Alexis
状元
Hi Mike,
I'd love to have a searchable and well-indexed chinese grammar program.
The value-add would be in the organization and search capabilitie. It may be possible, for example, a person to enter a sentence (perhaps one cut and paste from pleco dictionary or another source, or highlighted in the reader), and get a "search" for grammatical structures, particles, etc, contained in the sentence. Would be great if pinyin were supported so that someone could enter in a structure that they hear. Would need to develop something to seperate the grammar patterns an vocab so that the user can jump to the appropriate grammar point, or definition in the dictionary. Could even integrate this in the reader interface.
As well there could also be a structured interface that allows you to search by an index, grammatical functions, etc.
Some of my favorite grammar books that I would love to see as the basis of such a program would be:
http://www.amazon.com/Modern-Mandarin-C ... 119&sr=8-1
http://findbook.tw/book/9789867438737/basic
http://www.amazon.com/Mandarin-Chinese- ... 119&sr=8-2
http://www.amazon.com/Chinese-Comprehen ... 300&sr=1-3
Exercises could be adapted to format suitable for electronic media.
Could have a mode where you go through a progression of test (ie. show the english, user must input (or recall) the correct translation., If you get it wrong, you can jump to the appropriate grammar point (for syntactical errors) or work definition in pleco (for new vocabulary). Users could share their own example sentences and links to grammar points "tests" that they have made (much like flashcard files. Could also have other testing modes based on 'bookmarked' grammar points that may use multiple-choice, fill-in-the-blank, choose the correct sentence, etc.
I'd love to have a searchable and well-indexed chinese grammar program.
The value-add would be in the organization and search capabilitie. It may be possible, for example, a person to enter a sentence (perhaps one cut and paste from pleco dictionary or another source, or highlighted in the reader), and get a "search" for grammatical structures, particles, etc, contained in the sentence. Would be great if pinyin were supported so that someone could enter in a structure that they hear. Would need to develop something to seperate the grammar patterns an vocab so that the user can jump to the appropriate grammar point, or definition in the dictionary. Could even integrate this in the reader interface.
As well there could also be a structured interface that allows you to search by an index, grammatical functions, etc.
Some of my favorite grammar books that I would love to see as the basis of such a program would be:
http://www.amazon.com/Modern-Mandarin-C ... 119&sr=8-1
http://findbook.tw/book/9789867438737/basic
http://www.amazon.com/Mandarin-Chinese- ... 119&sr=8-2
http://www.amazon.com/Chinese-Comprehen ... 300&sr=1-3
Exercises could be adapted to format suitable for electronic media.
Could have a mode where you go through a progression of test (ie. show the english, user must input (or recall) the correct translation., If you get it wrong, you can jump to the appropriate grammar point (for syntactical errors) or work definition in pleco (for new vocabulary). Users could share their own example sentences and links to grammar points "tests" that they have made (much like flashcard files. Could also have other testing modes based on 'bookmarked' grammar points that may use multiple-choice, fill-in-the-blank, choose the correct sentence, etc.