Background

This programme is run under the “Vocational Chinese Language Programme for NCS* School Leavers”, funded by the Language Fund and supported by the Standing Committee on Language Education and Research (SCOLAR), to help ethnic minority residents in Hong Kong integrate into the community.

Aims

1.  OBTAIN RECOGNIZED QUALIFICATIONS

Non-Chinese speakers in Hong Kong will obtain qualifications recognized by the government and different sectors and increase their employability by enhancing their basic capability in listening and speaking in Cantonese, as well as reading and writing in Chinese.

2.  USE SPOKEN (CANTONESE) & WRITTEN CHINESE CONFIDENTLY

Non-Chinese speaking minority residents will use spoken (Cantonese) and written Chinese confidently in daily life and at work and be able to develop to become fluent speakers in Cantonese, or to learn written Chinese and become fluent in reading and writing Chinese in the future.

3.  BE ABLE to HELP CHILDREN LEARN at SCHOOL

Parents of NCS students will understand the difficulties of their children in learning Chinese in mainstream schools so that they can encourage and provide appropriate assistance for their children learning at school.

4.  ENGAGE with NATIVE CANTONESE SPEAKERS

Students will practice with volunteers whose mother tongue is Cantonese bi-weekly.