Cantonese Life 1

Cantonese Life 1 is designed for beginners in Cantonese. You will learn basic Cantonese for different contexts of your daily life. The book starts with an introduction to Cantonese pronunciation and Chinese characters. It then moves on to the following topics:

• Introducing yourself
• Hanging out with friends
• Going to restaurants, markets and clothing shops
• Asking for directions
• Taking public transport

The book is available as an e-book, which you can download from this website. Use the Table of Contents above to find the lesson you need and download the files. For each lesson of the book, you will find the following files:

1. Student’s Book (a .pdf file)

   • This is the file you will study with. It includes all the learning activities of the lesson.

2. Teacher’s Book (a .pdf file)

   • This file includes answer keys to the learning activities and teacher’s notes.

3. Audio (.mp3 files)

   • This file includes all the recordings for the lesson.

In the .pdf files, you can click a section heading to get the resources for the section (e.g., recordings and answer keys). You can also click a headphone icon to listen to the recording directly.

You are free to use this book to learn or teach Cantonese.

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