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Talk Now Learn Cantonese: Essential Words and Phrases for Absolute Beginners (PC/Mac)

by EuroTalk Limited
Windows, Mac
3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
Price: £6.66
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  • The world's best selling language learning CD-ROM series for beginners
  • Essential words and phrases for absolute beginners
  • Ideal for young learners, families, students and people going abroad
  • Completely intuitive - simple interface means that learning is as easy as pointing and clicking
  • Speech recording - allows you to compare your voice with native speakers
  • Quiz yourself! Test what you've learnt, earn points and monitor your progress
  • Nine topics: first words, food, colours, phrases, the body, numbers, time, shopping and countries
  • Intelligent Software - remembers words you get wrong and targets your weak points
  • Automatic Localisation - Choose the language you learn from (more than 100 available)
  • iPod integration - listen to Talk Now! on your iPod for complete learning on the move!
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Talk Now Learn Cantonese: Essential Words and Phrases for Absolute Beginners (PC/Mac) + Chinese (Cantonese), Q&s: Learn to Speak and Understand Cantonese Chinese with Pimsleur Language Programs (Pimsleur Quick and Simple) + Pocket Cantonese Dictionary (Periplus Pocket Dictionary)
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  • Platform:    Windows, Mac
  • Media: CD-ROM
  • Item Quantity: 1
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Product details

  • Product Dimensions: 13.2 x 0.9 x 19.7 cm ; 136 g
  • Delivery Destinations: Visit the Delivery Destinations Help page to see where this item can be delivered.
  • ASIN: 1843520486
  • Release Date: 5 Nov 2002
  • Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 2,620 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)
  • Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

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You'll find you can't drag yourself away - in short, you can't stop yourself learning.' -- What PC Magazine

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Great CD-Rom suitable for Windows 98/2000/ME/XP, this copy has very light signs of wear but plays fine, please see alternative image for cover design, fast dispatch, UK SELLER

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars Good for Holidays 20 Jan 2010
By AoiHime
This CD contains nine categories; first words, food, colours, phrases, body, numbers, time, shopping, countries. The playback is clear and it's useful for learning pronounciation and tones through listening. There are some slightly tedious games to play but these are useful too.

There are some words thrown in that could use more explanation. For example, under "thankyou" they give only "doze" which means thankyou (for a gift) and they have left out "Mm goi" - thankyou (for a service).

Overall I would say that this is good for beginners who are planning a holiday but I am learning Cantonese because my boyfriend and his family are Chinese. The categories given are not very helpful to me when it comes to conversing in a family situation.
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15 of 16 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars Great methods, mediocre content 14 Dec 2004
By Scott Paffrath - Published on Amazon.com
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The good part about this software is that it provides a fun and engaging way to learn some basic Cantonese vocabulary. The words and phrases are spoken twice, in a male and female voice with accompanying pictures. The games and self tests are fun to work through. It also provides a way to record your voice and compare it to the speakers' pronunciation.

The bad part is that it does not go very far in how much content it provides. If you are a serious student this will not provide you with any grammar, no section on enunciation of particular sounds (a necessity for those of us starting from only romance languages which do not have these sounds), and no explanation how to read the Romanized spelling of words. Also, it gears some of the vocabulary towards tourists but then much of the dialogue is a very formal type that is not even spoken in practice. If the content is geared toward the casual learner then one would suppose they would teach the language as it is actually spoken. My tutor/girlfriend taught me which parts of this program I should ignore.

Do not buy this expecting it to go very far in teaching you Cantonese. It is only useful as a supplement to another introductory curriculum that might be lacking in good teaching tools.
7 of 8 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Great for what it is 21 Aug 2005
By Joseph Mclaughlin - Published on Amazon.com
Each language software package can only handle a few angles on language. Talk Now! offers inspired games and oral repetitions for learning vocabulary, telling time and more. The bad reviews must be generated by users who expect everything from one cd. Not me. I love Talk Now! for what it is and hope they expand their scope with all languages as they have with Cantonese. If you want to become fluent, buy several software packages and visit the country for more than a year. If you want an almost effortless and fun introduction this is it. It's one of a kind.
7 of 8 people found the following review helpful
2.0 out of 5 stars Not the best product I've tried 3 Mar 2005
By chittydog - Published on Amazon.com
If you just want to learn a few words in Cantonese and learn well by plain rote, this is probably a fair course. However, if you're serious about learning Cantonese, skip this one and try something else. This course just throws out random words with no context of how they'll be used. Grammer and enunciation are given very little attention here. If you've studied Cantonese at all, you'll understand the importance of both. The audio is not terribly clear and the pronounciation doesn't seem to jive with what I'm learning from my wife and other courses.

This course is okay for the price (I got it on sale bundled with the Mandarin course for $10), but if you plan on ever having a conversation in Cantonese someday, I'd recommend the excellent Pimsleur course. Basic Cantonese by Virginia Yip is quite good as well. Even Teach Yourself Cantonese by Hugo Baker is pretty good once you get used to the format.
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