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粵拼新書速遞 Learn Jyutping through nursery rhymes!

Little Bean Cantonese 推出咗一本用童謠方式學粵拼嘅新書，跟住讀跟住唱，好快就可以記得粵拼嘅聲母同韻母。呢本書可以上網訂，請多多支持。
好多人話粵拼難學，其實只係唔夠材料、唔夠工具。2024年多咗好多新工具，大家記得要留意呀！

Little Bean Cantonese just published a book that teaches Jyutping with nursery rhymes. You can easily master all the initials and finals by singing along their creative poems. You can order this book online. Please help support this initiative!
We often hear complaints about how difficult it is to learn Jyutping. It's just that we didn't have learning materials and tools. There is a boom in new tools this year and learning Cantonese has never been so easy. Stay tuned!

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唔好唔記得仲有 TypeDuck （多語翻譯）粵拼輸入法同埋 Visual Fonts 自動超準粵拼字體！
Also check out TypeDuck that supports Cantonese type-to-write conversion and Visual Fonts that gives you 99.7% accurate Jyutping on all text.

用所有廣東話韻腳製作一本廣東話童謠書，一直係我想做嘅事。 ​ 係囡囡細個嘅時候，我陪佢睇英文Phonic 書，睇到啲句子入面包含好多同一個聲母、韻母嘅字，小朋友一邊讀一邊就可以感受到個嘴型、舌頭嘅擺放位置。我就係度諗，點解中文 / 廣東話好似無乜呢類型嘅書，去畀小朋友感受廣東話嘅發音呢？ ​ 然後，我無聊果陣就開始試下用唔同嘅韻腳作童謠，希望有一日可以整一本包含晒所有廣東話韻嘅童謠書。不過呢個計劃一直放係 to do list 嘅後排位置，只係得閒諗起就記得，無諗住認真落手去做。 ​ 到咗今年，我認識到一班推廣廣東話嘅有心人，佢地分享咗好多推廣廣東話嘅難處，海外小朋友學中文嘅樽頸位，我先開始諗，有冇啲嘢其實我都可以出啲力，而大家又啱用呢？ ​ 其中一個令我的起心肝要認真開始製作粵拼書嘅原因，係有一次聽《橋底老虎》作者--愛爾蘭媽媽 Peg 分享到，佢囡囡識聽識講但唔識閱讀中文，但係透過粵拼嘅幫助，佢囡囡可以自己有信心咁讀到一本中文粵文書。佢嘅分享令我「叮」一聲，其實海外有好多下一代嘅小朋友學中文嘅困難，都係記到意思但記唔到字嘅讀音，如果好似台灣圖書有注音咁，中文圖書都有粵拼，可能可以反向咁輔助到小朋友係海外學中文。 ​ 於是，我開始認真思考重拾呢個製作童謠書嘅計劃，內容除咗要有押韻嘅童謠，應該仲要加埋介紹聲母同聲調，變成一本可以畀大家認識粵拼，感受廣東話發音嘅圖書。 ​ 但其實，我自己本身對粵拼嘅認識都唔多，所以都係邊睇資料邊製作邊學，過程入面好多謝好多專家網友畀嘅意見，多謝 visual-fonts 製作咗一個咁方便嘅字體畀大家去使用，多謝我個囡做童工幫我一齊畫草稿同諗故事，多謝朋友義務幫手校正同後製排版，仲要多謝好多留言比心心我支持呢個計劃嘅朋友。 ​ 雖然我製作同整完之後都有人私下同我講廣東話巿場極有限，買書嘅人唔多（大家都係好有心去為我分析，為我著想，教我要多啲宣傳），但係透過我認識到推廣廣東話嘅有心人，令我明白廣東話嘅巿場係要大家一齊做出嚟嘅，大家都可以自由選擇買定唔買，但巿面上唔應該無咗呢個選擇。 Sophie Creating a Cantonese nursery rhyme book using all Cantonese Finals has always been something I wanted to do. When my daughter was young, I would read her English phonic books. I noticed that the sentences contained many words with the same initial consonant and rhyme, allowing the children to feel the positioning of the mouth and tongue as they read. I wondered why there didn't seem to be similar books for Cantonese to help children learn the pronunciation. So during my free time, I started experimenting with writing nursery rhymes using different rhymes, hoping to one day compile a book containing all Cantonese rhymes. However, this project was always at the bottom of my to-do list - I would think about it when I had time, but never really got down to actually doing it. Until this year, when I connected with a group of passionate advocates for the Cantonese language. They shared the challenges they faced in promoting Cantonese, and the bottlenecks overseas children face in learning Chinese. That made me think - is there anything I can contribute to help with this? One of the key reasons that motivated me to seriously start working on a Cantonese phonics book was when I heard the author of 'Under the Bridge' - an Irish mother named Peg - share that her daughter could listen and speak Chinese, but couldn't read it. However, with the help of Jyutping, her daughter was able to confidently read a Cantonese book on her own. Peg's sharing made me realise that there are many second-generation overseas children who struggle with Chinese literacy, as they can grasp the meaning but not the pronunciation. If Chinese books had Jyutping annotations like Taiwanese books have bopomofo, it could potentially help these children learn Chinese better. So I started seriously revisiting my plan to create a nursery rhyme book. In addition to the rhyming nursery rhymes, I decided to also include introductions to initials and tones, turning it into a book that can introduce Jyutping and the Cantonese pronunciation. However, my own understanding of Jyutping was quite limited, so I had to research and learn as I went along. The process involved a lot of grateful acknowledgements - to the experts and online friends who provided advice, to the visual-fonts team for creating a convenient font, to my daughter who helped as a 'child labor' to sketch drafts and brainstorm stories, to friends who volunteered to proofread and layout the book, and to all the supportive friends who showed interest in this project. Although some people privately told me that the Cantonese market is very limited, with not many book buyers (they were just trying to provide analysis and suggestions, not to discourage me), I realise that the Cantonese market is something we all need to work together to build - people can freely choose whether to buy or not, but there should at least be the option available. Sophie

