Cantonese Basic Course: Volume I (Language) - Softcover

Department Of State, Foreign Service Institute

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1693588676 ISBN 13: 9781693588679

Publisher: Independently published, 2019

Synopsis

Cantonese is the principal language of Kwangtung province in Southeast China, parts of neighboring Kwangsi province, and Hong Kong and Macau on China's south east periphery. In addition Cantonese is spoken by ethnic Chinese in Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Singapore and Malaysia, with the number of speakers in Southeast Asia being between 45 and 50 Million altogether. Americans of Chinese descent in the U.S. are almost entirely of Cantonese origin. This Cantonese Basic Course is a course in spoken Cantonese. It uses all the basic grammatical structures of the language and vocabulary of approximately 950 words. The subject matter of the course deals with daily life in Hong Kong. The course was designed to be taught in an intensive language program of 25-30 class hours a week. Students are expected to spend additional time outside of class listening to tapes of the lessons. There are 30 lessons in the course, and the rate of progress in an intensive class is expected to be approximately 2 lessons per week, including time for review and testing.

Edition details

• Publisher: Independently published
• Publication date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1693588676
• ISBN 13: 9781693588679
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 412
• Editor: Goodson Jacob Eli