Baozi ChineseChinese through stories
297 short picture-story lessons from zero. Each one adds about 5 new words to the ones you already know.
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The method is comprehensible input: you acquire a language by understanding messages just a little above your level — linguist Stephen Krashen’s “i+1”. Stories with questions about them make it work, as in TPRS (storytelling-based teaching).
Each lesson adds about 5 new words — you already know the rest. Meaning comes from the story, not from a word list.
In the story, the questions, the dialog — and again in later lessons. It sticks without cramming.
Repeat after the voices and get a pronunciation score, play a role, talk about yourself — once it already feels easy.
David moves to Chengdu, meets Xiaoyu — and her enormous cat Baozi, who steals every scene.