大家好！Welcome to the first ever letter from the editor of Western Washington University’s brand new student run multilingual magazine, 镜 (Jìng – Mirror). As the first Executive Editor, please allow me to introduce the concept for our magazine.
The core purpose of 镜 is to showcase and promote the activities of the Modern and Classical Languages Department and its students. While core content will be related to department activities, anyone in our community of language learners is welcome to submit contributions to our magazine. As long as the content is related to language learning, our editors will review submissions and work with creators to get their work published. Not only academic articles are welcome, but also short stories, poetry, comics, artwork, and multimedia such as videos or audio.
Though for the time being we are focusing on Chinese program related content, if you are interested in being involved as an editor or regular contributor for another language, please reach out! If there is enough interest we are open to expanding the to other languages in future quarters.
Content of all levels of learning is welcome and appreciated here. We are about progress, not perfection. I myself am currently only in the first year of the Chinese program pursuing the minor. Even if our editors are not yet advanced enough to assist or critique a complex translation, we can help find resources to review pieces above our level and work with creators on an individual basis.
We are very excited to start creating content related to all facets of the language learning programs here at Western, and I look forward to reading, hearing, and seeing your submissions!