yin explanations of the new characters may be presented in another text block 46 at the bottom of the page another text block 47 may be presented at the top of the page for displaying a title of the page in both chinese and in the teacher 39 s or learner 39 s native language an audio device e g a cd tape or digital recording recorded in the teacher 39 s or learner 39 s native language may be provided with the story book to use the audio device as a teaching aid the teacher may turn on the audio program help the learner find the right page and ask the learner to read the book together with the audio program the audio program helps the learner recognize the learned characters for example by speaking phrases such as u201c the first character looks like u201d u201c that is right the first character is u201d and helps the learner to learn the new characters by speaking phrases such as u201c the second character is a new word it is pronounced as and means u201d the teacher should help the learner find each character mentioned in the audio program as the audio program is being played after reading together for a couple of times the teacher may encourage the learner to read the story by himself or herself whenever possible the teacher and the learner should continue reviewing the text book stage iv 7 to 9 years old in.