Ch 305: Elementary Cantonese
Key information
- Start date
- End date
- Year of study
- Year 3, Year 3 of 4 or Year 4 of 4
- Duration
- Full
- Module code
- 155901228
- FHEQ Level
- 5
- Credits
- 30
- Department
- China and Inner Asia Section
Module overview
This module introduces spoken elementary Cantonese. It will cover the 26 lessons and approximately 1400 items of vocabulary in Hugh Baker & Pui-Kei Ho: Cantonese. A Complete Course for Beginners (London: Hodder & Stoughton Ltd., 2003).
Prerequisites
At least one year of intensive Mandarin Chinese. The module is intended primarily for students with a good grasp of Mandarin grammar.
Objectives and learning outcomes of the module
At the end of this module, the student should be able to hold a simple conversation in Cantonese and function adequately in standard social situations requiring the use of Cantonese.
Workload
Total of 20 weeks of teaching with 3 hours classroom contact per week.
Scope and syllabus
At the end of this module, the student should be able to hold a simple conversation in Cantonese and function adequately in standard social situations requiring the use of Cantonese.
Method of assessment
- One 2,500 word essay (20%)
- Mid-year oral examination of 10 minutes duration (30%)
- End of year oral of 20 minutes duration (50%)
Suggested reading
- Li, Charles N. & Sandra A. Thompson: Mandarin Chinese: A Functional Reference Grammar . Berkeley, Los Angeles, London: University of California Press, 1989
- Matthews, Stephen & Virginia Yip: Cantonese: A Comprehensive Grammar. London: Routledge, 1994
- Norman, Jerry: Chinese . Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 1988
- Ramsey, S. Robert: The Languages of China . Princeton: Princeton UP, 1987
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