Many teachers teaching Pinyin and websites promoting Pinyin charts use initial sounds as under Bopomofo system. This confuses kids who shut down from learning to read in Pinyin.
I recommend using the Pinyin chart with no Bopomofo initial sounds.
The Pinyin chart provided by Yoyo Chinese is the best Pinyin Chart I have seen online.
Listed below are the advantages of this Pinyin Chart.
Click for a clear view of one of the many Pinyin charts above online. LINK
Click on the sound files of any of the letters on the first line. b p m f d t n etc.
This is how many teachers in China and Taiwan teach
kids to read in Pinyin. Like kids who are taught English letters with
extraneous sounds the intelligent kids who cannot make sense of how ‘bo-ai’
combines to make bai; ‘mo- an’ combines to make man; ‘fo-ang’ combines to
become fang; ‘lur-ei’ combines to make lei, shut down/disengage from learning
to read.
当局者迷,旁观者清
dāng jú zhě mí, páng guān zhě qīng
When I thought of writing about the following chart the above proverb came to mind.
When you are playing chess, sometimes it’s not easy to make good a
judgment since you've been so indulged in the game. Whereas, a person who
sits next to you may have a better view or understanding of the
situation thus to make a better decision than you. This proverb tells
people that being involved in a matter may not guarantee a comprehensive
overview of it due to too much concentration on gains and losses, while
the onlookers, who have a calmer and more objective attitude, have a
better grasp of what is going on.
The above is one of many Pinyin charts you may find on the internet.
Click on this link to see the chart clearly. LINK
On the top column you will see letters bpmfdtn until the end which is the letter r.
On the left hand you will see letters i to the last cell down which shows un.
There are no sound tracks for the letters b to h at the top. All other cells including the green column on the left have sound tracks.
