Classic stories, retold for language learners, at six levels
Dynamic Source publishes the Insperium graded readers. The same story at every level; only the language gets richer. A beginner reads the A1 book and an advanced reader reads the C1 book.
The series
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Pick the level, keep the story
Every title is written at six CEFR levels. An A1 book is about 5,200 Chinese characters; a C1 book about 6,100. The cover shows the level as a coloured band, a badge and the series number.
Beginner. The whole story in the simplest language, with pinyin over every character.
Insperium Chinese · 33 titles
Covers shown at level A1. Each title page on getinsperium.com includes a look-inside sample with audio. Coming soon: print editions.
Pinyin first, then characters only
Part A has pinyin over every character, English after each section and about 20 full-colour illustrations. Part B is the same story in characters only, for when you are ready to read without help. Character names carry a dotted underline so beginners can tell names from words.
- 01Cover
- 02About this book
- 03Main characters, with portraits
- 04Key vocabulary
- 05Part A: the story with pinyin and illustrations
- 06Part B: the story in Chinese characters only
- 07Sentence patterns
- 08Full vocabulary list
- 09Comprehension questions
- 10Cultural context
Produced for every title. The shop is closed while the books are completed.
Every character in a book ordered by frequency, with pinyin and meaning. Download →
Dynamic Source publishes Insperium
Dynamic Source Holdings Limited is a publisher based in Hong Kong. Our Insperium Chinese imprint retells famous stories for language learners: ten Chinese classics and twenty-three world classics, each written at six levels.
Every edition is illustrated in the style of a 19th-century book, in oils with a muted palette. The books are carefully edited, and a native-speaker review is under way, book by book.
Learners can continue with the Insperium Chinese course at getinsperium.com.
- Publisher
- Dynamic Source Holdings Limited
- Imprint
- Insperium Chinese
- Place of publication
- Hong Kong
- ISBN
- Publisher prefix: [to be assigned]
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