Showing posts with label reading. Show all posts
Showing posts with label reading. Show all posts

1 May 2019

Summer Term 2019

All classes are on Wednesdays 6-8pm at Pret 40 Bernard St, Bloomsbury London WC1N 1LE (directly across the road from Russell Square tube station)


  • 1st May 2019
  • 8th  
  • 15th
  • 22nd
  • no class 29th May
  • 5th June
  • 12th
  • 19th
  • 26th 
  • 3rd July
  • 10th 
If you're looking for beginners Cantonese classes - Siu May runs a class at the Chinese Community Centre in Leicester Square on Saturdays (£100 for 10 classes)
10.30am intermediate/ improvers
12 noon for beginners
To enrol contact them directly http://www.ccc.org.uk/about-us/contact-us/

You're welcome to attend to your first class for free, to meet our tutor SuiMay and see if the level suits you (I'd describe it as an intermediate mixed level class). There's no need to wait to the beginning of a term, just email PuiPui789 AT gmail.com if you're interested. 

8 September 2013

Autumn Term 2013

All classes are on Wednesdays:
  • 25th September 2013
  • 2nd October
  • 9th 
  • 16th
  • 23th
  • *half term*
  • 6th November
  • 13th
  • 20th
  • 27th
  • 4th December
You're very welcome to attend your first class for free, to meet our tutor SiuMay and see if the level suits you (there's no need to wait to the beginning of a term, just drop PuiPui an email if you're interested)

30 January 2013

Spring Term 2013


All classes are on Wednesdays:
  • 30th January 2013
  • 6th February
  • 13th
  • 20th
  • 6th March
  • 13th
  • 20th
  • 26th
  • 3rd April 
  • 10th 
If you're interested in joining one of the classes or for further information about fees please email PuiPui
You're very welcome to attend your first class for free to meet our tutor and see if the level suits you (no need to wait till the beginning of a term).

16 July 2011

New Reading Class Starting July 2011

There's a new class starting for Cantonese speakers who can recognise roughly 250-300 traditional Chinese characters, but are not yet able to read a newspaper or novel. They'll be working on Beginning Chinese Reader Part 2 by John DeFrancis which is available from Amazon.co.uk and Abebooks.co.uk as well as 'real' novels

It will held on Monday evenings 6.15-7.15pm near Russell Square tube station let puipui know if you're interested. First session is on the 18th July 2011 but you can join at any time there after (no need to wait to the beginning of next term).

If you're a less advanced Cantonese student (like me!) there will be other reading classes starting in September; just let me know what level you roughly think you're at, and I'll suggest which class you could join.
The first class is free - to help you find the right level.

Tones - the little numbers on this blog

Cantonese has six tones, we use numbers after each word to identify them
1 = High Falling - as in King
2 = Mid-rising - you??
3 = Mid-level - boon3 (half)
4 = Low Falling - kingdom
5 = Low-rising - ngoh5 (I, me)
6 = Low-level - ngoh5 dei6 (we) sounds like day

alas they're very important, see: