Hongkong General Chamber of Commerce.
Hongkong General Chamber of Commerce.
CHINESE LANGUAGE SCHOOL
CHINESE LANGUAGE SCHOOL.
Studies in Written Chinese.
All students desirous of learning spoken Cantonese or Mandarin, are advised, strongly, by the Directors of Studies to learn also written Chinese of the Documentary type used in Commerce. The acquisition of 2,500 characters, such as are used in business communications, will prove of the largest practical value. The following is the suggested:-
First Six Months.
Syllabus.
(a) The more important Radicals and how to write them.
(b) Characters in Cantonese and Mandarin that are common also to the business style.
Second Six Months.
(a) Short Phrases in Documentary Chinese.
(b) Easy Sentences in Documentary Chinese.
Third Six Months.
(a) Sectional Expressions.
(b) Turning Points (pivots) in Sentences.
Fourth Six Months.
(a) Order of Words in complex sentences.
(b) Analysis and Synthesis.
Fifth Six Months.
(a) Chinese Drafts.
(b) Chinese Business Letters,
Sixth Six Months.
(a) English and Chinese idiom. How to modify, mentally, phrases and sentences.
(b) Translations verbatim, and translations having literary finish.
Throughout the First and Second years the study of written characters, as outlined in the Syllabus, will be pursued as an essential part of the course in vernaculars: the Third year section of the Syllabus is designed to aid students desiring to qualify for Certificates in Documentary Chinese.
Studies in Cantonese.
Books recommended by the Director of Cantonese Studies for the use of Students.
Two are needed :-
(a.) An English-Cantonese.
Dictionaries.
The work approved is: An English and Cantonese Dictionary: for the use of those who wish
to learn the spoken language of the Canton Province. By J. Chalmers; revised and enlarged by T. K. Dealy. Paper cover $6. Half Leather $9.
(6.) A Cantonese-English.
The best for the student's purpose is:-A Chinese Dictionary of the Cantonese Dialect, with an Introductory Essay on the Study of the language: 2nd Edition, thoroughly revised and very considerably enlarged, by the Revd. I. Genahr. 2 parts and an index: $35.
It has to be borne in mind that this book serves, admirably, all the object intended by a Dictionary of the Chinese Written Language; and is not merely an aid to the study of a Southern vernacular.
Works designed to instruct in the Grammer of Cantonese.
Those recommended are:--
*(ur.) Inductive Course in Cantonese
.Cowles.
(b.) How to Speak Cantonese
Ball
$5.
*(c.) Select Phrases in the Canton Dialect
.Kerr
1.
*(d.) Beginning Cautonese
Wisner
(e.) Yut Yam Chi Nam
.May
2.
3.
*These books are considered essential.
Studies in the Written Language.
Students desirous of learning to read and write the Chinese Documentary Style are advised
to use the following books.
*(a.) How to write Chinese
............ Bail
$ 5.
6.
Hirth
3.
*(b) Progressive Lessons in the Chinese Written Language........Bullock
(c) Notes on the Chinese Documentary Style.
•
These books are considered essential.
'
No comments yet.
Private notes are available after approval.