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Cantonese Listening Tasks
Who is this material for?
Cantonese Listening Tasks consists
of short dialogues that take place in a variety of everyday
contexts. It has been developed for beginner or intermediate
Cantonese learners to practise listening to the dialect.
The tasks are shown in English, and so they can be used
both by learners who read Chinese and those who do not.
What does this material contain?
This material
contains a total of 16 units, each
of which consists of two or more dialogues arising from
a theme. Your task is to listen to the dialogues and
answer the comprehension questions.
| Unit 1 |
What fruit do you like most? |
Unit 9 |
How do you want to spend this weekend? |
| Unit 2 |
Do you live with your family? |
Unit 10 |
How much are the roses? |
| Unit 3 |
What's your new telephone number? |
Unit 11 |
Who'll do the washing-up tonight? |
| Unit 4 |
What do you do in the morning? |
Unit 12 |
Which movie are we seeing today? |
| Unit 5 |
What's your dream-date like? |
Unit 13 |
It's cold today! |
| Unit 6 |
I want to rent a flat. |
Unit 14 |
How do you relieve stress? |
| Unit 7 |
Taxi, please. |
Unit 15 |
I just came back from holiday! |
| Unit 8 |
How much is it? |
Unit 16 |
I am sick today. |
To support your listening and to
help you gain more from the dialogues, all the dialogues
are provided with:
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An English gloss |
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A transcription in Chinese characters |
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Yale romanisation |
You can turn on and off these support
features according to your needs.
How to use this site?
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We suggest that you
first listen to the dialogues without referring
to any of the support features. Just read the questions
and listen for the answers. This encourages you
to focus on meaning while you listen, instead of
being distracted by individual sounds or expressions. |
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After the listening, you can
check the answers by clicking on the key button. You can toggle between reading the comprehension
questions and the key easily with these buttons. |
You may want to study the dialogues
more closely after the listening task. You can use any
(or any combinations) of the support features to help
you do so. For example:
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You can read the
dialogue aloud with the help of Yale romanisation. |
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If you do not read Chinese, you
can use the English gloss to find out the meaning
of certain expressions. |
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If you read Chinese, you can
see the complete script of the dialogues from the
transcription. |
Technical matters
The dialogues have been recorded in
Real Media format. You need to have either Windows
Media Player or Real Player to listen
to the sound files. Click on the hyperlinks to download
the software if you do not already have them.
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