have no language on them and could be used for ANY language class and level!
In addition to 62 comics, this resource also includes 21 bonus images that could be used as conversation starters AND 30+ additional activities for how you can use these comics in listening, reading, writing or speaking!
by Linda Li and Stephen D. Krashen
Little knowledge of Mandarin Chinese is needed to read this book and to begin to acquire the language.
It is the second book in a series. The first book is Shei haokan?
Harry is a young American studying Mandarin in Beijing. Min-Jee, from Korea, is also studying Mandarin in Beijing. They meet and become friends. Harry calls his father and tells him about his new friend and how pretty she is, and Min-Jee tells her mom about her good-looking new friend. The parents are concerned and they decide to investigate, with surprising results. The story is given in pinyin (in Latin letters), which helps the reader with pronunciation, and also in both simplified and traditional Chinese. A glossary with notes is provided in the back of the book as well as an English translation of the story. Downloadable audio files of all seven chapters of the story are available below at no cost. Co-author Linda Li is the reader.
Downloadable audio files of all seven chapters of the story are available below at no cost. Co-author Linda Li is the reader.
Click on a chapter below to download the audio file:
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Little knowledge of Mandarin Chinese is needed to read this book and to begin to acquire the language.
Harry, a young American, goes to Beijing to learn Mandarin. At the same time, a young Korean woman named Min-Jee also goes to Beijing to learn Mandarin. At first, since they have no common language, they cannot speak to each other. As a relationship begins to develop, a surprising incident occurs in their Mandarin class and they begin to communicate in Mandarin. Lively illustrations infuse the story with reality. The story continues in Book Two, Good-looking is Not Enough. Look for it soon on this website.
CLICK HERE to view sample pages.
PLEASE NOTE: There are two editions of Shei haokan? In the 1st edition clear English translations under each line of Chinese are provided throughout the story. In the 2nd edition there are no translations in the Chinese story itself. Instead, the entire story is translated in English in the back of the book. When you order, please make sure to choose the edition you want.
The story is given in pinyin (in Latin letters), which helps the reader with pronunciation, and also in both simplified and traditional Chinese. Below are audio MP3 files of the story, recorded by co-author Linda Lee, which you can listen to online or you can download for free.
Audio files for the book's chapters
