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Usually ships in 1 business days | | | Q&S Cantonese Chinese includes the first 8 lessons from the Pimsleur Comprehensive Level I. 4 hours, audio-only, effective language learning with real-life spoken practice sessions. | | | |
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| | Product Details | | Author: | Pimsleur Language Programs | | Audio CD: | 4 pages | | Publisher: | Pimsleur | | Publication Date: | February 01, 2001 | | ISBN: | 0743500164 | | Package Length: | 5.69 inches | | Package Width: | 4.98 inches | | Package Height: | 1.03 inches | | Package Weight: | 0.55 pounds | | Average Customer Rating: |  based on 17 reviews |
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1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
 Exactly what I wanted Jan 29, 2008
Prior to buying this, I was very interested in learning conversational Cantonese, but had zero previous experience. I'm the kind of person who tries to find "free" solutions online, but everything I tracked down was very overwhelming. Someone suggested Pimsleur, so I decided to check it out.
It was a bit pricy, but I think it has been worth it. I'm half way through the program, and I'm able to speak/listen to some simple phrases that are commonly used by native speakers. Thus far the vocabulary is very guided for an American travelling to Hong Kong.
It has also helped to understand some simple grammatical structure, so I'm able to construct my own phrases not necessarily on the CDs. My friends from Hong Kong are very impressed with how quickly I'm picking things up.
Anyone considering this product should note that it is a set of 15 cds with 30 half hour audio lessons, where you repeat phrases and answer questions that the narrator has. There are no transcripts, so don't expect to learn how to read or write Cantonese.
Highly reccomended.
 good course overall Jan 04, 2008
Pimsleur is the easiest method for a learner to start speaking another language. It is pleasant, non-intimidating and introduces the words used in the dialogues slowly along with an explanation of each word. However, its drawbacks are no written transcripts although the speakers' voices are quite clear; no individual tracks for each lesson making review of certain sections more difficult; and limited vocabulary due to the reliance on memory retention. Pimsleur is pricey considering its drawbacks but with the limited selection of Cantonese learning materials available, this still ranks as one of the better ones.
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
The fastest I think I've ever learned anything! May 29, 2007
from what I can gather from the blurb printed inside the cd case, pimsleur uses several techniques to optimize memory retention. for example, they introduce a word or phrase, get you to repeat it, re-repeat it in several contexts, then after a period of dealing with other words and phrases, they start going over them again. basically they keep coming back over the same words and phrases, but with greater and greater intervals between them, since each reinforcement pass allows the phrases to stay in your memory that much longer. the only downside is that the frequent repetition means that new material gets introduced relatively slowly, which at times is a little frustrating, but the good news is that the material that you cover you do actually master, retain and can use, extremely quickly. and the best part for me, is that my memory is usually pretty poor (i don't remember people's names well for example).
moves you along well Jan 10, 2007
i was surprised how my understanding went up very quickly. this is different since it tells you just keep going through the lessons, even if you don't get everything. it then starts clicking all of a sudden since it does repeat lots of the words over the course of the lessons but with a different twist that applies to actual situations rather than boring drills.
this is good.
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Practice makes perfect Nov 03, 2006
I was originally skeptical but found the lessons to be good. Cantonese is a challenging language due to it's specific use of intonation and this program does well to emphasize this. Like any language, a lot of repetition is required but since it is in CD format it is convenient in the car or any travel situation. This is definitely a good start to learing Cantonese but instruction from someone fluent is needed in order to perfect the pronounciation.
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