Mari Noda: Learning a new language is performing as a believable, intelligent person in a culture
Mari Noda, professor in Japanese in the Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures, is a specialist in East Asian language pedagogy and is primarily interested in curriculum, material development, and assessment. She seeks to help students not only understand a language but to use that language as a mechanism to participate in the culture. For more of her discussion with David Staley, listen to this week's Voices of Excellence
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