An Exploratory Study of Cantonese Learning Strategies Amongst Non-Chinese English-Speaking Ethnic Minority University Students in Hong Kong.

ABSTRACT: This study investigates the strategies for learning Cantonese that are adopted by non-Chinese English-speaking ethnic minority (EM) university students in Hong Kong. The aim is to identify the challenges these students face in applying their strategies to learn Cantonese and to explore their learning experiences when implementing them. Drawing on questionnaire surveys and semi-structured interviews with 30 EM students at a university in Hong Kong, this study identifies these learners' strategies, elicits their views on the use of these strategies and examines their learning experiences. The findings suggest that EM students are "medium strategy users," with social strategies being their most commonly used types of learning strategies, followed by compensation and metacognitive strategies.

SUBMITTER: Pun J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9200990 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature