GENERAL CANTONESE - CRASH COURSE

Do you sometimes find yourself tongue-tied, and wishing that you could communicate more effectively in Cantonese, or at least feel confident enough to go about your daily life and socialise with colleagues, potential business partners, or clients?

Have you wanted to take lessons before, but never got around it?

If so, this is the course for YOU!

At HKIL, we have made it easy for you to do something about your desire to start learning Cantonese; we have designed a special course to suit your needs and time constraints!

The main focus of our crash course is on active communication in real-life situations, through learning functional vocabulary , daily expressions and practical language that can be put to use right away.

The ultimate objective being for you to be able to obtain any information that you need, and to communicate what you want as quickly and as effectively as possible.

Topics include: meeting people and greetings; countries and nationalities; numbers, days of the week, months of the year, and dates; telling the time and daily routines; interests and leisure activities; likes and dislikes; describing feelings; going places and using public transport / taxis; asking for and giving directions; eating out; shopping, prices and bargaining; and at the post office.

In class you will have plenty of opportunities to practise your language skills through lively, interesting oral activities and role-play scenarios. In addition, you will have the chance to learn to recognise some of the more common Chinese characters and discover interesting aspects of Chinese culture.

By the end of the course, you will be able to socialise with friends or colleagues, and to meet most of your basic daily needs, such as: giving directions to taxi-drivers; ordering meals in restaurants; communicating in the shops or at the market; and finding your way around Hong Kong.