Newsletter Issue 5
Newsletter Issue 4
Special Presentation in Feb. 2023
Video Recording of the presentation: https://youtu.be/POyn2sI0ziw
Newsletter Issue 3
Weekly Chat Room Sessions
All of the sessions are held in 張老師’s Chat Room on our Discord server.
To join our server, please click on this link.
Tuesdays, 6pm-7pm PST; everyone is welcome;
free conversations
Wednesdays, 4pm-5pm PST; for high beginning learners;
please see the 1st schedule below
Thursdays, 5pm-6pm PST; for mid inter. to low adv. learners;
please see the 2nd schedule below
All sessions of the chat room are held on the Cantonese Alliance’s server on Discord.
To join the server, here’s the invite link.
Date | Topics/Storybook Canada Stories | Vocabulary | Grammar |
1/17 | Chinese New Year | Chinese New Year treats and customs | Expressing likes and dislikes Expressing experiences: Have or haven’t done something |
1/25 | School Clothes | Clothing | Classifiers adjectives for describing clothing
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2/1 | Cooking | Vegetables Verbs that describe food preparation | Verb + gan2 “verb+ -ing” Mui5 chi3… dou1 “Every time … intensifier” |
2/8 | Valentine | Vocabulary specific to this festival | Expressing experiences: Have or haven’t done something Expressing completed events |
2/15 | I like to read | Adverbs | The multipurpose verb bei2 The adverbial construction with dak1 Another meaning of dou1
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2/22 | Counting animals | Animals | The presentational structure Hai2 + LOC + verb
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3/1 | Two | Body parts Action verbs | Lo2-lai4/lei4 consruction Verb + zyu6/ha5 |
3/8 | Goat, Dog, and Cow Part 1 | Time expressions Expressions for connecting sentences | Conjunctions in stories |
3/15 | Goat, Dog, and Cow Part 2 | More expressions for connecting sentences | More conjunctions in stories |
Date | Topics/Proverbs | Vocabulary and Grammar |
1/18 | Chinese New Year: Video clip about how a grandmother shops for New Year treats and flowers with her grandson in HK | Colloquial expressions associated with Chinese New Year |
1/26 | Proverb: 《神童孔融》Prodigy Kong Rong | Story grammar: set up a story |
2/2 | Proverb: 《塞翁失馬，焉知非福》Sai Weng Lost His Horse | Story grammar: introduce new characters |
2/9 | Valentine: The Legend of Cowherd and Weaving Maid | Story grammar: maintain old characters |
2/16 | Movie #1 | Summarize the movie |
2/23 | Proverb: 《曹沖稱象》Cao Chong Weighs an Elephant | Story grammar: sequential connectors |
3/2 | Proverb: 《田忌賽馬》Tian Ji’s Horse Race | Story grammar: other connectors |
3/9 | 《望夫石》Amah Rock | Descriptive language |
3/16 | 《愚公移山》The Foolish Old Man Removes the Mountains | Wrap up |
Special Presentation in Jan. 2023
Newsletter Issue 2
The following links appear in the video:
- End-of-the-Year Report: https://youtu.be/gsnE5qIRYBs
- Cantonese Alliance Volunteer Survey: https://forms.gle/moD7wfahV4xL9Kjf8
- Cantonese Resources Form: https://forms.gle/9rV5HdFmQEo4DAui8
- Join the Cantonese Alliance Discord Server: https://discord.gg/bXJj3SgxVb
- Register for Professor Marjorie Chan’s talk: https://forms.gle/Vbo5vFTq1Jw8bjhq6
Newsletter Issue 1
The following links appear in the newsletter:
- Cantonese Language Teachers Association:
https://cantonesealliance.org/teachers-association/ - The Chinatown Project: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCnuk2_c_6U
- Stroke Order Tool: https://chinvocab.com/
- Chat with Professor Stephen Matthews: https://forms.gle/CL1RD5QtwjuVZPy78
- End of the Year Volunteers/Members Party: https://forms.gle/JHHokUmVXD2pkLa68
- Invitation to join our Discord server: https://discord.gg/bXJj3SgxVb