Table 2 Cantonese Involvement in the Three Most Frequently Used Textbooks
From: The status of Cantonese in the education policy of Hong Kong
Publishers | Aspects | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Reading | Writing | Listening | Speaking |
Keys | Nil | Nil | The materials are recorded in Cantonese | • Cantonese pronunciations provided for new or difficult words. |
|  |  |  |  | • Standard Cantonese pronunciation is required. There are also explanations for variant pronunciations. |
HKEP | Nil | Nil | The materials are recorded in Cantonese | • Cantonese pronunciations provided for new or difficult words, as well as for those which are easily pronounced wrong. |
|  |  |  |  | • Separate lessons on speaking training for the purpose of correcting Cantonese pronunciations with the illustration of Cantonese phonological rules. |
Longman | Limited Cantonese idioms are introduced as reading topics in the integrated part. | Nil | The materials are recorded in Cantonese | • Cantonese pronunciations provided for new or difficult words. |
|  |  |  |  | • Basic phonetic knowledge of Cantonese is provided. |
|  |  |  |  | • There are certain exercises on Standard Cantonese pronunciation. |