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Transform from Passive to Active Language Learning with the Snowball Method

What you'll learn

Phonetic: Understand and master the Yale Cantonese Phonetic System, including accurate pronunciation of initial sounds, finals, and 6 tones.

Vocabulary: Growth in various topics, including greetings, occupations, hobbies, places, colors, food, drinks, numbers, adverbs, weeks, months, and years.

Useful Expressions: Ability to engage in daily conversations with common phrases and expression

Sentence Pattern: Understanding Cantonese sentence patterns and able to express themselves by using essential verbs, vocabulary and simple sentences

Questions: Fog different types of questions, including yes/no questions, what-questions, where-questions, who-questions, and what-kind-of question

Conversation: Confidently engaging in basic Cantonese conversations, using vocabulary, essential verbs and sentence patterns learned in the course.

Requirements

No prior knowledge of Cantonese

Interest in learning Cantonese

Availability of 10 minutes per day for practice and learning

A joy for learning and an open mind to new experiences.

Description

The objective of this course is to enhance your language learning experience and make it more enjoyable through the use of the snowball active learning method. Starting with basic elements like words and simple sentences, you will gradually expand your vocabulary and build up to constructing full conversations in various situations. My ultimate goal is to help you achieve fluency in listening and speaking Cantonese with confidence.Upon completion of the Cantonese course, you will have developed a solid foundation in the Cantonese language. You will be able to:Effectively use the Yale Cantonese Phonetic System, including its initial sounds, finals, and 6 tones. This will enable you to speak Cantonese clearly and with proper pronunciation.Expand your vocabulary in the areas of common phrases and expressions used in daily conversations, such as greetings, thank you, sorry, long no see, and making simple requests.Introduce yourself, including your first name and surname, and ask others about their names. You will also be able to talk about their nationality and ask others about their nationality.Discuss jobs and occupations, and introduce your own job or occupation.Talk about your favorite things, people, places, and colors, as well as your favorite food, drinks, and free activities.Talk about numbers, making telephone calls, and using adverbs, weeks, months, and years. You will also be able to talk about location and direction aspects.Construct simple conversations for various situations with confidence, using the sentence patterns learned, including simple sentences, yes/no questions, what-questions, where-questions, who-questions, what-kind-of questions, and making requests with "ching" (please).Have a basic understanding of cultural differences, such as the five clans in Hong Kong, the structure of the country, and job names..By the end of the course, students will have a good understanding of the Cantonese language and be able to use it in basic conversational situations.

Overview

Section 1: Cantonese Sound Tool Kit: Modified Yale System

Lecture 1 Learning Cantonese

Lecture 2 Introduction: Yale Cantonese phonetic System

Lecture 3 Modified Yale System with examples

Lecture 4 Overview: 19 initials

Lecture 5 Overview: 53 finals

Lecture 6 final a (aa) with 19 initials and 6 tones

Lecture 7 final aai with 19 initials and 6 tones

Lecture 8 final aau with 19 initials and 6 tones

Lecture 9 final aam with 19 initials and 6 tones

Lecture 10 Final aan with 19 initials and 6 tones

Lecture 11 Final aang with 19 initials and 6 tones

Lecture 12 Final aap with 19 initials and 6 tones

Lecture 13 Final aat with 19 initials and 6 tones

Lecture 14 Final aak with 19 initials and 6 tones

Lecture 15 Final ai with 19 initials and 6 tones

Lecture 16 Final au with 19 initials and 6 tones

Lecture 17 Final an with 19 initials and 6 tones

Lecture 18 Final am with 19 initials

Lecture 19 Final ang with 19 initials and 6 tones

Lecture 20 Final ap with 19 initials

Lecture 21 Final at with 19 initials

Lecture 22 Final ak with 19 initials

Lecture 23 Final e with 19 initials

Lecture 24 Final ei with 19 initials

Lecture 25 Final eng with 19 initials

Lecture 26 Final ek with 19 initials

Lecture 27 Final i with 19 initials

Lecture 28 Final iu with 19 initials

Lecture 29 Final im with 19 initials

Lecture 30 Final in with 19 initials

Lecture 31 Final ing with 19 initials

Lecture 32 Final ip with 19 initials

Lecture 33 Final it with 19 initials

Lecture 34 Final ik with 19 initials

Lecture 35 Final o with 19 initials

Lecture 36 Final oi with 19 initials

Lecture 37 Final ou with 19 initials

Lecture 38 Final on with 19 initials

Lecture 39 Final ong with 19 initials

Lecture 40 Final ot with 19 initials

Lecture 41 Final ok with 19 initials

Lecture 42 Final u with 19 initials

Lecture 43 Final ui with 19 initials

Lecture 44 Final un with 19 initials

Lecture 45 Final ung with 19 initials

Lecture 46 Final ut with 19 initials

Lecture 47 Final uk with 19 initials

Lecture 48 Final eu with 19 initials

Lecture 49 Final eui with 19 initials

Lecture 50 Final eun with 19 initials

Lecture 51 Final eung with 19 initials

Lecture 52 Final eut with 19 initials

Lecture 53 Final euk with 19 initials

Lecture 54 Final yu with 19 initials

Lecture 55 Final yun with 19 initials

Lecture 56 Final yut with 19 initials

Section 2: Common phrases and expressions

Lecture 57 Good morning and good night

Lecture 58 Pronounciation: with 6 tones (good morning, good night)

Lecture 59 Mr, Mrs and Miss

Lecture 60 Pronounciation: with 6 tones (Mr, Mrs and Miss)

Lecture 61 Good morning with titles

Lecture 62 Drill: Good morning with titles

Lecture 63 how to address people with their surnames

Lecture 64 Hello and How do you do!

