Continuous Opportunities

Over the past year, I have loved my experience taking Chinese at Trinity. Between learning a lot and meeting a lot of great people, I have become exposed to the various opportunities that Trinity offers its Chinese-language students. 

One of the opportunities that I was most impressed by was that it offers its students a "Chinese Hall". This is a community-living hall within the freshman dorm of McLean, and it is open to anyone who is currently studying Chinese (or Japanese and Korean) or anyone who is a native-Chinese speaker. 

Besides living with others who share the same passion for learning Chinese, the Chinese hall puts on various activities that are open to the entire campus. For example, while the Chinese 1 students were studying the food unit in class, the Chinese hall got together and made dumplings. This event was open to all, and provided an opportunity for anyone to learn more about the Chinese culture. 

All in all, after learning about this community-living hall that Trinity offers to its students, the Trinity language department stood out more than ever before in my eyes. While Trinity may not have the "best" (technically, not in our students' eyes) or the "biggest" Chinese program, in my opinion it is the most well-rounded and also, provides the best and most beneficial opportunities to its students.