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Chatty Cantonese |Author: Chatty Cantonese
A podcast about all things learning Cantonese, hosted by a teacher and a student. We upload conversations in Cantonese meant to help students improve their listening ability, while also highlighting the global Cantonese-speaking community. Language: en-us Genres: Education, Language Learning Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it Trailer: |
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Guest Episode: Zoe Lam (粵語)
Episode 42
Tuesday, 29 April, 2025
This episode features an interview with Dr. Zoe Wai-Man Lam, a lecturer in Cantonese at the University of British Columbia and the main instructor and curriculum advisor for the Cantonese Saturday School at the Mon Keang School in Vancouver’s historic Chinatown. Dr. Lam has a PhD in Linguistics from the University of British Columbia as well as both a masters and bachelors from the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Our conversation focuses on Zoe’s experiences with teaching Cantonese within the Vancouver community and how language learning can help bring people together across cultures and generations.Resources and organizations mentioned in this episode:Cantonese Saturday School by the Youth Collaborative for ChinatownMong Keang SchoolWong Benevolent Association of CanadaUBC Cantonese Language ProgramRooted: Chinese Canadian Stories in BurnabyChinese Canadian MuseumThe Stephen Au ShowThe Hanmoji HandbookEpisode transcript and vocabulary
