The course is designed for the students who have completed the Cantonese course offered in Term 1 or who can demonstrate equivalent competence through the placement test. It aims to enhance students’ proficiency in Cantonese by utilizing everyday life scenarios, practical vocabulary, succinct grammar explanations, and intensive speaking practice. It will improve language usage and pronunciation, as well as facilitate integration into the local community. The instructional approach emphasizes conciseness, using Hong Kong's society and culture as the thematic backdrop, enabling students to comprehend and acquaint themselves with the divergences between Mandarin and Cantonese in terms of pronunciation, vocabulary, grammar, and other linguistic elements. Substantial emphasis is placed on comprehensive training in listening and speaking skills, with particular emphasis on fostering linguistic proficiency, especially in oral expression.

Programme Features:

1. Outcomes-Based Approaches to Student Learning (OBASL): an approach to programme and course design, and to teaching and learning, that is focused upon what the students are expected to learn and to do, rather than what the teacher expects to teach and doAn outcome-based approach (insert a link: Outcomes-Based Approaches to Student Learning | Teaching and Learning Innovation Centre (TALIC)).

2. Learn with Chinese experts: Receiving instruction, guidance, and insights from our well-experienced Chinese teachers who possess expertise in Chinese language, culture, or other related fields.

3. Teaching method: Employing diverse teaching approaches promotes cultural awareness and accommodates the students from diverse language and cultural backgrounds.

4. Learning mode: Providing various learning modes (in-person/online/hybrid) that are specifically designed to meet the needs of the students.

5. Community immersion and cultural enhancement:

5.1 developing an in-depth understanding of the community's traditions, values, and history by linking the curriculum to various in-class as well as outside-classroom activities as lectures on Chinese culture, exploring heritage sites in Hong Kong and etc.

5.2 40-minute Evening Social before class every Wednesday: Building strong and positive relationships with teachers and classmates.

5.3 Incorporating Student-Staff Partnership (SSP) approach into designing and/or organizing learning-support activities.