STUDENTS TAKE PLUNGE INTO CHINESE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00001R000400280011-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: November 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 26, 2000
• Sequence Number: 11
• Publication Date: June 26, 1965
• Content Type: NSPR

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its- JIJD[ BUERRER use. of Yale University's text- ' Madeleine Delker, a senior at experience of learning the mean
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FAIR>;'AX - Twenty-one high .. One student, Dan Whitaker, a '? thought that learning the. cbar- :, foreign. to their own, Sargenti
school seniors completed the 'senior at J.E.B. Stuart High acters Is the most difficult part said. t
first week of the Chinese Sum- School, said he thinks the lan- of the course. ; Understanding the character'
mer Institute Friday and ex- 1
guage is the more challenging CONCERNING the history :and personality is the second obi
pressed enthusiasm for the, 6-, part of the course. and culture studies, Madeleine jective, followed by creatingt
..week course - the. only such "It's fascinating. Our -text . said the techniques being used 'an awareness of the' impor-`
course offered In the country book relates the characters to . make the course "uncluttered" tance of China - the largest
in a, public school, system. -,,Roman letters and shows us :with dates and details. The em-' 'world power today on the basis.
Dr. Cylde B. Sargent, direc- how to speak and write them,," phasis is on the Chinese people ', of
population." for of the program, said that ' Dan said, and their deeply-embedded
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developing the course he has . "Some characters _.represent.. tore, she said., ' 7. China is becoming a major pow-,
"abandoned the traditional. 'syllables; sometimes they are.". Eighteen lecturers will visit ..er dominating U. S. foreign pal-.
methods" of teaching and combined to, represent words., ' the class during the summer to icy. It's my belief that It's, crirhJ'f
; Instead is using a more sophis- The character Is the Idea and speak on various aspects of the finally negligent not to educate
ticated approach typical in -, the tone of voice can change the .:.Chinese people, history and cul- the young people of the imporNt
graduate schools. meaning ofthe, character," he ture. ,-'tance of China," he said.
DR. SARGENT recently retir- said. - Dr. Sargent said the theme of The final objective will per.'
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guage and area studies concern- mean woman or horse, depend- pie." the values of others. "We may 1
Ing China and other Far East- big on the tone of voice. "This will include studying'- each find certain things chat
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ern countries for about 30 years. "It's not as difficult as I. the human and natural factors acteristlc of Chinese people that -
The new technique Is primarl- ' thought. It would be. The sen- that have molded the Chinese ''will be helpful to us."
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'dialect of the Chinese language, ' Woodson High School, called the Chinese civilization, such as so- ca and other places where stu
Mrs. Chauan Ouyang Chau,. language ; aspect of the course 'cial - organization, the family, - dents can relate their classroom
.-native of China and a language ."difficult because it requires, - political concepts and.organiza- . knowledge to people and' events
r' lecturer at Columbia University; ' concentration every minute." - !tlons, and 'the arts,' literature ? Two textbooks, "The Chang-!
teaches. the written and spoken She said the first week of the " and philosophy," he said. Ing Society. of China" and,
Chinese, 'section. course has been "wonderful" THERE ARE Poutabjeotivee }., "Short History of the Chineset
D RING THE course, the 'and that "I'm amazed at some ' of ? the Institute People" are being used in ad?
students will be taught a basic '.k. the things we've covered so The? first is the general objec.. ? di lon to the Yale Ianguage text.,,
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mended to students,"'"'
ti "We've tried to design the
course around a minimum
-amount of homework, about one-
half hour per day," Sargent
said.
With the "sophisticated" ap-
proach being used in the
in- stitute and the "battery of ? au_
thorities on various Chinese Sub-
jects," Sargent f els the stu-
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dent response has en increas-
ed.
"THE STUDENTS
are very
responsive and are showing- a
great deal ofenthusiasm for the
course
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The. institute will end on July
30 and "graduation" ceremonies
g; are being planned_ "We hop
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.wve
e students put on a
Chinese skit. Trey will be-.prd-
sented some sort of
a certificate
to show they've complgted the
course," he said.
The County School Board had
budget $10,000 for the summer
?'Institute and a continuin,j three-
hour per week language,course
next fall.
After a vote of disfabor b
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the Board of County Supervis
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raised and approved the surhmer
program but decided to. withhold
r' authorization of the . fall .pro-
&am 'undl they reeeivtd an eva.
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