Thu 4 Jan 2007
How Steve kaufmann learnt Cantonese
Posted by 馬先生 under Cantonese
Last year I asked Steve Kaufmann of The Linguist how he learnt Cantonese. He incredibly speaks 9 languages quite fluently. I’m so impressed with his Mandarin that I had to find out what was his secret to success.
Here is the link to my email [Steve Kaufmann’s Blog (Learning Cantonese)]
It only took him 6 months to be able to functionally use Cantonese and have the ability to phone Cantonese radio talk shows!
Steve answering my email in English, Cantonese, and Mandarin:
January 6th, 2007 at 8:40 pm
I love the “ignore tones, just copy” statement. It’s a pity it’s ignored by most canto teachers.
With tone learning you can really make more money and students don’t learn a thing and give up soon.