Strings That Bind - Cantonese Graded Reader Lvl 5【Hambaanglaang】

冷線好有用 Strings That Bind Cantonese Graded Lvl 5 Language： Traditional Chinese/Jyutman (Written Cantonese)/Jyutping (Cantonese Romanisation)/English Size: 21cm x 15cm ISBN：978-988-75802-4-9 Synopsis： How can the red wool break and still be so strong? Hambaanglaang Jyutman is pioneering a “From the community, by the community” initiative. The power of the community to promote and inherit Cantonese and culture through stories and play. We provide interesting and step-by-step learning resources for Native and Non-Native learners of Cantonese in Hong Kong and Overseas. This Hambaanglaang Cantonese graded reader is created by Hongkongers: -Written in Cantonese, you read what you speak. -Based on the HBL Graded Scale, designed according to the frequency studies by universities and referenced from Lexical Items for Fundamental Chinese Learning (HKEDB) -Original Graphical Romanisation, learn to pronounce Cantonese visually and easily -Youtube and Soundcloud recordings, for reading and listening -Cantonese-English translation and “Same images, different stories in Cantonese and English” -A wide variety of stories created by the community, cultural introduction included enhancing the joy of reading. Cantonese graded levels and their amount of vocabulary： Level 1：350+ Level 2：600＋ Level 3：850＋ Level 4：2900＋ Level 5：3800＋ Vocabulary is graded according to word frequency. The higher the frequency, the lower the level Book sales from this platform support the creation of these open-source resources, mainly storybooks, lessons, and an online self-authoring platform for Cantonese publishing. We hope you will support this experiment and share these resources with friends and family. All works in Hambaanglaang are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.