Dr. Shinian Wu presents Linguistic Challenges in Learning Chinese
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Dr. Shinian Wu presents linguistic challenges and cultural congruence in learning Chinese as a second language. His talk will discuss contrasts between Chinese and English, how languages create socio-cognitive processes in language socialization.Dr. Shinian Wu. Professor of English and director of the graduate program in Applied Linguistics, English Department, Grand Valley State University, Michigan. This event is sponsored with the UAA Confucius Institute.
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