About this Book

Chinese Moral Tales is a book of short tales in Taiwanese pinyin, designed to supplement intermediate-level Chinese language learning curricula with exciting cultural material. Lists of vocabulary, idioms, and slang follow the readings. Each section ends with a series of simple exercises based on the readings. The series assumes familiarity with the "One Thousand Most Frequently Used Characters Commonly Used in Newspapers" from the Chinese Language Press Institute, and the appendices contain a listing of the "One Thousand Most Frequently Used Characters" as well as dictionary-style entries for vocabulary that appears in the tales. Full color illustrations.