LEVEL 4: UPPER BEGINNER CANTONESE (Tuesday Evenings)

Upper Beginner Cantonese 4 (Zoom Conference)

Class Time – Tuesday, 7:30 – 9:00 PM ET

Total Sessions – 8

Class Size: 3 – 8 Students

Instructor: Nicole Chin

Pre-requisites – Upper Beginner Cantonese 3, OR understand the use of some basic final particles, can form direct statements and questions in Cantonese, give directions, and a basic familiarity of Jyutping.

Material – Cantonese for Upper Beginners, Levels 3 &4 Curriculum (please enter your current address when you sign up so that our textbook will be delivered to you as soon as possible)

Whether you had taken other Cantonese classes in the past and now need to brush it up, or grew up speaking Cantonese with families but now gradually lost it after not regularly using it, this Upper Beginner Level 4 class is for those of you who come from different backgrounds of Cantonese. In this course, you will be introduced with sentences with more complex structures and additional modifiers to express your thoughts more concisely and precisely. You will also get more familiarized with the application of tones and Jyutping, one of the standard Cantonese Romanization systems that is commonly used today. After studying this 8-week course, you will be able to ask and answer hold a simple conversation with your families and native friends as well as writing short paragraphs.

Writing – There will be 15 minutes in each session that is used to study traditional Chinese characters.

Some topics that will be covered in this Level 4 class:

• Job interviews and work environments
• Exercise
• Types of movies
• Banking
• Current events and news

Not sure which level fits you the best? Take this quick assessment or schedule a 15-minute coffee chat consultation.