Here are my questions and answers from AI about the way Pinyin is taught.
My statement and questions:
You have addressed some of the common mistakes in teaching children Pinyin in China.
What you have stated will result in many kids being unable to read Pinyin. These however do not cause kids to shut down/disengage from learning to read Pinyin.
What causes
kids to shut down is teaching them the sounds represented by the initial
letters wrongly. LINK
Pinyin has408 syllables and any kid will be able to learn these syllables with easy. Why
do teachers complicate issues by teaching Zhong as zhe oh ng?
No, in Pinyin a child just learns the syllable Zhong. He will combine that with guo to get zhongguo.
Why are teachers teaching the initial sounds as bo,po,mo,fo etc? This is where intelligent kids shut down from learning as it does not make sense. They can’t understand why bo + an = ban. They cannot understand why fo+ ei is fei. They then shut down from learning and will be classified as stupid/lazy or dyslexic.
