What is it about?
Learners of Cantonese participated in a group interview, sharing their problems and concerns during the learning process – well beyond linguistic challenges, partly social on the part of Cantonese speakers they interacted with.
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Why is it important?
Many wanted to learn Cantonese (as a foreign language) in Hong Kong, ending up in frustration however. This article provides empirical findings and insights why this is so from various learners’ own vantage points.
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As co-authors, we are gratified by what many learners of Cantonese were ready to share their views with us upon our invitation. We hope this article can help make a qualitative difference in the learning experiences of other learners of Cantonese in Hong Kong.
David C. S. Li
Hong Kong Polytechnic University
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This page is a summary of: Learning Cantonese as an additional language (CAL) or not: What the CAL learners say, Global Chinese, January 2016, De Gruyter,
DOI: 10.1515/glochi-2016-0001.
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