Third Semester Asian Language for Graduate Students

Third-semester graduate course covering one of fifteen Asian languages, including coursework, research-linked materials, and reflection on language learning goals.

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Summary

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Past student reviews · Weihua Zhu

The workload included daily assignments that typically required 20–30 minutes to complete, alongside unit tests administered every two units.

What you’ll be able to do

  • Convey the main idea and some information on familiar topics from sentences and series of connected sentences within spoken, written, or signed texts in the target language.

  • Communicate information, make presentations, and express their thoughts about familiar topics using sentences and series of connected sentences through spoken, written, or signed language.

  • Participate in spontaneous spoken, written, or signed conversations on familiar topics, creating sentences and series of sentences to ask and answer various questions in the target language.

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Prerequisites

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ASIALANG 356

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Spring 2027

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

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Spring 2027

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Past student reviews · Weihua Zhu

Students described the course as manageable with daily homework taking 20–30 minutes and unit tests every two units.

difficulty & workload

Past student reviews · Weihua Zhu

The workload included daily assignments that typically required 20–30 minutes to complete, alongside unit tests administered every two units.

Past student reviews · Weihua Zhu

A past student noted that while the instructor taught directly on Tuesdays and Thursdays, a TA covered other lectures due to the instructor's commitments.

Topics

  • One of fifteen third-semester Asian languages: Burmese, Chinese, Filipino, Hindi, Hmong, Indonesian, Japanese, Khmer, Korean, Persian, Sanskrit, Thai, Tibetan, Urdu, Vietnamese.
  • Field work interview scripts, simple research proposals, or other intermediate target language materials linked to individual research goals.
  • Reflection in oral discussion and writing on progress towards research and professional language learning goals.
  • Placement test for students with prior experience in the language.

Skills

  • Convey main ideas and information on familiar topics from spoken, written, or signed texts.
  • Communicate information, make presentations, and express thoughts about familiar topics.
  • Participate in spontaneous conversations on familiar topics, asking and answering questions.
  • Develop field work interview scripts, simple research proposals, or other intermediate target language materials.

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