My First Everyday Words in Cantonese and English: with Jyutping pronunciation

by Karen Yee

Overview

My First Everyday Words in Cantonese & English introduces Cantonese language and culture to preschool children. This book is unique in its focus on colloquial Cantonese, not formal written Chinese. Chinese characters are color-coded to the pronunciation and English translation. This book is ideal for when families or caregivers are not fully fluent in spoken Cantonese or written Chinese.

Starting with "Good Morning!", this picture book contains conversational questions, phrases and words to take you through a day in the life of a toddler. Each word is written in traditional Chinese characters, Jyutping and simplified phonetic English. A special section for dim sum, a Cantonese cuisine and tradition of small, bite-sized plates, is also included.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780999273036
Publisher:	Karen Yee
Publication date:	07/29/2017
Series:	Cantonese for Kids , #1
Pages:	30
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.08(d)
Age Range:	Up to 4 Years

About the Author

Karen Yee is a native Cantonese and English speaker. A graduate of Stanford University and The Wharton School, she is passionate about language and multilingual parenting. She was a National Spelling Bee finalist, taught English in Japan and currently leads a language specialist team at Google. As a mom, she searched for Cantonese books suitable for families where not everyone speaks fluent Cantonese, but found nothing. She developed this book based on what worked for her own family. She loves hearing ideas about bilingual parenting and sharing Cantonese language and culture, and can be reached at [e-mail]

Table of Contents

Children's first everyday words - activities, toys & games

Special dim sum section

Editorial Reviews

"It is SUPER RARE to find a book that had english, Cantonese, and phonetic pronunciation and chinese characters for every word. The sentence format that is used is very effective for teaching. For those who are not advanced in cantonese this is the best book I have ever seen. Lastly it is very easy to teach cantonese to kids using this book even if you are not super fluent due to the multiple ways the words are presented. It even color codes the characters to the prounciation and english translation!!!" (Amazon shopper)

" I put this in my classroom library. My students were fighting over who will get to borrow the book first. I definitely would recommend this book for young children or even adults who want to learn some basic Cantonese words and phrases!" (F Yu, second-grade teacher)

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