Zaozhuang University
| Zaozhuang University | |||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 枣庄学院 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 棗莊學院 | ||||||
| Literal meaning | Zaozhuang College/Educational institute | ||||||
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Zaozhuang University (Chinese: 枣庄学院; lit. 'Zaozhuang College/Educational institute') is a post-secondary educational institution in Zaozhuang, Shandong, China.
History[edit]
Zaozhuang Teacher Training School opened in 1971. The government of Shandong Province converted it to a tertiary institute focused on the education field in 1984. It received its current name in 2004 along with a change into being a general post-secondary college.[1]
In 2018, Zaozhuang University began allowing students to major in Esperanto.[2] In 2023, in all of China, only Zaozhuang University still had a department dedicated to teaching Esperanto. In January 2023, that department had 24 students. That enrollment decreased after a social media influencer mocked the program the following month.[3]
In 2012, a museum to Esperanto (Esperanto Museum) was established at Zaozhuang University.[2]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "Zaozhuang University". China Daily. 2019-05-15. Retrieved 2024-01-06.
- ^ a b Fang, Tianyu (2021-06-24). "Esperanto, China's Surprisingly Prominent Linguistic Subculture is Slowly Dying Out". Radii China. Retrieved 2024-01-06. - Re-posted at the Global Council for Anthropological Linguistics, SOAS University of London.
- ^ He, Kai; Wu, Huiyuan (2023-09-15). "China's Last Esperanto Students". Sixth Tone. Retrieved 2023-01-06.
External links[edit]
- Zaozhuang University (in Chinese)
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