Spring 2027

Fourth Semester Asian Language for Graduate Students

A graduate-level fourth-semester course in a selected Asian language that combines departmental language instruction with research-linked materials, reflection on language-learning goals, and regular instructor or supervisor meetings.

offering recorded4 credits
Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 Naomi Geyer4.0/5Muhammad Asif4.0/5Weihua Zhu3.9/5 +4 more

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2022: 3.71 GPA, 85.7% A/AB (n=7 letter grades).

What you’ll be able to do

  • Participate with ease and confidence in conversations on familiar topics and some topics beyond their everyday life.

  • Talk about events and experiences in various time frames.

  • Make presentations in a generally organized way on school, work, and community topics using various time frames.

  • Write some simple paragraphs about events and experiences in various time frames.

  • Recognize the main idea in messages, presentations, and texts on a variety of topics related to everyday life and personal interests and studies.

  • Realize a few details of what is overheard in conversations, even when something unexpected is expressed.

  • Follow stories and descriptions about events and experiences in various time frames in the target language.

Source: UW Guide

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Professors

Spring 2027

Naomi Geyer

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Raw average: 4.30/5 from 27 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 — Spring 2022: 3.25 GPA, 50.0% A/AB (n=2 letter grades). Includes jointly taught sections.

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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: 4.38/5 from 8 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 — Spring 2022: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=1 letter grades). Includes jointly taught sections.

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Raw average: 4.50/5 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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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2022: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=1 letter grades).

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Raw average: 3.92/5 from 12 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 — Spring 2022: 3.83 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=3 letter grades). Includes jointly taught sections.

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Historical instructors & teaching patterns

BYUNG-JIN LIM is recorded teaching in Spring 2022. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

CHOUA LEE is recorded teaching in Spring 2025. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

ERLIN BARNARD is recorded teaching in Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024, Spring 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

HONG DINH is recorded teaching in Spring 2024, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

MUHAMMAD ASIF is recorded teaching in Spring 2023, Spring 2024, Spring 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

NAOMI F. GEYER is recorded teaching in Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024, Spring 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

WEIHUA ZHU is recorded teaching in Spring 2020, Spring 2022, Spring 2024, Spring 2025, Spring 2026. 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

Spring 2027

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SectionModeEnrolled / capacityWaitlist
LEC 013Classroom Instruction0 / 200
LEC 003Classroom Instruction0 / 200
LEC 001Classroom Instruction0 / 200
LEC 020Classroom Instruction0 / 200
LEC 002Classroom Instruction0 / 100
LEC 050Classroom Instruction0 / 200
LEC 045Online Only0 / 10
LEC 012Classroom Instruction0 / 200
LEC 060Classroom Instruction0 / 50
LEC 030Classroom Instruction0 / 50

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Student experience

the class

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2022: 3.71 GPA, 85.7% A/AB (n=7 letter grades).

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Topics

  • Fourth-semester study of an Asian language such as Burmese, Chinese, Filipino, Hindi, Hmong, Indonesian, Japanese, Khmer, Korean, Persian, Sanskrit, Thai, Tibetan, Urdu, or Vietnamese.
  • Conversational participation on familiar and some beyond-everyday topics.
  • Speaking about events and experiences across various time frames.
  • Organized presentations on school, work, and community topics.
  • Writing simple paragraphs about events and experiences.
  • Listening comprehension of main ideas, details, and unexpected content in spoken language.
  • Following stories and descriptions in the target language.
  • Developing research-linked language materials and reflecting on language-learning goals.

Skills

  • Confident conversation in the target language on familiar and some extended topics.
  • Describing events and experiences using various time frames.
  • Delivering generally organized presentations on school, work, and community topics.
  • Writing simple paragraphs about events and experiences.
  • Identifying main ideas in messages, presentations, and texts related to everyday life, personal interests, and studies.
  • Recognizing details in overheard conversations, including unexpected expressions.
  • Following narratives and descriptions about events and experiences in the target language.
  • Creating fieldwork interview scripts, simple research proposals, and other intermediate target-language materials tied to research goals.

Grades

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Sources & history

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Catalog & offerings

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ASIALANG 358 · Spring 2027

Fourth Semester Asian Language for Graduate Students

Recorded 2026-10-14
ASIALANG 358 · Spring 2027

Fourth Semester Japanese

Recorded 2026-10-14
ASIALANG 358 · Spring 2027

Fourth Semester Vietnamese

Recorded 2026-10-14
ASIALANG 358 · Spring 2027

Fourth Semester Hindi-Urdu

Recorded 2026-10-14
ASIALANG 358 · Spring 2027

Fourth Semester Chinese

Recorded 2026-10-14
ASIALANG 358 · Spring 2027

Fourth Semester Korean

Recorded 2026-10-14
ASIALANG 358 · Spring 2027

Fourth Semester Hmong

Recorded 2026-10-14
ASIALANG 358 · Spring 2027

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Recorded 2026-10-14

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