Newly Compiled Cantonese Today: Volume 1

Author: Zheng Dingou, Pan Xia Luo
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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, and the grammar norms of exemplary modern vernacular writings. In teaching Chinese to foreigners, guiding and helping them learn and master Mandarin has always been our primary 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 Macau 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 collaboration model. 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 publication. With the publication of Today's Cantonese, we wish for the exchange and collaboration between Chinese language teachers in mainland China and Hong Kong to continue to develop. The content of this book covers all aspects of daily life, from greetings to job hunting, dating, and traveling, authentically reflecting the nature of Cantonese. Each lesson is divided into six parts: vocabulary, dialogue, text, notes, sentence pattern comparison, and exercises. At the end of the book, there is a comprehensive vocabulary list, a table of common measure words and noun combinations, and a list of common modal particles.