Newly Compiled Cantonese Today - (Volume 1)

Author: Zheng Dingou
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Publish Date: 2006-08-01
Features: The standard language of modern Chinese is Mandarin, which takes the Beijing accent as the standard pronunciation, the northern dialect as the base dialect, and the exemplary modern vernacular literature as the grammatical norm. In teaching Chinese to foreigners, guiding and helping them learn and master Mandarin has always been our main task in teaching Chinese to foreigners. In the past decade, Guangdong's economy has developed rapidly. Some foreigners, in addition to learning Mandarin, also hope to learn Cantonese to better engage in economic and trade work in Guangdong and the Hong Kong and Macao regions. To meet the needs of these foreigners, some institutions have organized efforts to compile Cantonese teaching materials, which is a beneficial endeavor. Today's Cantonese was co-authored by scholars from both Guangzhou and Hong Kong, which is an excellent collaborative approach. The compilers of this textbook have extensive research on Cantonese and possess many years of practical experience in teaching Cantonese to foreigners. We hope and believe that adopting this collaborative approach will allow peers from Guangzhou and Hong Kong to exchange ideas, thereby improving the quality of the. Today's Cantonese is sure to be well-received upon its release. With the publication of Today's Cantonese, we hope and wish that the exchange and cooperation between Chinese language teachers in mainland China and Hong Kong will continue to develop. The standard language of modern Chinese is Mandarin, which takes the Beijing accent as the standard pronunciation, the northern dialect as the base dialect, and the exemplary modern vernacular literature as the grammatical norm. In teaching Chinese to foreigners, guiding and helping them learn and master Mandarin has always been our main task in teaching Chinese to foreigners. In the past decade, Guangdong's economy has developed rapidly. Some foreigners, in addition to learning Mandarin, also hope to learn Cantonese to better engage in economic and trade work in Guangdong and the Hong Kong and Macao regions. To meet the needs of these foreigners, some institutions have organized efforts to compile Cantonese teaching materials, which is a beneficial endeavor. Today's Cantonese was co-authored by scholars from both Guangzhou and Hong Kong, which is an excellent collaborative approach. The compilers of this textbook have extensive research on Cantonese and possess many years of practical experience in teaching Cantonese to foreigners. We hope and believe that adopting this collaborative approach will allow peers from Guangzhou and Hong Kong to exchange ideas, thereby improving the quality of the textbook. Today's Cantonese is sure to be well-received upon its release. With the publication of Today's Cantonese, we hope and wish that the exchange and cooperation between Chinese language teachers in mainland China and Hong Kong will continue to develop.