Twice a week he attends classes on language, culture, politics and new media at Beijing's Renmin University of China, as he works towards a master's degree in communication.
As part of Stanford's annual Splash! program, I taught an introductory class on natural language processing to school kids, titled "Teaching Languages to Machines" on Saturday, April 17 , 2010
They can also sign up for special events, such as a murder mystery staged in the hotel or a class on the language of wine at the wine bar.
In the spring semester, Gordin co-taught a class on constructed languages with classics professor Joshua Katz.
Another very helpful class is the one focused on language and culture, which may be offered in anthropology or sociology departments, especially if no linguistics department exists.
Their classes on Chinese language and culture are often benign.
It has also led to the creation of places like Ryukyu Hall, a privately run school that opened last year and offers classes on Okinawan language and culture.
David L. Miller, the prison superintendent, said about 150 inmates regularly attended services or classes on Arabic language, Muslim tradition and the Koran.
JRR Tolkien taught Old Norse alongside Anglo-Saxon at Oxford university, giving lectures and classes on Norse language and literature for at least 13 years.
Of all the new AP courses, certainly Chinese shows the most promise for growth". In the Senate, the Foreign Relations Committee is considering a proposal to allocate $1.3 billion to boost classes on Chinese language and culture in public schools, and China, too, is doing its part, said Michael Levine, education director at the Asia Society in New York City.
