Date: Thursday\, October 8th
Time: 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Location: Online via Zoom
RSVP: Via the form by 5pm Van couver time\, Monday October 5th\, 2020
Thank you to all who attended this webinar! The presentation can be viewed on YouTube here.
Details:
W ith thousands of years of continuous history\, China is one of the world’s oldest civilizations. The beauty of Hanzi 漢字\, the traditional form of Chin ese characters\, is worth preserving. The Chinese language is now one of th e most widely spoken languages in the world\, and we are seeing more eager language learners! Students will find that some of the benefits of learning Chinese includes work\, volunteer\, and travel opportunities where you wil l be able to utilize and improve your Chinese skills. Studying overseas wit h the Chinese language program may be one of the most memorable experiences you can have (when it is safe to go abroad again)\, creating new friendshi ps and learning the rich culture and traditions that go with it. Whether yo u are a beginner\, novice or even fluent in Mandarin\, UBC Asian Studies ha s Chinese language courses fit for your level\, offering both non-native an d native speakers courses. Even with remote learning\, you have the chance to use and improve your Mandarin skills through interactions with your cour ses\, peers and beyond.
Find out about even more exciting ways to lea rn Chinese such as the Chinese Speech Contest and going abroad with Li-jung Lee (UBC Visiting Lecturer\, Chinese Language)\, Jennifer Packet (BIE’19\, Senior Analyst at KPMG Canada) and Liam LaForce (Political Science/International Relation s student minoring in Chinese Language and Culture). Prepare any q uestions you have for our panelists and get ready to get motivated in learn ing Chinese!
Key Takeaways:
A
ydin Quach\, 3rd year\, Double majoring in Honours History with Internation
al Relations and Chinese Language and Culture
Aydin Qu
ach is a 3rd-year undergraduate student double majoring in Honours History
with International Relations and Chinese Language and Culture. He is also c
urrently a Teaching Assistant for the Chinese Language Program.
Born i
n Vancouver Canada\, his parents both come from overseas Chinese communitie
s in Southeast Asia (His father was born in Vietnam and his mother hails fr
om Brunei). At home\, he speaks Cantonese and Hakka -- minority dialects of
Chinese. Aydin’s areas of research is in global Chinese migrations. A core
leading question is: What does it mean to be Chinese? More broadly\, how d
o Overseas Chinese fit into the Chinese identity?
Li-jung Lee\, UBC Visiting Lecturer\, Chinese Language<
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Li- jung Lee is a visiting lecturer of Chinese and she is awarded "2019/20 Lecturer of the Year" in the Department of Asian Studies. She teaches non-h eritage Chinese and heritage Chinese courses. Before joining the Department of Asian Studies at UBC\, she taught Chinese at Wake Forest University in North Carolina\, USA\, and developed a new proficiency test and learning ma terials at the Division of Research and Development in the Steering Committ ee for the test of Proficiency – Huayu in Taiwan.
Li-Jung believes le arning should be meaningful and fun. It will help learners overcome their f rustrations and make them become life-long learners. For her\, the satisfac tion of teaching is that students immerse themselves in Chinese happily and share their ideas with people in Chinese confidently.
Je
nnifer Packet\, BIE'19\, Senior Analyst at KPMG Canada
Jennifer Packet gradu ated from UBC last year in International Economics. Jennifer is half Chines e and half Canadian\, and can speak Mandarin and Cantonese. She started lea rning Mandarin when she was 13\, and began taking Chinese classes with the UBC Chinese Language program since her first year of university\, and conti nued until graduation. Throughout her years at UBC\, Jennifer had the oppor tunity to intern in Hong Kong\, Shanghai and Shenzhen\, and took a Chinese Summer Langauge program at Peking University in Beijing. She also had the u nique experience of participating in the Chinese Bridge language proficienc y competition in Hunan last year. Since graduation\, Jennifer competed in t he Miss Chinese Vancouver Pageant and was crowned the champion in December 2019. Currently\, Jennifer works at KPMG as a Global Transfer Pricing and E conomic Services specialist.
Check out Jennifer's story about her Chi nese language learning journey below!
http s://youtu.be/VLAwbj8lzU4
Liam LaForce\, 4th-year Political Sci
ence/International Relations student\, minoring in Chinese Language and Cul
ture
Liam LaForce is a 4th year student studying Political S cience/ International Relations with a minor in Asian Language and Culture with a focus in China. Liam has previous spent four months traveling and ea ting around China\, and most recently participated in the 2019 GoGlobal Pro gram Learning in a Living Classroom in Taiwan. After graduation\, Liam is p lanning to return to Taiwan through Taiwanese government programs to live a nd study for six to twelve months. Liam enjoys learning about new cultures through traveling and food.
Liam and Teacher Lee at a d inner during the Living Classroom in Taiwan (Go Global Program) in 2019
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