Learning and Teaching of Cantonese as a Second Language

Inbunden, Engelska, 2023

AvSiu-lun Lee,Hong Kong) Lee, Siu-lun (The Chinese University of Hong Kong,Siu-Lun Lee

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The Learning and Teaching of Cantonese as a Second Language brings together contributions on such issues as Cantonese textbooks, linguistic description, literacy and tone acquisition, supplemented by case studies from the Netherlands and Japan.The learning and teaching of Cantonese as a second language is a subject of considerable interest in the international academic community, and the first international symposium on teaching Cantonese as a second language, held at the Chinese University of Hong Kong in October 2019, brought together leading researchers in this field. This conference provided the inspiration for the current volume, The Learning and Teaching of Cantonese as a Second Language.In the Hong Kong context, historically, the term ‘Cantonese’ refers to the language varieties of immigrants who came to the territory from various areas in Guangdong province, including Macau, Panyu, Taishan, Xinhui and Zhongshan. From the late nineteenth century onwards, their speech coalesced into the contemporary variety of Cantonese used in Hong Kong today. The term ‘Cantonese’ is also used to refer to the entire Yue subgroup of Chinese, which includes varieties of Cantonese spoken in southern China, Hong Kong, Macau, Malaysia, Singapore and among overseas Chinese in Australia, Europe and North America. In all, it is estimated that there are about 70 million Cantonese speakers in the world.This volume is of direct relevance to educators, language teachers, linguists and all those concerned with the learning of Cantonese as a second language.

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Utgivningsdatum2023-07-12
Mått156 x 234 x 19 mm
Vikt453 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor246
FörlagTaylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN9780367516338

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Siu-lun Lee is Senior Lecturer in the Yale-China Chinese Language Centre at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. He has over 25 years of experience teaching Cantonese at the tertiary level. His research interests include applied linguistics, Cantonese studies, Chinese linguistics, sociolinguistics, language teaching pedagogy and second language learning. He is the author of the book series Modern Cantonese published by Routledge.

List of figuresList of tablesList of contributors1 Introduction: The learning and teaching of Cantonese as a second languagePART I Linguistic perspective on the learning of Cantonese2 The Cantonese mixed script3 Written Cantonese and Cantonese textbooks in mainland China4 How not to acquire tone: Cross-linguistic influence in prosody5 Teaching literacy skills to Cantonese learnersPART IICase studies from the Netherlands and Japan6 Cantonese heritage language teaching in the Netherlands: Towards an inclusive classroom7 The learning of Cantonese as a foreign language at Japanese universitiesPART IIICurrent trends in Cantonese language education8 Curriculum design and Cantonese teaching at a Hong Kong university9 Teaching Cantonese tones to international university students in Hong Kong10 A corpus-based approach to learning and teaching Cantonese11 Textbook Cantonese romanization systems12 Learning, teaching and performing Cantonese on the InternetIndex

"This edited book offers an important contribution to this subject. The book contributes to the field of language teaching, particularly to teaching Cantonese as a second language. This book will appeal to many language teachers, particularly to teachers of Cantonese as a second language. This book also attracts strong interest from scholars working in the field of Chinese linguistics, Cantonese studies, and sociolinguistics."Ng Hok Chung, Language Centre, Hong Kong Baptist University