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Learning Cantonese with Fun (For Putonghua Speaking Students) - Elementary Level

  • To understand the general usage of Cantonese.
    理解粵語一般用語。
  • To make simple phrases and sentences.
    組織簡單短語及句子。

  • To introduce yourself and make friends.
    介紹自己、交友聯誼。
  • To express your opinions and views in situations.
    在情境對話中表達自己的意見和看法。
  • Learn Jyutping to establish a self-study foundation.

    學習粵拼,建立自學基礎。

Session

Contents

1

Introduction to Cantonese pronunciation and its sound system; Greetings, Basic useful expressions

粵語語音與粵拼簡介,介紹、問候、寒暄

2

Numbers, time, placesBasic word formations/Cantonese-Putonghua translation

數字、時間、地點基本構詞/粵普對譯

3

Phone calls, dating; Grammatical structures

打電話、約會,語法結構(一)

4

Directions, transportation, shopping; Grammatical structures

問路、交通、購物,語法結構(二)

5

Dine & drink, entertainment

飲食、娛樂消遣

6

Hong Kong attractions and night scenes

香港景點及夜景

7

Cantonese role-play

粵語情境短劇

8

Cantonese idioms, slangs, songs

地道俗語、流行用語、網路用語、流行曲

Contents may be adjusted according to the Cantonese ability of students after the first lesson.

課程內容可能會根據第一課向學生了解其粤語能力後再稍作調整

Schedule:

Session

Date

Time

Venue

1

17 Feb 2025 (Mon)

09.30 – 11.30

R902

2

24 Feb 2025 (Mon)

09.30 – 11.30

3

3 Mar 2025 (Mon)

09.30 – 11.30

4

10 Mar 2025 (Mon)

09.30 – 11.30

5

17 Mar 2025 (Mon)

09.30 – 11.30

6

24 Mar 2025 (Mon)

09.30 – 11.30

7

31 Mar 2025 (Mon)

09.30 – 11.30

8

7 Apr 2025 (Mon)

09.30 – 11.30


Schedule:

Session

Date

Time

Venue

1

19 Feb 2025 (Wed)

14.30 – 16.30

TU101

2

26 Feb 2025 (Wed)

14.30 – 16.30

3

5 Mar 2025 (Wed)

14.30 – 16.30

4

12 Mar 2025 (Wed)

14.30 – 16.30

5

19 Mar 2025 (Wed)

14.30 – 16.30

6

26 Mar 2025 (Wed)

14.30 – 16.30

7

2 Apr 2025 (Wed)

14.30 – 16.30

8

9 Apr 2025 (Wed)

14.30 – 16.30


Schedule:

Session

Date

Time

Venue

1

18 Feb 2025 (Tue)

9.30 – 11.30

R507

2

25 Feb 2025 (Tue)

9.30 – 11.30

3

4 Mar 2025 (Tue)

9.30 – 11.30

4

11 Mar 2025 (Tue)

9.30 – 11.30

5

18 Mar 2025 (Tue)

9.30 – 11.30

6

25 Mar 2025 (Tue)

9.30 – 11.30

7

1 Apr 2025 (Tue)

9.30 – 11.30

8

8 Apr 2025 (Tue)

9.30 – 11.30


Schedule:

Session

Date

Time

Venue

1

18 Feb 2025 (Tue)

13.00 – 15.00

DE308

2

25 Feb 2025 (Tue)

13.00 – 15.00

3

4 Mar 2025 (Tue)

13.00 – 15.00

V302

4

11 Mar 2025 (Tue)

13.00 – 15.00

DE308

5

18 Mar 2025 (Tue)

13.00 – 15.00

TBC

6

25 Mar 2025 (Tue)

13.00 – 15.00

TBC

7

1 Apr 2025 (Tue)

13.00 – 15.00

Z409

8

8 Apr 2025 (Tue)

13.00 – 15.00


Schedule:

Session

Date

Time

Venue

1

20 Feb 2025 (Thurs)

9.30 – 11.30

R406

2

27 Feb 2025 (Thurs)

9.30 – 11.30

3

6 Mar 2025 (Thurs)

9.30 – 11.30

4

13 Mar 2025 (Thurs)

9.30 – 11.30

5

20 Mar 2025 (Thurs)

9.30 – 11.30

6

27 Mar 2025 (Thurs)

9.30 – 11.30

7

3 Apr 2025 (Thurs)

9.30 – 11.30

8

10 Apr 2025 (Thurs)

9.30 – 11.30


Schedule:

