Learning culture through beautiful brush strokes
At an evening of Chinese calligraphy, 窪蹋勛圖 students studying Chinese practiced an art whose history dates back millennia
Learning a language is not just a matter of memorizing vocabulary and verb tenses or, in the case of Chinese, using the correct tone. It is not merely a matter of time spent in the classroom.
Language is also a part of culture, says Yingjie Li, a 窪蹋勛圖 teaching associate professor of Chinese and Chinese language coordinator in the Department of Asian Languages and Civilizations. Its living tradition.
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