Lecture 65 Pronounciation: with 6 tones (Hello and How do you do!)

Lecture 66 Drill: How do you do!

Lecture 67 Say good bye!

Lecture 68 Pronounciation: with 6 tones (Good Bye)

Lecture 69 Respond Drill: Greeting expressions

Lecture 70 Say thank you: (1 of 2) Mh-goi

Lecture 71 Say thank you: (2 of 2) Do-jeh

Lecture 72 Personal Pronouns

Lecture 73 How are you? and its respond

Lecture 74 Drills with "how are you?"

Lecture 75 Question: how about...? "...ne 呢?"

Lecture 76 Use of "also"

Lecture 77 how to say "Sorry"

Lecture 78 Sorry, I have something to do!

Lecture 79 Please: Command, invitation or request

Lecture 80 Simple sentence: with verb-to-be

Lecture 81 Simple question: "how about" with verb-to-be, Yes/ No question

Lecture 82 Long no see!

Lecture 83 Please wait a moment!

Lecture 84 Basic knowledge of Cantonese final particle

Section 3: Talking about one's name

Lecture 85 My name is...

Lecture 86 What question - What is your name?

Lecture 87 Common Expression: May I ask

Lecture 88 My surname is...

Lecture 89 What question - What is your surname?

Section 4: Talking about one's nationality

Lecture 90 Vocabulary: how Country names are built

Lecture 91 Nationality

Lecture 92 I am from...

Lecture 93 Question: Which place do you come from?

Section 5: Talking about jobs and occupations

Lecture 94 Vocabulary: Jobs and Occupations

Lecture 95 Introducing one's occupation

Lecture 96 What question: What is your occupation?

Section 6: My favorite...

Lecture 97 "To like" as main verb

Lecture 98 Common Expression: Sorry to bother you!

Lecture 99 Dialogue: Do you like Hong Kong?

Lecture 100 Vocabulary: Places in Hong Kong

Lecture 101 Question: Which place do you like?

Lecture 102 "To like" as auxiliary verb and Question: What kind of ... ?

Lecture 103 Vocabulary: Colors and Question: What color do you like?

Lecture 104 Vocabulary: Food and Question: What do you like to eat?

Lecture 105 Vocabulary: Vegetables and Question: What kind of...

Lecture 106 Common Expressions: "If so, then" and "Whatever"

Lecture 107 Vocabulary: Drinks

Lecture 108 Vocabulary: leisure activities

Lecture 109 Review all questions with "to like"

Section 7: Number, week, month, year and adverbs

Lecture 110 Vocabulary: Numbers 0 - 10

Lecture 111 Telephone number

Lecture 112 Making a phone call

Lecture 113 Vocabulary: weekdays

Lecture 114 Sentences with Weekdays

Lecture 115 Questions: What (week)day?

Lecture 116 Question- What are you going to do on Monday?

Lecture 117 Talking about Year

Lecture 118 12 Chinese Zodiac

Lecture 119 Vocabulary: Numbers 11-19

Lecture 120 Vocabulary: months

Lecture 121 Sentences and Questions with Month

Lecture 122 Number 11 to 99; 20,30...90

Lecture 123 : exact hour

Lecture 124 : half past

Lecture 125 : ... o'clock ... minutes

Lecture 126 What ?

Lecture 127 Number Two: 二 yih or 兩 leuhng?

Lecture 128 Vocabulary: Adverb of

Lecture 129 Question and statement with adverb of : Are you free on Monday?

Lecture 130 Question word: when

Lecture 131 Dialogue: When do you have ?

Section 8: Location

Lecture 132 Here and there

Lecture 133 My place, your place

Lecture 134 Preposition in/at "hai 喺": Positive, Negative Statement, and Yes/No Question

Lecture 135 Adverb + Location

Lecture 136 Question Word: In/ at which place + Action

Lecture 137 Dialogue: Have lunch together

Lecture 138 Vocabulary: Different meals

Section 9: Direction Aspects

Lecture 139 Direction Aspect: to go

Lecture 140 Direction Aspect: to come

Lecture 141 Direction Aspect: to return

Lecture 142 Dialogue: Having lunch at the restaurant

Expatriates working in Hong Kong, Guangzhou, or Macau, overseas,Chinese with Cantonese background but don't speak the language,Those who have studied Cantonese but need a solid foundation,Those who need Cantonese for business or daily life,Individuals interested in Cantonese language and culture

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