Cantonese Speakers’ Secrets of Learning Mandarin: Two Students’ Stories
Over the past years, the UBC Chinese Language Program (CLP) has been dedicated to embracing the diversity of its learners’ linguistic and cultural backgrounds. The Program strives to create a more welcoming environment for its multifaceted heritage students’ learning experience and outcomes by encirching and renovating its curricula and learning materials as well as adopting such innovative pedagogical strategies as differentiated and collaborative learning.
An Edutaining Night for Mandarin Learners: Recapping the “2021 Online Game Night” at the Chinese Language Program
Education through entertainment, or edutainment, has become an increasingly important learning method for students to grasp a foreign language. During the process of language learning, it is pivotal that students enjoy their learning experiences and get motivated to achieve goals in relaxing contexts.
A Panel to Their Heart: Promoting Mental Wellness among Heritage Mandarin Learners
This October, the CLP hosted a panel titled “A Panel to Your Heart: Promoting Mental Wellbeing of Heritage Mandarin Learners” for heritage Mandarin learners and their family members in acknowledgement of these learners’ unique mental health challenges.
A Creative and Interactive Mid-Autumn Celebration: Recapping the “2021 Virtual Mooncake Maker with Your Own Works” Event
This year, to create an immersive experience of both the Mid-Autumn Festival and its associated food cultures online, the UBC Chinese Language Program held the “2021 Virtual Mooncake Maker with Your Own Works” event.
To Think and to Transcend: Introducing the UBC Student Association of Sinology, a Newly Constituted UBC AMS Club
The UBC Student Society of Sinology, or UBC Student Association of Sinology (USAS) as registered at AMS, is led by a group of dedicated students who work to create a platform for research and discussion on Chinese literature as well as cultures.
Asian Studies PhD Student Haoyue Li Receives Award at the American Oriental Society Western Branch 2021 Conference
Asian Studies doctoral student Haoyue Li recently received one of three Graduate Student Awards for her paper “The Insight of Nose: Odours, Sentiments, and Memory in Qian Qianyi (1582-1664) and other Late-Ming Loyalists’ Writings.”
Templating Chinese Literature: The TLEF Template Project for Chinese Literature Courses at the Chinese Language Program
Dr. Xiaowen Xu and her team designed eight Canvas templates for the literature courses in the Chinese Language Program.
Cultivating Dedication in the Chinese Language Program: The 2021 Volunteer and TAWL Training Workshop Recap
This year, the Chinese Language Program held its annual Volunteer and TAWL Training Workshop on Saturday, September 11.
A virtual speaker series: Indigenous Taiwan: Transpacific Connections
A series of conversations with writers and filmmakers who have been at the forefront of sharing Indigenous Taiwan with the world.