The 2nd International Symposium on Teaching Cantonese as a Second Language

Organizers

Cantonese Language Program, Department of Asian Studies, University of British Columbia (UBC) &

University Cantonese Programme Division, Yale-China Chinese Language Centre, Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK)

ISTCanSL

The Cantonese Language Program in the Department of Asian Studies at the University of British Columbia (UBC) and the University Cantonese Programme Division of the Yale-China Chinese Language Centre at the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) will be holding the 2nd International Symposium on Teaching Cantonese as a Second Language (ISTCanSL) on 19-20 August 2021, Thursday – Friday (Vancouver Time); 20-21 August 2021, Friday – Saturday (Hong Kong Time).

The ISTCanSL aims at fostering academic exchange and promoting teaching and learning Cantonese internationally. The theme of the 2nd ISTCanSL this year is “Teaching Cantonese as a heritage language”. The 1st International Symposium on Teaching Cantonese as a Second Language was held on 18 October 2019 (Friday) at the Chinese University of Hong Kong.

A concurrent 2-day UBC Heritage Language Teaching Workshop will include keynote speeches and presentations from the language teaching community members at UBC.