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Pimsleur Chinese (Cantonese) Quick Simple Course - Level 1 Lessons 1-8 CD: Learn to Speak and Understand Cantonese Chinese with Pimsleur Language Programs
The Pimsleur® Method: the easiest, fastest way to learn a new language. Completely portable, easily downloadable, and lots of fun. You’ll be speaking and understanding in no time flat!
This course includes Lessons 1-8 from the Chinese (Cantonese) Level 1 program - 4 hrs of audio-only effective language learning with real-life spoken practice sessions. Each lesson provides 30 minutes of spoken language practice, with an introductory conversation, and new vocabulary and structures. Detailed instructions enable you to understand and participate in the conversation. Practice for vocabulary introduced in previous lessons is included in each lesson. The emphasis is on pronunciation and comprehension, and on learning to speak Cantonese.
The Cantonese Chinese Language
Cantonese, one of several major languages in China, is mainly spoken in Hong Kong, Guangdong, the Guangxi provinces, and in most overseas Chinese communities in Australia, Europe, and North America. Pimsleur's Chinese Cantonese teaches Cantonese as spoken in Hong Kong.
Tech Talk
- CDs are formatted for playing in all CD players, including car players, and users can copy files for use in iTunes or Windows Media Player.
This course includes Lessons 1-8 from the Chinese (Cantonese) Level 1 program - 4 hrs of audio-only effective language learning with real-life spoken practice sessions. Each lesson provides 30 minutes of spoken language practice, with an introductory conversation, and new vocabulary and structures. Detailed instructions enable you to understand and participate in the conversation. Practice for vocabulary introduced in previous lessons is included in each lesson. The emphasis is on pronunciation and comprehension, and on learning to speak Cantonese.
The Cantonese Chinese Language
Cantonese, one of several major languages in China, is mainly spoken in Hong Kong, Guangdong, the Guangxi provinces, and in most overseas Chinese communities in Australia, Europe, and North America. Pimsleur's Chinese Cantonese teaches Cantonese as spoken in Hong Kong.
Tech Talk
- CDs are formatted for playing in all CD players, including car players, and users can copy files for use in iTunes or Windows Media Player.
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First published February 1, 2001
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October 24, 2019
This audio-method of learning a new language was less overwhelming than previous attempts to learn my language. Without pages of unknown characters and sentence structure to sit through, I could practice basic sentences until they became familiar to me. When I heard questions and pronouns in the workplace, I finally vaguely knew what was said.
Upon completing 3 of 4 Pimsleur CDs, I grew discouraged in how little I was retaining. The volume of vocabulary in a new language seems insurmountable. No matter how much time I was devoting to this learning program, there still seemed an infinite more vocab to learn. I continue to feel ill prepared.
This was the first in a series of learning to put 20 hours behind a new skill. TED podcasts have told me that the first 20 hours of a skill show the largest Delta improvement/time. While this was only a 4 hour course, I listened to it for 10 hours.
-1 star: lack of available content on Amazon.com to learn Cantonese
Upon completing 3 of 4 Pimsleur CDs, I grew discouraged in how little I was retaining. The volume of vocabulary in a new language seems insurmountable. No matter how much time I was devoting to this learning program, there still seemed an infinite more vocab to learn. I continue to feel ill prepared.
This was the first in a series of learning to put 20 hours behind a new skill. TED podcasts have told me that the first 20 hours of a skill show the largest Delta improvement/time. While this was only a 4 hour course, I listened to it for 10 hours.
-1 star: lack of available content on Amazon.com to learn Cantonese
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