第十一集 | 保育三藩市的廣東文化及廣東話 Episode 11 | Preserving Cantonese Language and Culture in San Francisco

從1840年代開始，加州三藩市城市發展與美國移民歷史息息相關，迎來不少來自亞洲的移民，尤其來自中國南方廣東地區的華人移民。目前三藩市的華裔人口比率多達總人口的20%，會講中文的華裔亦接近整體人口的18%。 即使有著相對豐富的華裔的歷史及集中的華裔居民，在保育華人文化及語言上，尤以當地華人的母語--廣東話，面對不少挑戰。今集我們邀請了三藩市市立大學教授廣東話的余天璇教授（Grace）及兩位在市立大學發起保育廣東話課程運動的學生Chester及Julia。 其中余教授會講述市立大學廣東話課程的歷史背景，保育廣東話及廣東文化對於華裔社區的重要性。Chester及Julia會分享他們作為美國土生華裔後代去學習廣東話的經驗及「拯救廣東話課程」行動的最新情況。 想了解更多「拯救廣東話課程」行動的資訊，請瀏覽以下網址： https://www.savecantonese.org/blog/save-cantonese-ccsf https://www.instagram.com/savecantonese_ccsf/ San Francisco has long been an immigrant gateway city for Asian immigrants, particularly for Chinese immigrants. Today, more than 20% of the City’s population is of Chinese descent and Chinese is spoken by more than 18% of residents. Despite the history and strong presence of Chinese Americans, the community has struggled to preserve Cantonese, a language that is widely-spoken by the local Chinese community. In this episode, we invited Professor Grace Yu, a Cantonese language instructor at the City College of San Francisco, as well as Chester Leung and Julia Quon, two student organizers from the Save Cantonese at CCSF campaign. They share about the history of the Cantonese language program at CCSF, their own personal experiences of learning Cantonese, why the Cantonese program is important, and how others can support the campaign to save Cantonese. For more information about the Save Cantonese at CCSF campaign, visit the following links: https://www.savecantonese.org/blog/save-cantonese-ccsf https://www.instagram.com/savecantonese_ccsf/