【好書推介】以粵文帶領小朋友認識「鵝頸橋打小人」

「鵝頸橋打小人」雖然成日聽，但相信好多人都未必好了解呢個「非物質文化遺產」嘅背景，要解釋畀小朋友聽就更具挑戰性。作者趙婉慧就從紙老虎嘅角度，帶領小朋友認識鵝頸橋歷史，以正面角度理解驚蟄打小人呢個傳統文化。再配上精美生動嘅插晝，仲有粵拼、聲音檔、文化介紹，無論係大人細路、粵語學習者、鍾意研究香港文化嘅朋友，都適合閱讀。冚唪唥大大力推薦畀大家！

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本書特色
⭐️以粵文書寫配以粵拼！仲有由作者親自朗讀嘅免費網上聲音檔，精采傳神，粵語學習者可以邊讀邊聽，加深記憶。

⭐️配有中文書面語版本！唔識粵語嘅家長、小朋友都可以閱讀，更易理解粵語版本嘅意思。

⭐️配有解釋二十四節氣、打小人過程等內容嘅文化介紹！令讀者深入認識歷史同傳統文化。

⭐️冚唪唥創辦人劉擇明（香港教育大學語言學及現代語言系助理教授）全力推薦。

作者介紹：
趙婉慧出生於香港，喺香港成長。現居於愛爾蘭嘅佢非常支持粵文創作。佢早前亦分享過唔少作品畀冚唪唥，故事充滿童真，生動有趣，適合唔同程度嘅粵語學習者。佢囡囡有時更會參與為故事畫插圖。以下係佢其他作品，誠意推薦畀大家閱讀：

粵文程度Level 1
⭐️ 《掛住婆婆》：https://hambaanglaang.hk/i-miss-you-nani/
⭐️《海龜》：https://hambaanglaang.hk/turtle/
⭐️《叻叻花貓》：https://hambaanglaang.hk/smart-kitty/
⭐️《兔仔要走喇》：https://hambaanglaang.hk/goodbye-rabbit/
⭐️《雀仔》：https://hambaanglaang.hk/birds/
⭐️《生日快樂》：https://hambaanglaang.hk/little-brothers-birthday-gift/

粵文程度Level 5
⭐️《我係陳凱琪》：https://hambaanglaang.hk/i-am-chan-hoi-kei/
⭐️《我唔係鹹濕仔》：https://hambaanglaang.hk/i-am-not-a-lustful-guy/

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【國際識讀日 International Literacy Day】

◼︎On September 8th, we celebrate International Literacy Day (ILD), established by UNESCO in 1966. International Literacy Day aims to raise global awareness of illiteracy and improve literacy rates worldwide. It also promotes the universalization and enhancement of primary education in every country, enabling all children to go to school and learn to read and write. Ultimately, it seeks to enhance interpersonal communication, eliminate discrimination, promote cultural dissemination, and contribute to social development. It underscores the importance of "reading" and "writing" for individuals, communities, nations, and ethnicities.

