Studying a third language through a second: Senior Yue Huang on her BU experience

Jenny Mackintosh — Tue, 17 May 2011 13:46:26 +0000

Senior Yue Huang (COM’11) traveled from her home in Beijing to Boston University, and quickly learned that although she knew English, her American slang could use some work. She didn’t stop there — using her second language to learn her third (Spanish), and eventually her fourth (French). In Points of Departure, Huang talks about growing up in the newsroom, and how languages help her break down barriers to communicate as a journalist:

Visit Yue Huang’s BU Today feature.

Visit the Points of Departure landing page to hear more stories from BU seniors.

G-20 to deal with global recovery

Dick Taffe — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 20:02:32 +0000

Next week’s meeting of the Group of 20 industrial nations in Toronto will face competing efforts to deal with the fragile global economic recovery. International relations Professor Kevin Gallagher, currently a visiting professor at Tsinghua University in Beijing, writes in a Financial Times commentary that developing a sovereign debt crisis management regime should be at the top of the G-20′s agenda.

“The overarching goal of such an effort should be to strike a single global standard for balanced and timely restructuring that satisfies the needs of creditors while enabling debtor nations the ability to recover and grow. This is where the G20 can make its mark.”

Contact Kevin Gallagher, 617-353-9348, kpg@bu.edu

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Studying a third language through a second: Senior Yue Huang on her BU experience

G-20 to deal with global recovery