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Washington University in St. Louis - Asian and Near Eastern Languages and Literatures

Washington University in St. Louis - Asian and Near Eastern Languages and Literatures

Washington University in St. Louis - Asian and Near Eastern Languages and Literatures

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The Language
Chinese (Zhongwen) is the only modern language that combines both meaning and pronunciation clues into its written characters. Chinese characters are not only aesthetically beautiful—Chinese calligraphy holds a central place in world art—but until recent centuries, more than half of the world’s literature was written in Chinese. Since the written language has changed little over the centuries, once you master a certain number of these characters and understand the basic grammatical rules, you can read not only modern newspapers but also ancient texts such as the Analects of Confucius. Although there are a great number of dialects in China, at Washington University we teach the standard spoken form of modern Chinese, also known as Mandarin. Our classes are small (limited to 15 students) and all our teachers are professionally trained in language pedagogy. All share the goal of encouraging communicative proficiency and cultural competence from the first day in the language classroom.




(314) 935-5156

Campus Box 1111
One Brookings Drive
St. Louis, Missouri MO 63130-4899
United States

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