Hambaanglaang’s goal is to help improve oral Cantonese (Oracy) for non-Cantonese speaker. To that end, all materials were prepared in Jyutman (written Cantonese) In Hong Kong, nearly 90% of adults use Cantonese as their primary language. Using Hambaanglaang materials those who speak Cantonese, can check their literacy in reading and writing Cantonese Cantonese, as the main carriers of Hong Kong culture, is worth cherishing and promoting, just like any other language or dialect. On this Literacy Day, let's celebrate Cantonese by sharing stories created by local volunteers in Jyutman(written in Cantonese).

◼︎Please support us: Buy our books to support Jyutman literacy and creation
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◼︎每年嘅9月8日係國際識讀日（International Literacy Day、ILD），係聯合國教科文組織喺1966年所制定嘅節日。國際識讀日旨在推動全世界重視文盲現象同提升識字率，並促進世界各國普及同提高初等教育嘅水平，令所有兒童可以返學識字；最終達到增進人際溝通，消除歧視，促進文化傳播同社會發展嘅目標；強調「閱讀」同「書寫」對於個人、社區、國家同民族嘅重要性。

冚唪唥嘅目標係幫助非粵語人士提高口語粵語能力。所以，我哋嘅材料全部都以粵文書寫。香港有近90%嘅成年人以粵語為主要語言。識講粵語嘅人，可以用冚唪唥嘅材料，測試下自己嘅粵語讀寫能力。粵語作為香港文化嘅主要傳承者，同其他語言或方言一樣，值得珍惜同推廣。趁住國際識讀日，等我哋分享由本地義工創作嘅粵文故事，一齊欣賞「粵」讀樂趣啦！

◼︎ 支持粵文創作，HK$200分享「粵」讀樂趣
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A generous sharing by Christelijk Kantonees Onderwijs 愛育中文學校, a Cantonese school in the Netherlands that has been using HBL’s graded readers in their children’s Cantonese classes.

In 2017 we started Cantonese lessons (once a week) in the Netherlands with 8 kids in the city ‘Zoetermeer’. It was really challenging for us to find the right workbooks and materials, especially for third-generation kids who want to learn Cantonese. In that school year, we started with books which we bought in Hong Kong, but it didn’t work for us. All were based on mandarin and it didn’t match the age, stories, spoken language and written language etc. The year after we decided to make our own workbooks. It was a major step forward. The kids and parents like the new format and it was the best decision ever. In all our spare time, we put into the new workbooks. Nevertheless we were searching throughout the whole internet for projects or initiatives that empower our approach. In 2021 a friend approach us to look at Hambaanglang. We were surprised and also relieved that such an initiative came from Hong Kong itself. Enthusiastic as we were, we bought some books and contacted Hambaanglang (Joanne). She was really helpful and thoughtful which helped us a lot. In 2022 we had 90 kids in our school and we decided to add Hambaanglang books, for some of the classes. The kids were positive. In 2023 we decided to incorporate the Hambaanglang storybooks into six of the eight classes we have at our school. We are thankful for Hambaanglang's initiative, work, effort and dedication to keep the Cantonese language alive worldwide. Simple as it should be :). May God bless them.

Regards,
Michael 校長 ‘愛育中文學校’
https://www.kantoneesonderwijs.nl/

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👏恭喜冚唪唥大使-香港田徑運動員Kamran Khan喺香港田徑系列賽男子1,500米再創個人最佳紀錄。⭐️Kamran平時除咗兼顧運動同學業之餘，仲會積極練習廣東話。佢指出粵拼對佢練習廣東話非常有幫助，平時會將新學嘅詞彙用粵拼記低再同朋友練習聽說。🎯佢目標係有一日可以以香港運動員身份用流利廣東話接受訪問。

👏Congratulations to HBL ambassador, Kamran Khan, a Hong Kong athlete, for breaking a personal best record in the men's 1,500 meters in the Hong Kong Athletics Series. ⭐️In addition to taking care of sports and studies, Kamran also actively practices Cantonese. He pointed out that Jyutping is very helpful for him to practice Cantonese. He usually writes down new vocabulary in Jyutping and practices listening and speaking with friends. 🎯His goal is to one day be able to accept interviews in fluent Cantonese as a Hong Kong athlete.

