Leo F. H. Ma and L. M. Mak

“ There is no doubt that literature is an excellent source for language learning. The Chinese Language Curriculum Guide also indicates that students can appreciate the beauty of language and acquire the sense of truth through literature learning. This is is exactly the reason why literature is considered as one of the nine learning areas of Chinese language. ”

“ While they walk through the area, the docent introduces these landscapes and events to the participants in order to demonstrate the cultural and historical context reflected in the literature. On the face of it, a literary walk looks very much like a historical walk, but the major difference is the text used for the walk. A literary walk usually makes use of poems, prose, and fiction to devise the route while a historical walk relies very much on historical documents and archives. ”

“ In the early 1990s, Lu Weiluan, a renowned scholar and writer in Hong Kong, put forward the idea of learning Hong Kong literature through literary walk. She believes that it is very important for students to have on-site learning experiences in order to better understand and appreciate literary works. In the past three decades, literary walk has been used by various education and public institutions in Hong Kong as an effective way to promote reading and writing to secondary school students. ”