Advanced Cantonese Conversation

Catalog description

This is the first of a 3-quarter series of advance Cantonese for students who have completed Intermediate Conversational Cantonese, or its equivalent, and wish to continue to develop their speaking and listening skills. The primary objective of the advance series is to continue exploring the Cantonese language and culture through a wide variety of engaging activities and multimedia materials designed to build on their speaking and listening proficiencies needed in traveling, studying, living, or working in Cantonese-speaking communities. Students will be exposed to authentic materials and participating in various activities, such as Cantonese in movies, in-depth discussion on topics related to personal interests, social, community and global issues, interview, documentaries, classic and popular Cantopop, and TV show clips. Appropriate online resources are used to facilitate learning.