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SCMP全文報道Full report:

No 1,500m record for Khan, but athletics prodigy says it’s a matter of time The 21-year-old records personal best at Tseung Kwan O Sports Ground, but still falls short of 50-year-old record.

【絕版】[冚唪唥粵文讀本] 8輯共40本精選套裝 (第1-5級) (免運) 內容簡介 影片介紹 【冚唪唥粵文讀本】8輯共40本精選套裝 (第1-5級) The Full Collection: 8 Sets/40 Books 喺呢個廣東話文化發光發熱嘅地方，我哋【冚唪唥粵文讀本】計畫，希望做到「取之社區，用之社區」，依賴眾人之力，傳承廣東.....

▉ 休息係為咗行更遠嘅路 冚唪唥會再返嚟！The end of the beginning. HBL will be back!
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Dear friends,
Welcome! kindly join us in celebrating the completion of phase 1 of the HBL project.
All of us at HBL have much to be proud of.
HBL is possibly the biggest community-created collection of materials and tools for early Cantonese learning. Keeping the project open source and copyright free under a CC 4.0 license has become the gold standard that is now seriously considered by new initiatives in academia and publishing. Our use of written Cantonese is now being followed by more and more authors.
The automation that we built allowed us to write, illustrate, voice record and layout an average of 2 new titles a week. This output is faster than conventional publication methods by many multiples. In addition, we build the automation to generate interactive H5P videos, TPR Lesson generation and CEFR-based conversational practice. Remarkably all of this was achieved by one full-time colleague and the founders, working over 2 years with the very generous help of volunteers.
The project, funded by the founders, sales of books and donations, demonstrated that with the right design and clear-headed ex*****on, a lot can be done with very little outlay. ...

👉🏻繼續閱讀 Continue Reading: https://hambaanglaang.hk/the-end-of-the-beginning/

冚唪唥第一階段嚟到尾聲，係時候回顧一下之前三年我哋做咗嘅嘢，同埋之後嘅方向。

三年話長唔長，話短唔短，喺 Viveik，Joanne 同埋團隊所有人嘅努力之下，我哋推出咗實體故事書，整咗超過二百段故事影片，設計咗大量對話學習材料，開發咗粵拼跳跳紮轉換工具，仲聯絡咗海內外對廣東話有興趣嘅朋友，一齊創作咗好多新嘅內容。我覺得作為一個小型嘅群體，呢個成績都算係過得去嘅，可以同自己交代。

我哋不時會反思呢個計劃喺香港、喺粵語群體嘅定位。我哋深知幾個人嘅時間精力，係唔可以代攬晒一切廣東話事務。好好彩，呢個計劃嘅第一年，已經好多人加入我哋嘅行列，喺香港、喺其他地方，用唔同嘅方式推動粵語嘅文字創作，令到學廣東話變成一個「搞得掂」嘅過程。...

👉🏻繼續閱讀 Continue Reading: https://hambaanglaang.hk/the-end-of-the-beginning/

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▉ 新增粵文故事內容 New Features of Cantonese Graded Readers Added
除咗原有粵文故事影片、錄音同PDF，而家每個故事嘅純文字檔案亦開放畀大家下載，方便老師或學習者編輯。另外，有部分故事仲有埋文化介紹同書面中文翻譯畀大家睇，內容豐富唔好錯過！
In addition to the original Cantonese stories videos, audio recordings and PDFs, now the plain text files of each story are also available for download, which is convenient for teachers or learners to edit. In addition, some stories have cultural introductions and written Chinese translations for everyone to read. Don't miss the rich content!

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▉ Struggling to answer relatives’ questions in Cantonese? Turn them into your Cantonese teachers by following our guidelines of Conversational Practices.
Download worksheets from HBL website!
👉https://hambaanglaang.hk/

▉ Guidelines and syllabus to teach and practice conversations with Cantonese learners
The conversational practices worksheets in 25 topics (Jyutman Level 3-4) are out! These worksheets help Cantonese-speaking teachers or parents guide learners in practising conversations. All content references from the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR) A1 Level skills, and are optimised into Cantonese by Cantonese linguists and teachers. They are essential conversational topics for beginner Cantonese learners who are ready to speak.

▉ Read Teacher’s Guidelines First
Read the teacher’s guidelines before starting the lessons. Discuss with your teacher or learner the learning objectives and customise suitable content and activities to practice.

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