Speaker: Prof. Tang Sze Wing (Department of Chinese Language & Literature)
| Date: | 24 October 2014 (Fri) |
| Time: | 4:00pm |
| Venue: | G24, Arts and Humanities Hub, Fung King Hey Building, CUHK |
| Language: | English |
| Abstract: | The Hong Kong community has a great concern about the language issue and “Teaching Chinese in Putonghua” has been a hot topic recently. Professor Tang gave a detailed account of the background and development of the issue. He analyzed the objectives of “Teaching Chinese in Putonghua” and commented on the rationales against such a teaching method from the perspective of linguistics. He also talked about related topics including the relationship between Cantonese and Putonghua and the difference between spoken and written language. |
For those who would like to review the video archive of the talk, please contact the Faculty Office at 3943 7107.