Talk Now! Learn Cantonese - Beginning Level

by TOPICS Entertainment

Product Features

• Cantonese language learning software
• Study vocabulary, phrases, culture, and more
• Recording tool lets you practice with native speakers
• Games and challenging quizzes make learning fun
• On-screen help available in more than 70 languages

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000065934
• Date first available at Amazon.com: March 25, 2002
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #26,108 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

This unconventional language-learning series offers games and quizzes that make the learning process fun, relaxing, and, as such, more successful. Ideal for beginners, Talk Now! Cantonese includes such topics as vocabulary, phrases, culture, and more. A handy print and picture dictionary produces entries with both text and pictorial references. This interactive software title also features a recording tool, so you can compare your pronunciation to that of native speakers (microphone required). Quizzes and a challenging memory game let you test your newly acquired skills. You can also track your scores and print awards to celebrate. Best of all, you can change Talk Now! Cantonese's onscreen help and menus to the language of your choice. With more than 70 languages from which to choose, this software makes learning Cantonese accessible to everyone.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Hard to stop using..., May 25, 2002

By 

JW Robinson "jwr" (LA, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Talk Now! Learn Cantonese - Beginning Level (CD-ROM)

Dang. If only all language learning tools were so much fun!!! By far the quickest and easiest way to build up a basic vocabulary. (The program for building an intermediate level is World Talk. It starts where Talk Now! ends and builds from there.) Quickest and easiest because it keeps things interesting. I've been looking for aids to build up my Cantonese vocabulary for a long time...and now I've found a product I'll use no matter what language I'm studying.

Two thumbs and both big toes up!

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars wonderful!, May 11, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Talk Now! Learn Cantonese - Beginning Level (CD-ROM)

I agree with the other reviews...This software is just wonderful. The chinese characters used in the software are traditional not simplified. (Traditional is used mostly in Hong Kong but simplified is used mostly in canton and mainland china). Even with this it is a good investment. The software is very good for beginners. It gets you talking! The other cantonese learning aids (I had a hard time finding many) I have used start off with whole complicated sentences in cantonese which were much to hard to someone who does not have any base knowledge. This gives you a way to attain that base knowledge. An A+

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Talk Now! Cantonese, August 5, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Talk Now! Learn Cantonese - Beginning Level (CD-ROM)

This program teaches you basic words and phrases in Cantonese. (i.e. no grammar lessons). Some of the phrases are a bit geared towards tourists, such as "Where are the suitcases?" and "Someone's stolen my passport." However, there are many different topics, so you can use it even if you are not a tourist. Some of the topics include: food, countries, colors, telling time, human body parts, and numbers (1 through 20). The games are a great way to learn the words... much better than drills and repetition. I'm trying to learn Cantonese and this software has really helped me build up my vocabulary.