(Hybrid) How to maintain minority languages at home 母語情懷：移民家庭如何保育傳承粵語？
Overview
Join us in UCD to learn practical ways to keep minority languages alive, from home to social media— with insights from Prof. Lau Chun Fat.
Join us at UCD for a public talk on how to preserve minority languages at home and in society. The event features Professor Lau Chun Fat, an expert in Chinese linguistics and language preservation, together with Dr Grace Cao, assistant professor from the School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics at UCD. Participants can choose to attend on-site at UCD or online via Zoom.
🗣️ Talk 1 (2:00–3:00pm)
Father tongue, mother tongue and school language: how to maintain minority language at home
Language: English
Speakers: Dr Grace Cao & Prof. Lau Chun Fat
Theoretical insights: common misunderstandings in bilingual child language acquisition (Dr Cao)
Real-life examples of raising trilingual children at home:
Hakka–Cantonese–English
German–Cantonese–English (Prof. Lau)
A practical “toolkit” for fostering multilingual development in families
☕ Tea Break (3:00–3:30pm)
Free tea, coffee, and mini bakeries are provided
🗣️ Talk 2 (3:30–4:20pm)
How to use social media and technology to promote a minority language?
Language: Cantonese
Speaker: Prof. Lau Chun Fat
Experience of promoting Hakka in Hong Kong through digital platforms
Establishing Hakka Studies (non-profit organisation)
Building a Hakka-speaking YouTube channel (32k+ subscribers, 5.6M+ views)
Developing the Hong Kong Hakka Text-to-Speech website to support community learning
🗣️ 第一節 (2:00–3:00pm)
父語、母語同學校語言：點樣喺屋企維持少數語言？
語言：英文
講者：曹博士、劉鎮發教授
理論角度：打破關於雙語兒童學集語言嘅常見誤解（曹博士）
真實案例：點樣喺屋企培養三語嘅小朋友（劉教授）
客家話–廣東話–英文
德文–廣東話–英文
分享一套有根有據嘅「説明書」，幫助家長促進仔女嘅多語發展
☕ 茶歇 (3:00–3:30pm)
當日將會有茶、咖啡以及茶點提供
🗣️ 第二節 (3:30–4:20pm)
點樣利用社交媒體同科技推廣少數語言？
語言：廣東話
講者：劉鎮發教授
喺香港推廣客家話嘅實踐經驗
成立非牟利組織 客家大學堂
建立客家話 YouTube 頻道（32k+ 訂閱，560萬+ 點擊）
有份建立一個客家話文字轉語音嘅網站，推動社區學習