 Trade In this Item for up to £4.05
Trade in Basic Cantonese Chinese (Pimsleur Instant Conversation) for an Amazon.co.uk gift card of up to £4.05, which you can then spend on millions of items across the site. Plus, get an extra £5 when you trade in books worth £10 or more until June 30, 2012. Trade-in values may vary (terms apply). Find more products eligible for trade-in.
|
Frequently Bought Together
Product details
|
More About the Author
Suggested Tags from Similar Products(What's this?)Be the first one to add a relevant tag (keyword that's strongly related to this product)
|
Sell a Digital Version of This Book in the Kindle Store
If you are a publisher or author and hold the digital rights to a book, you can sell a digital version of it in our Kindle Store.
Learn more
What Other Items Do Customers Buy After Viewing This Item?
Customer Reviews
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
Format:Audio CD
I wanted a simple way of being able to speak to people when I relocate to Hong Kong and this fits the bill. It only relies on hearing the spoken word and there's lots of repetition to help you remember the pronounciation.
4 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Well, i decided to try Pimsleur basic Cantonese Chinese, the lessons seemed a little paced, but, it was well worth it, seeing that the sentences structure is repeated, with, no need for learning Chinese Characters. I would recommend this cd, for people learning Cantonese who are stuck on pronunciation. Hope i helped you out.
Most Helpful Customer Reviews on Amazon.com (beta)
Amazon.com:
2 reviews
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Great learning for Mandarin speakers
26 Dec 2011
Format:Audio CD
I've never written a review before, especially since I borrowed this product from the library rather than actually buying it (I was surfing to find the rest of the lessons). The only review of this product is extremely unfair. This learning system is amazing for learning in the car, while jogging, doing laundry etc. I can see why the previous reviewer might have a problem with this product due to having difficulties with distinguishing tones, however, that's the hardest part of Cantonese. I work in NYC Chinatown with primarily Cantonese speaking co-workers. Before I was there, I only spoke Mandarin. This product does a great job at pointing out the tonal differences between very similar sounding words (ones that I couldn't tell the difference between at work when actual people were speaking to me). You also feel like you progress quickly through learning with conversations, which is the most natural way to learn a language. I've tried learning french with CD's before with another brand to supplement class and it was mind numbingly boring. This goes fairly quickly. Mandarin speakers who want to learn Cantonese, this is the product for you, look no further. People learning Chinese for the first time, this is a great starting point.
9 of 16 people found the following review helpful
Not for someone who wants to learn correct pronunciation
10 Aug 2007
Format:Audio CD
Don't buy this product if you really want to learn correct pronunciation. There are no easy shortcuts to language learning, especially Cantonese! I bought the product, and all it consists of is CD's that have recordings of Cantonese that the listener is supposed to imitate. There's no text at all. Unless you are incredibly competent in tone discrimination, you can learn, at best, to say some phrases that sound like Cantonese.
Were these reviews helpful?
Let us know
Listmania!
Look for similar items by category
- Books > Languages > By Language > Chinese > Cantonese
- Books > Languages > By Language > Chinese > Communication
- Books > Languages > By Language > Chinese > Conversational
- Books > Languages > By Language > Chinese > Level > Introduction
- Books > Reference > Language
Look for similar items by subject
Feedback
- Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
- I am the Author, and I want to comment on my book.
- I am the Publisher, and I want to comment on this book.
|
