A Guide to Majoring and Minoring in Asian Studies
Interested in declaring a major or minor in Asian Studies and curious where to start? Look no further! Here’s our start-up guide to declaring a program in Asian Studies and figuring out which track is right for you.
The 34th Annual BC Japanese Speech Contest Recap
The annual Japanese speech contest was held in person on March 5 at the Asian Centre Auditorium in UBC, with 19 UBC students competing as finalists. The finalists were: Kristy Han, Karli Messer, Jack Peters, Chenghao Wang, Michelle Anne Cheng, Tomoki Jia, Serena Chen, Vandhana Kammampati, Rui Li, Ingrid Abigail Mas, Luna Qi, Astoria Tai, Richard Wu, Xinyue Wu, Yinan Zhu, Johnny Chen, Yuval Kehila, Ryan Sum, and Tielia Young.
More Than One Way to Be a Tiger: Experiencing the 2022 Lunar New Year with “Tiger Power”
The “Tiger Power” event presents an opportunity to extend the Mandarin-learning community beyond academia into friendship and familial life.
Appreciating Poetry with the Community: Two Community Outreach Events through Classical Chinese Poetry
The UBC Chinese Language Program (CLP) not only offers a wide range of courses on the poetic corpuses, but also extends its reach to wider learning communities through the literary resonance of classical Chinese poems.
Poetic Empathy Across Time: 2021 Chia-ying Yeh & Minsheng Scholarship Winner Liu Xinyuan
Liu Xinyuan, a 3rd-year Asian Language & Culture (Chinese Literature) major and Visual Arts minor at UBC, recently won the 2021 Chia-ying Yeh & Minsheng Scholarship, who was also the only recipient hailing from a university in North America.
Cross-University Community Building via Singing: A Recap of the 2021 BC Chinese Bridge Mandarin Singing Contest
The 2021 BC Chinese Bridge Mandarin Singing Contest, organized by the UBC Chinese Language Program (CLP), drew a successful conclusion in December 2021.
Asian Studies Ph.D. student Minoru Takano Accepted by the 2021 China Studies Program Online Joint Research Ph.D. Fellowship
Congratulations to Asian Studies doctoral student, Minoru Takano who was recently accepted by the 2021 China Studies Program (CSP) Online Joint Research Ph.D. Fellowship.
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.