Are you a language enthusiast who is often hunting for the next language to explore? Or are you a practical language learner who wants to learn Teochew to converse with your grandparents or understand the local culture better? Then this course is for you.

Through this course, you will learn the basics of the Teochew Dialect, which is a widely spoken dialect in many parts of Singapore, Malaysia as well as ChaoShan province in China. You will also learn essential and simple Teochew phrases to communicate with English and sometimes Mandarin translation.

The outline of this beginner course includes:

1. Introduction

2. Family

3. Food

4. Celebrations

5. Time and Direction markers

6. Home

7. Body parts and Illnesses

8. Prepositions, Adverbs and Adjectives

9. Education

10. Technology, Current Affairs and Social issues

By the end of these 10 lecture series, you should be comfortable listening and speaking basic conversational Teochew. Given that dialects often do not have any form of written language script, the only way forward would be to find a language partner and converse with them. Alternatively, you could stay tune to my next series of lectures for intermediate learners where you would enjoy real life conversations between native speakers.