Five Coll Ctr: World Languages 151CM - Cantonese/Mandarin Speakers V
Spring
2026
01
1.50
Janna White,Anca Holden
1:00AM 1:00AM
UMass Amherst
78562
jawhite@fivecolleges.edu
alholden@umass.edu
Cantonese for Mandarin Speakers V is an advanced course in spoken Cantonese offered through the Five College Center for World Languages. The course format includes intensive independent study and an evaluation by an outside evaluator, as well as collaborative contribution of course readings and discussion questions. Students studying Cantonese develop speaking and listening skills needed for study abroad in Hong Kong and China and engagement with Cantonese-speaking communities, and to support course work in Asian Studies and other academic, vocational, and personal goals.
Students must apply to add this course. Contact the Five College Center for World Languages for details: fivecolleges.edu/languages.
Prerequisite: Cantonese for Mandarin Speakers I - IV or equivalent.
Cantonese for Mandarin Speakers is open to advanced and native speakers of Mandarin Chinese and heritage Cantonese speakers who have taken at least one year of college-level Mandarin Chinese or the equivalent.