我们的学生及校友

When I first began my time at 国外博彩app, I knew that I would study Spanish. Prior to my time in the University I had studied Spanish for a cumulative seven years, but I had not yet achieved anything close to fluency. The Spanish major at 国外博彩app really changed that for me.

I spent four years doing my best to grasp at something that would be close to fluency. The caring and familial nature of the Spanish department allowed me to grow. 当然, this started with basic Spanish courses that covered simple grammar, but eventually I found myself going abroad to expand my skills. 我在墨西哥的普埃布拉(Puebla)呆了六个月. After going abroad I was communicating on a level that I had never dreamed of before. This skill stayed with me through my professional career as well.

迈克尔Ninen

BA, Spanish and International Studies; minor, Latin American Studies 2020

Learning Chinese has led to deep personal reflection of how my words, 甚至到词序和时态, 影响了我要说的话, 口头和内部. When I studied linguistics in my history capstone, being able to relate our studies to Chinese made me ponder how accurate (or not) those theories were.

当我写诗的时候, my inquiries about the possibilities and limitations for making meaning in English are informed by Chinese sentence structures. While working in the field of AI equity and technology policy, Chinese challenges me to think about how the dominance of English language is impacting technologies that are supposed to be meant for everyone. I’m thankful to Feng Laoshi for being a great professor throughout my time learning Chinese at SU!

瑟瑞娜Oduro

BA, 历史和汉语辅修, 工商管理, 哲学, 《国外博彩app》

Learning the basic skill to converse in our daily life was fun, but memorizing characters in Mandarin when it comes to reading and writing was a burden for me at first. 然而, the more I learn and immerse myself in the world of Mandarin, the more I found those characters are fascinating in their own way. Each character/radical has its own story and distinct association with the Chinese’s life.

As I want to learn more about the Chinese culture, reading and writing was no longer a burden for me, especially when I can learn such beautiful and appealing behind-the-scene story of the characters and how it directly reflects the people’s life.

This experience of taking Mandarin classes at 国外博彩app has fully aided my personal development as I learn and understand more about Chinese culture.

阮涛

BA, Marketing and minor in Mandarin Chinese 2020

Studying Mandarin Chinese at 国外博彩app taught me valuable life skills, 我很高兴我选择辅修它! 

I am currently a middle school teacher in Hawai’i. I originally took Mandarin because it is my mother’s first language, and I wanted to learn more so that I could speak it with her and my relatives in Taiwan. The professors were very encouraging and my classmates were friendly and helpful.

The courses taught me important skills in Mandarin such as listening, 说话, reading and writing and I learned useful vocabulary I can use in the real world. You do not need to have any background in the language at all in order to minor in it! Studying a language taught me better study skills, organization tactics and time management.

埃琳娜·彭德尔顿

BA, English/Creative Writing and minor in Mandarin Chinese 2019

硕士，教学2020

I graduated from 国外博彩app with a BA in Spanish and French in 2011. 作为一名本科生, 我在格拉纳达留学, Spain and became curious about the history of the city.

大四的时候，我选修了两门博士的课程. 中世纪西班牙之战. The opportunity to combine my language studies with the history of a place that I had grown to love sparked interests that I’ve been chasing ever since.