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Chinese Corner

Join students and teachers to practice Chinese in a fun, informal setting! Chinese Corner is a casual discussion group open to Chinese speakers of all levels from beginning to advanced. We meet weekly to provide an opportunity for students to improve their conversational Chinese, make friends, and enjoy Chinese snacks!

(When we say all levels, we mean all levels! Don't be nervous to stop by, no matter your experience. This is a place to grow your speaking confidence and get more comfortable using the language in conversation.)

Summer 2020

In accordance with University recommendations regarding COVID-19, Chinese Corner has gone digital!

Join our our weekly Zoom calls by following the links below:

During the summer months, we will host digital Chinese Corner twice a week.

Tuesdays, 2:30-3:30PM https://utah.zoom.us/j/94046274156

Thursdays, 3:30-4:30PM https://utah.zoom.us/j/95821360545

Starting Thursday, May 14, 2020: Cook with Chinese Corner! 

There are many things we miss about seeing our students in person, but we especially miss sharing lots of snacks! Over the summer, we want to make sure we're getting good language practice as well as good food, so we are organizing our very first virtual cooking class. We will share simple recipies and ingredients ahead of time, and we will prepare the dish together over Zoom. Use the ingredients you have on hand and join us to create tasty dishes in your own home! 

 

What you need:

  • 葱 green onions
  • 面条 noodles or pasta
  • 酱油  soy sauce
  • 油 cooking oil

What you need:

  • 虾仁 shelled shrimp, 0.5 lbs (sub tofu for vegetarian option)
  • 鸡蛋 eggs, 5
  • 葱 green onions
 

 

Chinese Corner Gallery 

1/23/2020

Highlights from last week’s Chinese Corner, where we celebrated the New Year with a trivia competition! Scores were tight. Things got rowdy, but in a good way that was really conducive to learning new vocabulary!

 

 1/23/2020

First place trivia team

 

 1/23/2020

Second place trivia team

 

 1/23/2020

Third place trivia team

 

10/04/2019

Game Day in Chinese Corner this week! We practiced Chinese by learning how to play mahjong (麻将) and Hanabi (花火卡牌游戏). Want to play with us? Don’t come next week. We’ll be taking next Tuesday (10/8) off for fall break, but you can find us the week after in LNCO lounge! We’d love to see you then. For now, 秋假快乐! Happy Fall Break! 🍂🍂

 students and teachers sit around a long table while talking with each other

 8/27/2019

What a fun group! We had some great conversation during the first Chinese Corner of Fall 2019. If you didn’t make it this week, don’t worry! You can come next week, or the week after, or the week after that. We’ll be in LNCO 2110 every Tuesday from 2-3pm. Come for the language practice, come for the 麻辣花生 (spicy peanuts), or come for both! See you there 🤗 #speakglobal #learnmandarin

4/19/2019

Yesterday was the last day of Chinese Corner for the spring semester! Thank you to all our wonderful students who came out to talk, laugh, and snack each week. If you want to hang out with us (and practice Chinese!) next semester, check our website (or our Instagram) for info about Chinese Corner in the fall. Good luck in finals! #努力学习#learnmandarin #speakglobal#uhumanities

 

1/23/19

今天话题讨论：中国和美国的节日。Today’s Chinese Corner discussion topic is Chinese and American holidays! Stop by CTIHB 201 to learn with us 🇨🇳🇺🇸 #SpeakGlobal#LearnMandarin

 
 1/15/2019

Did you miss hanging out in Chinese Corner as much as we did? Don’t worry — we’re back! Chinese Corner starts TOMORROW! Come chat with us from 3-4pm in CTIHB Rm. 201. Bring yourself, your friends, your classmates. We’ll bring tea and snacks 🍵 #LearnMandarin #SpeakGlobal

 

Last Updated: 5/28/20