and books on learning Cantonese, using the system. But Yale is by no means the standard, with Jyutping, developed in 1993 by the government in conjunction with the Linguistics Society of Hong Kong ...

Released last August, it is one of the first children’s books to teach Cantonese nursery rhymes with Jyutping. Jyutping uses the Roman alphabet to write Cantonese words so it is easier to learn ...

“At school, they learn English vocabulary, but home conversations in Cantonese stay shallow – about food or plans,” Yeung noted. “For complex ideas, they switch to English.” Her book has ...

SAN FRANCISCO — Three decades ago, finding opportunities to learn Cantonese in San Francisco ... members sharing tips on everything from Cantonese books to YouTube videos. Some organize local ...

Decoding words doesn’t play as large of a role in how Cantonese-speaking children living in the United States learn to read English as it does for children who speak only English at home or ...

said the situation in Hong Kong means language learning has been inevitably politicized, something that is much less of an issue in overseas communities. Cantonese language books that are used by ...

It was written by the late Czech novelist Milan Kundera, whose many books ... Language Learning Association has revived some debates around whether Beijing is trying to replace Cantonese with ...

We also have a lot of Chinese-language story books." We treat the meetings ... So she says she decided to set up a Cantonese learning environment to benefit her community in the same way.

What is the reason behind the decline of Cantonese speakers joining the events and learning Cantonese? Ivan has invited Clare Deng, a councilor from The Chinese Language Education Council ...