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MCLIAN

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Thanks for your sharing!

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Charlotte_mom 發表於 12-11-7 16:39
嘻嘻, 我小朋友就係呢種, 佢地係讀本地小學, 學既都係繁體, 但我貪平, 走去買簡體字(有時D消閒書籍, 無所 ...

其實拼音好好用。

azwildcats

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In my opinion, I think kids should learn Traditional Chinese at the beginning. First, traditional Chinese(TC) is the origin of our language. Second, TC is more meaningful since the words are created by its meaning. Third, TC is more difficult to learn. So if our kids learn the difficult one first, it is easier to switch to the simple one (simplified chinese-SC). However, I think kids should also learn Pinyin because they can use this method to input Chinese characters.

I grew up learning TC and learned how to read and write SC when I was in high school and college. I did not have any problem switching between these two types of characters.

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azwildcats 發表於 12-11-8 10:49
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In my opinion, I think kids should learn Traditional Chinese at the beginning.  ...

Honestly I think either way is fine, as long as the learner is comfortable.  It is never too difficult to switch, be it Traditional to Simplified or vice versa.  I agree wholeheartedly that Traditional Chinese is more meaningful and the characters are beautiful.  However personally I think it might be easier for children to pick up from Simplified Chinee, especially if there is an option of both English and Chinese, they might have a tendency to take the easy way out and become resistant to learn a truly difficult language like Chinese.  Just my 2-cent thought.