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乔治华盛顿大学中文硕士项目2024招收研究生

MA Program in Chinese Language and Culture 

oin the George Washington University’s MA Program in Chinese Language and Culture, the only program of its kind in the Washington, D.C. area! We invite college graduates interested in learning Chinese language & culture to apply for our 2024 MA program. Attached please find the flyers and learn more about the program here .

Next Tuesday, November 17th, at 1:00 PM (EST), George Washington University will be hosting a Graduate Application Open House online. All attendees will have their application fees waived. Feel free to learn more about the application requirements here.

If you have any questions, feel free to reach out to our Director of Graduate Studies, Prof. Liana Chen, at liachen@email.gwu.edu, or the Chinese Department Coordinator, Hang Zhang, at hangz@email.gwu.edu.

The goal of the project is to produce an authoritative book that covers the research achievements of the field of Chinese as a Second/Foreign Language from a linguistics perspective that can help and promote further research in the field and advance the development of Chinese language teaching methodology. The book will serve not only as a reference book but also as a possible textbook for MA and PhD programs in Chinese as a Second/Foreign Language at universities all over the world. A unique feature of the book is that chapters are written by internationally recognized scholars from all over the world. In most chapters a Chinese and a non-Chinese scholar are paired to produce the text, which helps to give a board research perspective to every topic addressed in the book.

The Global Chinese Education Development Initiative

On October 24th Istvan Kecskes, President of the CASLAR Association signed the Global Chinese Education Development Initiative proposed by ISCLT (International Society of Chinese Language Teaching) at a virtual meeting on October 17th, 2020. The CASLAR Association was one of the 16 invited international organizations on Chinese as a Foreign and/or Second Language that were invited to the meeting. The Global Chinese Education Development Initiative aims to create conditions for bilateral and multilateral cooperation between international Chinese education institutions, sharing resources, and providing more professional and direct help to Chinese learners all over the world. The CASLAR Association strongly supports these endeavors.