2.1.1 Chinese Characters First Steps

Chinese Characters First Steps is an app developed by The Open University to help students to learn how Chinese characters should be written.

Although some characters need only two or three strokes of the pen to write, the average character has around 12 strokes, so it’s a lot to remember. The app uses touchscreen technology to enable you to mimic the brush or pen strokes you would use in Chinese writing, and also to learn the order of the strokes.

To do this activity, you will need to download this free app. If you are unable to download the app, don’t worry. You only need to look at two of the learning innovations:

• visit the iTunes store for the iOS version [Tip: hold Ctrl and click a link to open it in a new tab. (Hide tip)]  – for iPhone/iPad/iPod Touch.
• visit the Google Play store for the Android version.

You will be learning how to write the numbers 1–10 in Chinese.