Hokkien Workshop for Beginners

Learn Everyday Hokkien

Our December Workshop (5 & 12 December 2020, 9am to 1pm) is full. Please indicate in the form below, if you wish to be on the waiting list.

⚠️ Safe Distancing and Safe Management Measures

Your safety is our top concern, which is why we are operating at less than 50% of the training room’s capacity and enforcing strict safe distancing measures. We will also have safe management measures in place, including cleaning and disinfecting our training room and high-touch surfaces, contact tracing, and temperature screening. There will also be checks on visible symptoms (coughing, sneezing, breathlessness, or running nose) before entering the classroom. We seek your kind understanding and cooperation that any participant who appears unwell will be asked to leave the workshop. All participants are also required to wear masks at all times during the workshops.

What Makes Our Hokkien Workshop Different?

Vocabulary-Building, the Singaporean Way

Singapore Hokkien is unique as there are many variations in pronunciation for the same word. While you can find established romanization system or dictionaries online (e.g. Pe̍h-ōe-jī or Taiwan Romanization System), chances are, it is not how we will say it in Singapore.

In fact, a big part of your beginner’s workshop is to build up your Singapore Hokkien vocabulary. Besides learning about the basic traits of Singapore Hokkien, you will be given comprehensive notes which cover many topics. In addition, your tutor makes extensive effort to listen and correct your pronunciation. In this way, you will have an easier time learning Hokkien.

Efficient-Learning through Creative & Fun Practices!

Traditional language classes spend many sessions building vocabulary by repeating each word after the tutor for x times. For us, we believe that if learning is not fun, you will lose the motivation to learn. Hence, it would not be effective even if you sit through multiple lessons. In fact, this has been proven many times by influential researchers, e.g. Dulay & Burt, 1997; Krashen, 1982.

This is why during your 2 x 4-hour Hokkien Workshop, you will be engaged in many games right at the start of the workshop. We don’t want to give your surprises away, but let’s just say, with so many activities, you can be assured that time flies by in a flash. In addition, you will walk away with an improved standard of Singapore Hokkien.

Hokkien Workshop Requirements

We need your help to create a conducive learning environment. So we highly recommend you to have:

1. No or minimal background in Hokkien. We will go at a beginner’s pace so as to build up your basic foundation.
2. Positive learning attitude. Get ready to ask all your burning questions in a safe environment.
3. Lots of fun! Yes, let your hair down. In fact, the more fun you have, the better you can retain new knowledge!

We want to know you on a more personal basis too. This helps us to make learning more practical and applicable to you. Thus, in the application form, do share with us why you want to learn Hokkien as well as the topics (listed below) that you are most interested in!