Fall 2026

First Semester Asian Language for Graduate Students

First-semester Asian language study for graduate students, focusing on vocabulary development and reflection on research language goals.

offering recorded4 credits
Recorded instructors · Fall 2026 Takako Nakakubo4.3/5Tianlu Zhang4.2/5Jampa Khedup4.1/5 +11 more

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Recent recorded grades — Fall 2019: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=8 letter grades).

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ASIALANG 355 used by

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Professors

Fall 2026

Takako Nakakubo

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Raw average: 4.86/5 from 22 quality ratings. The adjusted rating blends this with the UW review average (3.66/5), weighted as 20 additional ratings. Smaller samples stay closer to that average. Each captured review is counted once in the prior; this does not correct who chooses to leave a review.

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Recent recorded grades — Fall 2019: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=8 letter grades). Includes jointly taught sections.

Tianlu Zhang

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Raw average: 4.94/5 from 17 quality ratings. The adjusted rating blends this with the UW review average (3.66/5), weighted as 20 additional ratings. Smaller samples stay closer to that average. Each captured review is counted once in the prior; this does not correct who chooses to leave a review.

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Jampa Khedup

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Raw average: 4.50/5 from 18 quality ratings. The adjusted rating blends this with the UW review average (3.66/5), weighted as 20 additional ratings. Smaller samples stay closer to that average. Each captured review is counted once in the prior; this does not correct who chooses to leave a review.

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Raw average: 5.00/5 from 6 quality ratings. The adjusted rating blends this with the UW review average (3.66/5), weighted as 20 additional ratings. Smaller samples stay closer to that average. Each captured review is counted once in the prior; this does not correct who chooses to leave a review.

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Raw average: 5.00/5 from 5 quality ratings. The adjusted rating blends this with the UW review average (3.66/5), weighted as 20 additional ratings. Smaller samples stay closer to that average. Each captured review is counted once in the prior; this does not correct who chooses to leave a review.

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Historical instructors & teaching patterns

ERLIN BARNARD is recorded teaching in Fall 2020, Fall 2021, Fall 2022, Fall 2023, Fall 2024, Fall 2025. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

FATEMEHSADAT MIRSHARIFI is recorded teaching in Fall 2019, Fall 2020, Fall 2021, Fall 2022, Fall 2024, Fall 2025. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

JAMPA KHEDUP is recorded teaching in Fall 2019, Fall 2021, Fall 2025. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

JANPANIT SURASIN is recorded teaching in Fall 2021, Fall 2022, Fall 2023, Fall 2024, Fall 2025. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

MUHAMMAD ASIF is recorded teaching in Fall 2019, Fall 2021, Fall 2022, Fall 2023, Fall 2024, Fall 2025. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

STEVEN GAGNON is recorded teaching in Fall 2024. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

TAKAKO NAKAKUBO is recorded teaching in Fall 2019, Fall 2020, Fall 2021, Fall 2022, Fall 2023, Fall 2024, Fall 2025. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

TIANLU ZHANG is recorded teaching in Fall 2019, Fall 2020, Fall 2022, Fall 2023, Fall 2024, Fall 2025. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Calendar & sections

Fall 2026

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LEC 001Classroom Instruction0 / 200
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LEC 021Classroom Instruction0 / 200
LEC 035Classroom Instruction1 / 100
LEC 030Online Only0 / 150
LEC 040Online Only0 / 50
LEC 045Online Only0 / 150
LEC 025Classroom Instruction0 / 200
LEC 002Classroom Instruction0 / 200
LEC 003Classroom Instruction0 / 200
LEC 010Classroom Instruction1 / 200
LEC 041Classroom Instruction0 / 200
LEC 050Online Only1 / 10
LEC 016Classroom Instruction1 / 20

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Student experience

the class

Recent recorded grades — Fall 2019: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=8 letter grades).

difficulty & workload

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Topics

  • First-semester Asian languages

Skills

  • Developing target language materials linked to research goals
  • Reflecting on progress towards research and professional language learning goals

Grades

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Sources & history

UW–Madison

Catalog & offerings

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Selected offering source records
ASIALANG 355 · Fall 2026

First Semester Asian Language for Graduate Students

Recorded 2026-09-07
ASIALANG 355 · Fall 2026

First Semester Modern Tibetan

Recorded 2026-09-07
ASIALANG 355 · Fall 2026

First Semester Persian

Recorded 2026-09-07
ASIALANG 355 · Fall 2026

First Semester Hindi-Urdu

Recorded 2026-09-07
ASIALANG 355 · Fall 2026

First Semester Japanese

Recorded 2026-09-07
ASIALANG 355 · Fall 2026

First Semester Korean

Recorded 2026-09-07
ASIALANG 355 · Fall 2026

First Semester Filipino

Recorded 2026-09-07
ASIALANG 355 · Fall 2026

First Semester Indonesian

Recorded 2026-09-07
ASIALANG 355 · Fall 2026

First Semester Thai

Recorded 2026-09-07
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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-09-07

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nvidia/Qwen3.6-35B-A3B-NVFP4
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Model & dataset provenance
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