Session

Date

Time

Venue

1

19 Feb 2025 (Wed)

14.30 – 16.30

DE302

2

26 Feb 2025 (Wed)

14.30 – 16.30

FJ303

3

5 Mar 2025 (Wed)

14.30 – 16.30

4

12 Mar 2025 (Wed)

14.30 – 16.30

N001

5

19 Mar 2025 (Wed)

14.30 – 16.30

DE302

6

26 Mar 2025 (Wed)

14.30 – 16.30

ST111

7

2 Apr 2025 (Wed)

14.30 – 16.30

DE302

8

9 Apr 2025 (Wed)

14.30 – 16.30

FJ302

Schedule:

Session

Date

Time

Venue

1

20 Feb 2025 (Thurs)

14.30 – 16.30

Z412

2

27 Feb 2025 (Thurs)

14.30 – 16.30

3

6 Mar 2025 (Thurs)

14.30 – 16.30

U208

4

13 Mar 2025 (Thurs)

14.30 – 16.30

SHA106

5

20 Mar 2025 (Thurs)

14.30 – 16.30

U208

6

27 Mar 2025 (Thurs)

14.30 – 16.30

SHA101

7

3 Apr 2025 (Thurs)

14.30 – 16.30

8

10 Apr 2025 (Thurs)

14.30 – 16.30

U208


Schedule:

Session

Date

Time

Venue

1

20 Feb 2025 (Thurs)

18.30 – 20.30

QR514

2

27 Feb 2025 (Thurs)

18.30 – 20.30

3

6 Mar 2025 (Thurs)

18.30 – 20.30

4

13 Mar 2025 (Thurs)

18.30 – 20.30

5

20 Mar 2025 (Thurs)

18.30 – 20.30

6

27 Mar 2025 (Thurs)

18.30 – 20.30

7

3 Apr 2025 (Thurs)

18.30 – 20.30

8

10 Apr 2025 (Thurs)

18.30 – 20.30


Class A and Class B

Ms Carol Wong

Ms Wong is an experienced teacher of Chinese, Mandarin and Cantonese for over a decade. She has been teaching students, including non-Chinese primary students in Hong Kong, university students who are majoring in Chinese in the Czech Republic, non-Chinese adult students and adult students with Chinese language backgrounds. She is enthusiastic about joining hands with other devoted educators to provide high-quality language instruction.

黃就紅老師

在過去十多年來,黃老師非常熱愛教學工作,用英語教授來自世界各地的非華語人士,並用普通話教授母語為普通話的學生。在國内外不同院校教過不同背景的學生,都使她更加熱愛自己的教學工作,課餘亦總結自己的教學經驗做與語言相關的研究。

Class C, Class D and Class E

Ms Chen Yongyin

Ms Chen is a part-time lecturer at Hong Kong Baptist University, and Hong Kong Ta Kung Wen Wei Management College. She was a former faculty member at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. She has more than 10 years of experience in language teaching, and her target students include university students from Chinese-speaking and non-Chinese-speaking regions, executives and employees of enterprises in Hong Kong. Her research focuses on Chinese education and language pedagogy. She is also committed to promoting Chinese culture and Chinese teaching, hoping to facilitate students to integrate into Hong Kong life, understand the development of the Greater Bay Area, and have a deeper understanding of Chinese languages and cultures.

陳泳因老師

陳老師現同時為香港浸會大學,香港大公文匯管理學院兼職講師,曾任香港中文大學教職。有十多年語言教學經驗,對象學生包括華語地區學生及非華語地區學生,和在港企業員工。主要研究包括中文教學,語言教學法,更致力推廣中國文化,及中文教學,希望方便學習者融入香港生活,瞭解大灣區發展,並對中國語言及文化有更深入的認識。

 

Class F, Class G and Class H

Ms Yu

Ms Yu is a lecturer who has been actively teaching Cantonese as a foreign language at various universities in Hong Kong since 2015. She teaches credit-bearing courses, specialized workshops, and group tutoring, and provides individual language guidance for university staffs. With her extensive experience, she understands the learning needs of students from different countries and is committed to developing Chinese and Cantonese teaching materials. Ms. Yu is also a co-author of the Cantonese textbook "廣東話快靚正" (Gwong2 Dung1 Waa2 faai3 leng3 zeng3).

虞建萍老師

虞老師由2015至今,積極於本港不同大學任教對外粵語課程,教授學分課程、專題工作坊、小組輔導、大學教職員個別語言指導。憑豐富經驗,深明各國學生之學習需要,並致力於編寫中文及粵語教材。她也是粵語教材--"廣東話快靚正"作者之一。


Apart from the EXCELL programme, PolyU offers a wide array of resources for non-local students to learn Cantonese. These resources include the following:

  1. Credit-bearing Cantonese courses offered by the Chinese Language Centre (For UG students only)

  2. Consultation on learning Cantonese (For UG students only)

  3. A Flipped Classroom for Cantonese Learning (For all students)

  4. An online course namely “Cantonese Language and Culture for Beginners” offered by HKPolyUx (For all students)

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