LEVEL 6: INTERMEDIATE Taishanese (Thursday EVENINGS)

Intermediate Cantonese 6 (Zoom Conference)

Class Time – Thursday, 8:00 – 9:30 PM ET (no class on 2/22 and 2/29)

Total Sessions – 8

Class Size: 3 – 8 Students

Pre-requisites – Intermediate Taishanese 5, OR understand the use of commonly used final particles, able to change the tone/mood of a sentence by using different final particles, give directions including rows and columns, describing appearance and animals, and a basic familiarity of Jyutping.

Material – Taishanese for Intermediate Learners: Levels 5&6 Curriculum. 

The longer you study Taishanese, the more you learn that it is a fun and dynamic language. Whether you had taken other Taishanese classes in the past, or grew up speaking Taishanese with families but now need more structures to express your thoughts, this Level 6 Intermediate Taishanese course is perfect for those of you who are looking to advance your Taishanese speaking and reading proficiency. In this course, you will learn to accurately use more complicated final particles to express your tone and some advanced sentence structures to speak Taishanese more colloquially. Our curriculum is also topic and tasks-based, and you will also get more familiarized with the application of tones and Jyutping, one of the standard Taishanese Romanization systems that is commonly used today. After studying this 8-week course, you will be able to ask and answer hold a more complicated conversation with your families and native friends as well as writing paragraphs to form short stories.

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 class:

• Wedding banquet, baby showers, senior birthdays
• Holidays (Thanksgiving, Christmas)
• Investment
• Volunteering

Not sure which level fits you the best? Schedule a 15-minute coffee chat consultation with us.