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China university offers course pushing students to call strangers to build confidence, social skills

South China Morning PostPeople's Republic of China

China university offers course pushing students to call strangers to build confidence, social skills

An unconventional course at prestigious Nanjing University encourages students to call strangers to hone their social skills, challenging the traditional value of “do more, speak less”. At the top-tier institution in Jiangsu province, eastern China, former television producer and director Xu Kai launched a course called “Oral Expression” in 2015. Over the years, it has become one of the students’ favourite public courses. The course includes a legendary assignment: students must call a stranger...

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