Name That Tone

 

Joined by ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ Fall Semester Abroad Program participants, first-graders in China’s Long Bow Village practice the four tones of Mandarin pronunciation. To assess the transformation of Chinese village life, ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ students and professors often visit Long Bow, first described in 1948 by writer William Hinton and again in the 1980s by his daughter, documentary filmmaker Carma Hinton. From left: Brett Hine ’08 (hidden), Gregory Gersuk ’08, Professor of Economics Maggie Maurer-Fazio, Carson Lappetito ’08, Chase Larson ’09, William Armstrong ’07, and Hwei Ling Ng ’09. Photograph by Professor of Chinese Shuhui Yang, program codirector with Maurer-Fazio.