Class Time: 1:30 – 2:30 PM (Eastern Time) | 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM (Pacific Time)
Class Dates: Every Sunday from April 3, 2022 to June 19, 2021
(No class on April 17 and May 22, 2022)
Course Duration: 1 hour per week for 10 weeks (10 hours total)
Office Hours: Monday 8:00 – 9:00 PM ET | Wednesday 9:00 – 10:00 PM ET
Instructor: Teacher (Miss Stephanie)
Course description:
This course is designed for heritage beginners to develop basic Cantonese conversational skills by focusing on grammar structure and correct pronunciation through everyday vocabulary. By the end of the ten weeks, students will have learned to structure basic statements and questions for self-expression, as well as handle simple payment transactions.
Office hours:
- Monday 8:00 – 9:00 PM ET | Wednesday 9:00 – 10:00 PM ET
- Additional office hours are available upon request, please email [email protected] to set up.
Classroom Rules & Etiquette:
- Respect your fellow peers, be kind and courteous
- Respect everyone’s privacy
- Vulgar, rude and disrespectful language are not allowed
- Do not show illicit, illegal or obscene material
- No soliciting, promotions, phishing, inappropriate web content or spam
- No hate speech, blackmailing, doxxing or harassment
- Do not blast music or scream into the microphone
- Be on time for class
- Do your best and have fun 😸
Lesson Outline
| April 3, 2022 | Lesson 1 | Cantonese Tones & review Polite phrases & manners Classroom words Pronouns, Simple statements Verbs: 係 & 有 and other simple everyday verbs (去、返、食、飲、睇） |
| April 10, 2022 | Lesson 2 | Cantonese vowels review Simple negation Asking simple affirmative questions Self-introduction |
| April 17, 2022 | NO CLASS | Easter Break |
| April 24, 2022 | Lesson 3 | Cantonese vowels review Self-introduction review Adjectives & opposites vocabulary Degree adverbs Simple statements to describe subjects Talking about your day |
| May 1, 2022 | Lesson 4 | Attribution & Possessive More opposites vocabulary Colors Asking questions:How? |
| May 8, 2022 | Lesson 5 | Counting two of something Noun classifiers/measure words Asking questions:How many? |
| May 15, 2022 | Lesson 6 | Review (No tutorial or office hours this week) |
| May 22, 2022 | NO CLASS | Holiday Day Break |
| May 29, 2022 | Lesson 7 | Location & “At”Asking questions:Where?Subject + Verb + Who/What/Where?Verbs of motions: Showing the journey through 去 & 返去 & 嚟 + Directional verbs Action verbs |
| June 5, 2022 | Lesson 8 | To like: 喜歡 & 鍾意Verbs: Hobbies Adverbs of time Past tense: 咗 & 過Verb Completion： 完 & 曬Verb successfully completed: 到Not have & Not yet: 冇，沒有 & 未Past tense negation |
| June 12, 2022 | Lesson 9 | Course Review Negative numbers, fractions, decimals & percentages Math equations Counting money Asking questions:How much is it? |
| June 19, 2022 | Lesson 10 | Final presentation & activity |