Survival Cantonese
Course Details:
Overview
This course will equip students with the basic conversation for shopping and travelling purposes. A market tour will be organized on the last lesson.
What is it about?
This is a short course designed for non-Chinese speakers who want a taste of Cantonese, whether they are tourists, or Hong Kong expats who have zero knowledge of Cantonese. After this course, students are able to
–use everyday Cantonese expressions;
– do shopping for necessities
– order food and have the knowledge of Cantonese Romanisation and tones
Course Contents
- Basic knowledge of Cantonese sounds and tones
- Greeting and getting to know each other,
- Travelling around the town,
- Ordering food and drinks,
- Asking for prices and bargaining,
- Introduction to common Cantonese slang
Lesson Duration: 10 Lessons x 1.5 hours (15 hours), first time meeting face to face for giving materials + one additional market tour outdoor (2 hours)
Time: Saturdays 5:15pm-6:45pm
Tuition fee: $2250
Class size: maximum 6 students
Mode of teaching: Google meet online
Contact Miss Kini to sign up. If you have any questions about this course, please email nus.kinihui@gmail.com.

The course is running in group class based, feel free to form learning groups.
Testimonials
Kini is a fantastic language tutor, and make my life in HK much easier. She is well prepared in every class and workshop for a small group. I am particularly grateful for her efforts to tailor-made the teaching topics to cater my situations. I would recommend her program to anyone who newly moved to HK as Cantonese is so essential in day to day life as well as in workplace.
Kini is well-experienced and kind Mandarin teacher. When I learned Mandarin from Kini three years ago, she prepared every class in detail. She can teach either in Mandarin or in English. Thanks to her, I could pass HSK exam without difficulty. In addition, she understands how important to keep time. She is flexible to change the place and time per my request.
許老師科班畢業,對粵語及普通話教學頗有研究。她的課程設計理論與真踐結合,難易適度,重視口語運用廣東話能力的培養。我來香港後不久,就在港大專業進修學院接受廣東話初級和中級的培訓,在一年中基本掌握了廣東話日常的聽說讀寫能力,能用微信保持與老師日常溝通。
I was once a student in HKU Space, I studied and learned Intermediate Cantonese under the tutelage of Kini’s teaching.It was really a novice in this wonderful language prior to this lesson. I can confidently testify that this lesson upgraded me tremendously in every capacity of my cognitive reason in terms of language ability. I am really grateful to Kini for the perserverance, enthusiasm and tactfulness she demonstrates throughout the course.
I really enjoyed my Mandarin class with her! I learned a lot during the class and she worked the out upon my needs. And I appreciated the nice working atmosphere. I highly recommend her for Private Mandarin class.