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Updated: Tuesday, October 14, 2008 at 7:23am

Yale doesn’t do Chinese language justice

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Tilting at Windmills
Published Wednesday, September 5, 2007
The Chinese language must be considered among the greatest creations of mankind. Too few Yalies will appreciate this while fulfilling their language requirement. Sure, one can take Chinese 115 and 130. After four semesters of all-consuming memorization and tonal training, one will have gained little more than simple conversation skills. But this isn’t studying the Chinese language.
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