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Recommendations for Cantonese Entertainment

Sunday, June 3rd, 2007

1) YesAsia

Review:

  • I have bought a few items from them, my experience with them has been good so far
  • free international delivery
  • very comprehensive online shop
  • good customer service

Twins Missions: one of the most popular Hong Kong movie these days

Hong Kong Movies

2) Language Learning Resources

Review:

quite a popular language series among language learners

3) NJStar

Review:

  • one of the most popular Chinese WordProcessor
  • one of the most popular Chinese input tool

More to come….

My recommendations for books

Sunday, June 3rd, 2007

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Hello, I would strongly recommend the following books, clicking the Amazon UK links will take you straight to the relevant Amazon description page, I would recommend you buying at least one of the following books, only for inspiration, if nothing else ;)

Here you go:

Teach Yourself Cantonese: Complete Audio CD Program (Teach Yourself Language Complete Courses)

Teach Yourself Cantonese: Complete Audio CD Program (Teach Yourself Language Complete Courses)

I strongly recommend this book:

  • very clear
  • a lot of information
  • I have recommended this book to some of my friends

Colloquial Cantonese: A Complete Language Course (Colloquial)

Colloquial Cantonese: A Complete Language Course (Colloquial)

  • takes you from ground up
  • pretty solid

Cantonese: A Comprehensive Grammar (Routledge Grammars)

Cantonese: A Comprehensive Grammar (Routledge Grammars)

  • very solid grammar book

English-Cantonese Dictionary

English-Cantonese Dictionary

  • fairly-priced dictionary

That’s about it for now. Yep, buy at least one of these books. You will find that it is a good investment. Regarding online bookshops for Cantonese learning materials, I think that Amazon is the most comprehensive.

I welcome suggestions. Thanks. Benson :)