SamoanLanguageTaughtAtPrestigiousChineseUniversity
Source:NEWSLINESAMOA
Date：4June,00
ByStaffWriter
Caption1:FormerlecturerattheNationalUniversityofSamoa,Mr.SetopeSo’oa’emalelagiandnowwiththeBeijingForeignStudiesUniversity（北京外国语大学）,China.
Caption:FilephotoofaChineseexpatriatelecturerandhisfamilyattheConfuciusInstituteundertheNationalUniversityofSamoa（萨摩亚国立大学孔子学院）,blendsinattheopeningofthePacificGames（太平洋运动会开幕式）inApia.
TheSamoanlanguageisbeingtaughtthisyearasafullyaccreditedcourseattheprestigiousBeijingForeignStudiesUniversityinChina.
SamoanisoneofsevenPacificlanguagesChinaisrunning,forthefirsttimeatthetertiaryleveloutsideofawesterncountryaspartofitsdiplomaticpushintheregion.
FormerlecturerattheNationalUniversityofSamoa,Mr.SetopeSo’oa’emalelagi,isrunningtheSamoanlanguage,cultureandhistorycourse.
RadioAustralia’sPacificBeatrecentlyreportedthathewasduetostartlastFebruaryinBeijingbutwasholidayinginNewZealandwhereheisstrandedbythecoronaviruspandemic.
So’oa’emalelagi,however,hasbeenhostingonlinelessonstohis51enrolledChinesestudentsfromNewZealandtogetaroundthetravelrestrictions.
HetoldradioAustraliathatastheteacherhefeelslikeapioneersettingupatwo-wayculturalbridgebetweenthetwocountries.
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