Showing posts with label Benedict Morais. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Benedict Morais. Show all posts

Wednesday, December 18, 2024

Why are many schools in China teaching Pinyin using bopomofo initial sounds?


 

I asked the above-captioned question on Quora.

Paul Denlinger, who has been speaking, reading, and writing Chinese since 1958 with an

M.A. in Linguistics (Uni Master's), University of St Andrews Graduated 1980 said:

‘I have no idea.’

A Chinese woman, on the other hand, answered differently. Before reading extracts of my discussion with the Chinese woman read the following Facebook post by Benedict Morais which is relevant.