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Communicate Across Borders
at the Department of
Malaysian Languages & Applied Linguistics
BAC H E LO R I N C H I N ES E
L A N G UA G E A N D
L I N G U I S T I C S
W hy o p t fo r t h is
p ro g ra m m e ?
"The age of China is now – the next
generation of leaders needs the
knowledge, networks and depth of
understanding to take full advantage
of the vast opportunities that China
presents. It wasn’t until I travelled to
China and did business there that I
realised the gaps in my knowledge.”
Sir Tom HUNTER
Founding Partner, West Coast Capital
To be able to communicate fluently in
Chinese means you are able to
connect with over one fifth of the
people on this planet. Yes, Chinese is
the most widely spoken first language.
Mandarin Chinese is the mother
tongue of over 873 million people,
making it the most widely spoken first
language in the world. In addition to
the People’s Republic of China and
Taiwan, Mandarin Chinese is also
spoken in important and influential
Chinese communities of Indonesia,
Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei,
and the Philippines.
