GE2122 - The Cantonese Language in Use: Language, Grammar and Culture | ||||||||||
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* The offering term is subject to change without prior notice | ||||||||||
Course Aims | ||||||||||
This course aims to provide students with a basic understanding of Cantonese, the lingua franca of Hong Kong and its neighbours, namely Guangdong, Guangxi and Macau, through examining various issues in Cantonese grammar and Cantonese culture reflected in real life situations. It aims to enhance students’ ability to apply and discover techniques required to analyze Cantonese as a language system used by a speech community. Emphases are put on the following respects.
The ultimate aim of the course is to foster in students the capacity for self-directed learning towards specific language and cultural phenomena in Cantonese, and to raise their sensitivity towards languages, be it their own languages and/or other languages/dialects. Moreover, by applying a general grammatical framework to analyze language, it aims to stimulate students to think anew about their own languages and/or dialects, and to discover and formulate language-related rules through the critical thinking skills acquired from the course. | ||||||||||
Assessment (Indicative only, please check the detailed course information) | ||||||||||
Continuous Assessment: 100% | ||||||||||
Detailed Course Information | ||||||||||
GE2122.pdf | ||||||||||
Useful Links | ||||||||||
Department of Linguistics and Translation |