the lesson will be student-oriented. Students should raise the topic of their interest, and practise new phrases, expressions, sentence structures and learn about up to date cultural aspects through informal conversation. upon request, specific formats, such as public speaking, can be used. this is particularly beneficial who has reached B1 (lower intermediate) or above and would like to have more autonomy in learning.

Informal tutoring

Target students:
Survival and Part I: for those who do not have prior knowledge to the language 
Part II: for those who can speak Cantonese in short sentences

Learning outcomes:
To be able to use Jyutping as pronunciation aid;
To be able to start a conversation; 
To be able to communicate with taxi drivers, waiters and shopkeepers about simple requests/instructions;
To be able to talk about yourself with short sentences

Content/Topics
Numbers 1-100
Greetings and thank you
Buying fruits in a market
Ordering food in a caa caan teng (HK style cafe)
Date and time
My name is…
Where are you from?
Family and friends
Where is it?
Ordering food in a Chi resto
Asking questions
Everyday vocabulary building 
And more or upon request

Duration
From experience, the students should take 
- 5-10 sessions for Survival Cantonese
- total of 20-30 sessions for Cantonese for beginners I 
- total of 40-50 sessions for Cantonese for beginners I and II

depending on the students’ availability and class frequency

The above estimation is based on the assumption that the student should spend 30mins - 1 hour per week outside class on Cantonese practice.

For faster mastery of the language please spend not less than 30 minutes a day on Cantonese outside class time.

Approaches
bilingual notes (English and traditional Chinese) and Jyutping 
Short conversations, audio and videos
Main focus on pronunciation and flow of sentences (especially tones and difficult consonants), listening and speaking skills, with a number of sentence structures to master. (but I would strongly recommend you to learn reading from the level “Cantonese for Beginners II” and onwards)

Each lesson is 55 mins long.

Survival Cantonese / Cantonese for Beginners I/II

Target students:
For those who have completed 40-50 hours of Cantonese for Beginners

If you have not learnt Cantonese with me before, please feel free to talk with me and discuss which level suits your needs best 

Learning outcomes:
To be able to understand main points of clear standard input on familiar matters
To be able to have at least 5 mins of conversations with friends in Cantonese about an everyday or a familiar topic
To express your ideas in longer sentences

Content/Topics
Arranging a party
Seeing a doctor
Crime 
Culture shock
And more or upon request

Duration
From experience, the students should take 
- total of 30-40 sessions to complete Intermediate Cantonese I, and 
- total of 60-80 sessions for Intermediate Cantonese I and II
depending on the students’ availability and class frequency

The above estimation is based on the assumption that the student should spend 30mins - 1 hour per week outside class on Cantonese practice.

For faster mastery of the language please spend not less than 30 minutes a day on Cantonese outside class time.

Approaches
With bilingual notes (English and traditional Chinese) and Jyutping 
Main focus on listening and speaking with review of pronunciation (especially tones and difficult consonants) from time to time
Vocabulary building with more sentence structures to go through
Longer conversations, audio and videos

Each lesson is 55 mins long.

Cantonese for Intermediate Learners I/II

Target students:
For those who have completed 80-100 hours of Cantonese or 60 hours of Intermediate Cantonese 
If you have not learnt Cantonese with me before, please feel free to talk with me and discuss which level suits your needs best 

Learning outcomes:
To be able to express opinion, arguments on a less familiar issue / topic
To be able to understand longer passages of a message/story

Content/Topics
Some topics are:
Entertainment
Education 
Social problems
Hong Kong cultural activities

And more or upon request

Duration
The duration of time spent to reach your learning goals highly depends on the nature of the goals, the students’ availability and class frequency

please contact me to know more

Approaches
With bilingual notes (mainly traditional Chinese with less English than other levels) and Jyutping 

Vocabulary building with more sentence structures to go through

Discussion based on videos and film clips

Reading materials include local publication, mainly with novels and magazines, with occasional use of poems and lyrics

Each lesson is 55 mins long.

Cantonese for Learners of Upper Intermediate Level or above

Target students:
For those who are in intermediate level or above or who are interested in learning Cantonese with the video aids as main learning materials

Learning outcomes:
To be able to understand the content in a faster, relatively authentic speed  
To learn the colloquial expressions and able to use them 
To be able to appreciate Hong Kong cultures in an in-depth way

Content/Topics
The contents/topics below are non-exclusive:
Caa4 caan1 teng1 茶餐廳
Oi3 cing4 gu3 si6 愛情故事
Gung1 fu1 功夫
Zing3 zi6 政治
Waan4 bou2 環保
Leoi5 jau4 旅遊
Lau4 hang4 man4 faa3 流行文化
Baan6 gung1 sat1 man4 faa3 辦公室文化
Hoeng1 gong2 lik6 si2 香港歷史
Gin6 hong1 健康

And many others

Approaches
For intermediate level students, the video clips are shorter (around 1-3 mins each)
For students in higher levels, theirs would be longer (around 5 mins or longer)
Vocabulary building with sentence structures to go through
Main activities are information gap exercise, discussion, debate, etc

Each lesson is 45 or 55 mins long.

Hong Kong TV programmes (suitable for upper intermediate/advanced learners)

2 sets of books will be used. Main focus is on comparing the pronunciation between Mandarin and Cantonese, as well as choice of words and cultural differences. For more details, please contact me :-)

粵語速成 (for Mandarin speakers)

Experienced in subtitle translation, from English to Chinese and vice versa
Also completed jobs of publication translation