Classical Chinese Poems Sing Along
The Education University of Hong Kong
Goals & purposes:
To provide resources of classical poems in Cantonese singing style through a mobile app. Through this App, students can know better Cantonese tones and tone-preservation in Cantonese singing, and apply similar method in classical poem teaching in the future.
Cantonese lexical tones are preserved in singing, which provide an important linguistic cue for text memorization. In another way, the form of singing can lead to a better understanding of rhythmic and prosodic features of classical poems, and thus add the interest of poem learning.
Summary:
《古詩粵唱粵啱Key》透過粵語唱誦的示範和創作，讓使用者學習粵語字調在唱誦中的運用。本教育應用程式精選經典古詩，提供唱誦示範，使用者聆聽後可以跟著配樂練習唱誦古詩並錄音，更可以輸入自選的詩詞自行創作唱誦作品。使用者在錄音創作的過程中可以回聽和上傳分享自己的作品，也可以互相欣賞來自大家的作品。本應用程式獲香港教育大學（教大）資助以創建，並由人文學院中國語言學系張凌博士和教大編程教育部共同創作。
App Modules:
There are three modules in this APP:
- (1). 聽唱古詩: Users can listen to 10 examples of Chinese classical poems in Cantonese singing styles.
- (2). 跟唱古詩: Users can sing out the Chinese classical poems with musical background, like Karaoke. They can make audio recordings of their own singing and upload the recordings for sharing, which can be listened to and given a "like" (red heart shape label) by other users.
- (3). 唱誦創作: Users can compose a Chinese poem into Cantonese singing style by themselves. The targeted users are EdUHK students who take the courses of CHI3918 and CHI8716. They can make audio recordings of their composed work and upload the recordings for sharing, which can be listened to and given a "like" (red heart shape label) by other users.
Target Population:
- University students (postgraduate)
- University students (undergraduate)
- School students (secondary)
- School students (primary)
- School students (kindergarten / nursery)
- Lifelong learning
Download Links:
- Google Play: Download for Android
- App Store: Download for iOS
Main Creator:
Dr ZHANG Ling (zhangl@eduhk.hk), Department of Chinese Language Studies
Related EdUHK courses:
- CHI3918 - Chinese Phonetics and Phonology
- CHI8716 - Issues in Chinese Language Studies