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How to Transform Your Daily Commute Into Learning a Language

Today, classrooms are no longer the only or even best place to learn a new language like Cantonese. More and more people are finding that they can easily learn a language just about anywhere they have a few minutes of spare time, including their daily commute to work. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the average American spends over 50 minutes a day commuting to and from work, or over 300 hours a year. Rethinking Your Daily Commute to Work But rather than simply sitting in traffic and wasting the time, you can instead use your daily commute to literally learn Cantonese in just a few short months! CantoneseClass101 has developed specialized learning tools that you can use on your commute to work (and home again) to master the... Show more

How to Start Thinking in Cantonese

Learn 4 tools and techniques to stop translating in your head and start thinking in Going through lessons is enough to get by and learn the basics of , but to truly become fluent you need to be able to think in . This will allow you to have conversations with ease, read smoothly, and comprehensively understand natives. To do this, you need to go beyond just completing daily or weekly lessons. We naturally translate in our heads because it's viewed as the easiest way to learn the definitions needed when learning a language. This way of learning can actually hinder your skills and fluency later on. If your brain has to make neural connections between the word you're learning, what it means in your native tongue, and the physical object... Show more

The 5 Review Tactics that Will Sharpen Your Cantonese

Have you ever returned to CantoneseClass101 lessons you’ve completed? Accessing a lesson once is enough to learn more Cantonese. But to master what you’ve learned, to understand Cantonese the second you hear it, to read with just a quick glance, and to speak smoothly, without thinking... you need to review. In this blog post, you’ll learn the 5 review tactics and learning tools that will truly sharpen your Cantonese (all of which I’ve been able to resources for on CantoneseClass101.com). Create Your Free Lifetime Account and Start Learning the whole Cantonese Language from the Beginning! 1. Listen to lines over and over again! One of the best ways to learn Cantonese (or any language) is to listen to native speakers over and... Show more

How to Overcome the Top 4 Cantonese Learning Fears

Every Cantonese learner will have these fears – “I’m not good enough yet.” “I don’t think I’m making any progress.” “What if I never reach my goals?” Cantonese learning fears – we all get them from time to time. What are yours? And are they worth being scared of? In this blog post, we’re killing the top 4 Cantonese learning fears – 1) what are the fears learners tend to have the most and 2) how you can overcome them! Here are the top 4 language learning fears according to our users: 1. “I’m not good enough to start speaking yet.” Do you feel like you’re not good enough to start speaking yet? It’s a pretty common fear or misconception that most learners have. Here’s how you overcome it: The best way to get good at... Show more

3 Reasons Why Playing Games Helps You Learn Cantonese Faster

Discover 3 ways that Cantonese learning games and video games can help you learn and master Cantonese faster, retain more, and enhance your language skills. Create Your Free Lifetime Account and Start Learning the whole Cantonese Language from the Beginning! Can You Learn Cantonese Using Games? Yes, Cantonese learning games and even video games can help you learn and master Cantonese faster and improve overall comprehension. Research studies have concluded that video games enhance traditional learning methods and make mastering a new language like Cantonese fun and exciting. Without the firm foundation in grammar and vocabulary provided by conventional learning programs, however, you will not be able to learn Cantonese with... Show more

3 Reasons Why Successful Students Learn Cantonese In the Car

Not only is it possible to learn Cantonese in your car, there are 3 great benefits that will help you master the language faster and with less effort. With everyone so pressed for time these days, it might seem like a daydream to believe that you could learn Cantonese in your car—but it’s not! Thanks to a wide range of new technologies and resources, learning a language in your car is easier than ever. Not only is it easy to learn a language while driving, there are actually a number of benefits, especially if the lessons are part of a structured learning program like CantoneseClass101. Here are three specific benefits to learning Cantonese or any other new language in your car. Create Your Free Account and Learn Cantonese... Show more

CantoneseClass101 Free Lifetime Account: Is it really free?

You want to learn Cantonese but you don't want to spend a cent. You don't want to lose time creating an account if they ask you for your credit card just after. For you Cantonese learner, we tell you how you will access great resources for free for life and without card or having to pay. This is your unique path to fluency for free. CantoneseClass101 is not really free, is it? Although there are paid plans, yes, it is FREE. Every single lesson that we have ever created has been free for a certain period of time. And every new audio and video lesson (we publish 3-5 lessons a week) is completely free to access for 3 weeks before going into our lesson library. What's a Free Lifetime Account? A Free Lifetime Account is – simply put... Show more

How to Learn Cantonese in Your Car?

Stuck in traffic? Losing time in your car? Have you ever felt that in all this wasted time, you could have watched the 750 episodes of One Piece, finished the last Super Mario ten times, or even better…you could have learned Cantonese? Between family, friends and work, in addition to this time-consuming commute, it can become difficult to find time to properly learn Cantonese. Fortunately, every problem has a solution, and what could be a better solution than turning that commute time into learning time? Stop passing the time mindlessly listening to the radio and try some of our best tips for mastering Cantonese in your car! Click Here To Start Learning Cantonese Right Now! You can learn Cantonese in your car, hands free ... Show more

Top 15 tips to remember words when learning Cantonese

Hey Cantonese learner! We recently gave you some shortcuts to learn Cantonese. In your journey to become fluent and conversational in less time that is needed to say “Gotta catch 'em all”, we will this time give you the Top 15 tips to remember words! 1. Use repetition: reading, writing and speaking words over and over again. 2. Associate words with drawings, pictures and funny scenes. 3. Try to use the language routinely in the context of daily life. 4. Reading as much as possible, especially the newspaper, helps you to remember words. Click Here To Start Learning Cantonese Right Now! 5. Learn about the roots of words and how different words are related to each other. 6. Speak as often as possible with... Show more