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Humanities Express
- Publisher: College of Humanities of The Ohio State University
- Volume IIII Issue 7
- July 2008
- Humanities Express Home
Humanities Student Spotlight:
Teams from upper-division Chinese, Japanese, and Korean classes, as well as the Chinese Flagship program, competed for bragging rights in the form of original speeches, live and video-produced skits, traditional storytelling, stand-up comedy, classic Chinese performances, and Korean choral performances. A popular challenge is the "Interpretation Shootout," where teams from Chinese 103, 206, Japanese 103, 206, and Korean 103, 206 interpreted from the target language (the language they're studying) to English and vice versa, to help a Chinese speaker and a Korean speaker talk to each other, even though neither understands the other's language.
The day's performances were followed by Chair Mari Noda's announcement of the department's annual student awards. The Tanakadate Aikitu Award for graduate studies in Japanese went to Ying Yu; while Hana Kang was awarded the Tien-yi Li Award for graduate studies in Chinese. David Holzbauer took the Jin Lu Award for undergraduate studies in Chinese; Thomas Laplante, the Miyo Kawai Award for undergraduate studies in Japanese; and Janet Pae the Korean Studies Award for the study of Korean. The recipient of the Atsushi Onoe Memorial Scholarship for the study of Japanese language and culture was Yanfei Zhu from the Department of History of Art.
Scenes from the 2008 DEALL LangFest: a classic Chinese performance and a Korean choral performance
East Asian LangFest Puts Skills to the Test
On the last day of classes of spring quarter 2008, more than 200 students of Chinese, Japanese, and Korean took their skills onstage in the 26th annual Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures' Language Festival. A large audience comprised of students, instructors, faculty, staff, and family members enjoyed a remarkable range of performances.Teams from upper-division Chinese, Japanese, and Korean classes, as well as the Chinese Flagship program, competed for bragging rights in the form of original speeches, live and video-produced skits, traditional storytelling, stand-up comedy, classic Chinese performances, and Korean choral performances. A popular challenge is the "Interpretation Shootout," where teams from Chinese 103, 206, Japanese 103, 206, and Korean 103, 206 interpreted from the target language (the language they're studying) to English and vice versa, to help a Chinese speaker and a Korean speaker talk to each other, even though neither understands the other's language.
The day's performances were followed by Chair Mari Noda's announcement of the department's annual student awards. The Tanakadate Aikitu Award for graduate studies in Japanese went to Ying Yu; while Hana Kang was awarded the Tien-yi Li Award for graduate studies in Chinese. David Holzbauer took the Jin Lu Award for undergraduate studies in Chinese; Thomas Laplante, the Miyo Kawai Award for undergraduate studies in Japanese; and Janet Pae the Korean Studies Award for the study of Korean. The recipient of the Atsushi Onoe Memorial Scholarship for the study of Japanese language and culture was Yanfei Zhu from the Department of History of Art.
