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Chinese Hall is sponsored by the
department of Modern Languages in conjunction with Residential Life and is
housed on McLean 3rd. Students must be currently enrolled in a Chinese
language course to live on this hall. Applications are made through the
Department of Modern Languages.
The Language Learning Community at Trinity is a …
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Living laboratory for the speaking of foreign languages
This is
the main purpose of our language floors, but the needs and requirements
differ among languages.
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Venue for cultural activities
We
request that our liaisons organize one cultural activity every week. This
usually includes a monthly movie viewing, sometimes with faculty
introduction and discussion. There is also usually a once a month study
break with refreshments. Other activities include faculty lectures on
literature, politics, religion, etc.; dance performances; cooking classes
(very popular); and field trips to SAMA, restaurants, cultural tours, etc.
In addition, other student organizations sometimes hold their activities at
Prassel, such as the annual Moon Festival of the Chinese Culture Club.
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Home for international students
As our
international student body grows, we want them to have the opportunity to
room with American students studying the languages they speak. Since we have
exchange programs with universities in Mexico, Hong Kong, and Taiwan, we
regularly house about a half dozen new students every semester from these
schools. This has been very successful on the Chinese floor because native
speakers of Chinese are few on campus.
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Home for returning study abroad students
One of
the biggest complaints from students returning from study abroad is the lack
of speaking opportunities. The language floor satisfies this need by placing
upper division students of the language and international students in close
proximity with students who return with good speaking proficiency.
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Location for tutors and language tables
Language
tables are usually convened on upper campus as a convenience to faculty
members, but some language tables are staffed by international students. Our
foreign language tutors are hired mainly from our pool of exchange students,
but also from the general international student body. When tutors and table
monitors are students, the Language Floor is a good alternative for tutor
sessions and language tables.
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