3-Line, Pīnyīn Plus, etc. Material Is Not Made to Be Spiritual Food
The purpose of 3-line, _Pīnyīn_ Plus, etc. material was never to compete with the organization as a source of spiritual food (which is ideally in one’s mother tongue). Rather, it has always been to help Chinese field language learners get past the Great Wall of Characters. pic.twitter.com/nrFOdSRlnu
— tiandi, Links News (@TiandiLinksNews) December 9, 2022
E.g., Chinese field language learners whose mother tongue is English ideally get their spiritual food in English. For them, publications in Chinese characters are generally tools for working in a Chinese field—not spiritual food—but the characters make them really hard to use.
— tiandi, Links News (@TiandiLinksNews) December 9, 2022
The world treats characters like sacred cows, but writing systems are actually technologies—systems for reaching practical goals.
— tiandi, Links News (@TiandiLinksNews) December 9, 2022
For many Chinese field language learners, _Pīnyīn_ Plus, etc. material is better technology for showing what Chinese speech to use in the field. pic.twitter.com/UaFuJQqh3L
