Course on Cantonese, Guangdong and Hong Kong Mandarin

Author: Gao Ran
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Publish Date: 2002-07-01
Features: This textbook is designed for Cantonese-speaking individuals in Guangdong, Guangxi, Hong Kong, Macau, and overseas Cantonese-speaking communities. It is suitable for Mandarin Chinese oral courses in universities and secondary schools, as well as other Mandarin Chinese teaching or self-study purposes. The book is organized around functional objectives, emphasizing oral and listening training. Each lesson is divided into four parts: phonetic correction, sentence pattern (grammar) drills, text exercises, and listening and appreciation. The phonetic correction section focuses on specialized training for Mandarin Chinese phonetic features such as initials, finals, tones, and features like rhotacization and neutral tones. The sentence pattern (grammar) drills section provides targeted practice on common sentence patterns or idiomatic expressions in Mandarin oral communication. The listening and appreciation section selects famous works from ancient and modern Chinese and foreign cultures, such as crosstalk, plays, movie dialogues, poems, fables, lyrics, and advertising slogans, as listening and speaking training materials. The book features an innovative layout, lively content, and authentic, witty language, making it easy to teach.