China – Chinese Language and Culture (Summer 1)(Closed)
Beijing, China
Dates
- Summer 1 Semester - May 7 - June 14, 2012
Application Deadline
- Summer 1 Semester - January 22, 2012
Description
Information Session: 325BK on 11/1 at 6pm – 7:15pm.
Information Session Thursday, November. 4, 6-7:15 pm 320 Behrakis
Faculty: Prof. Hua Dong, (h.dong@neu.edu)
Program Description:
The language-intensive China Dialogue based in Nanjing offers students a chance to improve their Mandarin proficiency in the best possible way – by speaking it in China. You will not only use it to find your way around some of the most famous landmarks in the world – the Great Wall and Forbidden City, for example – but in daily interactions with local residents while you live and study Chinese at Nanjing University. Furthermore, you will have the opportunity to use the language you learn in a workplace while you take part in a Chinese internship program related to your specific major. You will also be able to witness first-hand how China’s, environment, culture, economy and politics in both urban and rural areas are being affected by its progress; you will speak with students, business people, activists, workers and artists about their jobs, lives, and perspectives on the issues facing China and its relationship with the world today; all this while putting the Chinese you learn in the classroom to good use.
This course provides intensive Chinese language training, cultural studies and internship opportunities in China. Students will take Chinese classes 20 hours/week, and intern in a Chinese company or institution for 10-15 hours/week. Placement of internship will try to match students' field of study, skills and interests, and cover a wide range of sectors such as marketing, finance and banking, real estate, engineering, tourism, NGOs, education, media and publishing. Students will typically have four hours of language classes in the morning (two hours of instruction and two hours of drills), and be paired up with Chinese college students for an hour-long language partner program in the evening. For two afternoons in a week, students will take cultural classes, such as taichi and Chinese painting and calligraphy. For the other three afternoons, students will be engaged in dialogues with leading businesspeople, scholars, journalists, artists, and their peer students. We will also visit NGOs, migrant schools, companies run by Chinese and expatriates, before the students start their own internship in the afternoons of the last two weeks.
The language training is embedded in the Chinese setting, amounting to one semester of classroom learning at the Northeastern University. Besides daily classes and one-on-one language partners, students will have the opportunity to experience the daily lives and customs of Chinese by spending a week living with a local family. The host family will provide the student with dinner, lodging, cultural exposure, and, depending on the location, transportation to and from campus.
The program will be based in Nanjing, a historic city with long and influential history as the capital of six dynasties, and is only two hours by train north of Shanghai. The program will also visit historic, political, and cultural sites in Beijing, Shanghai and Nanjing.
Check out the daily blog sites, http://neuinchina2011.blogspot.com for 2011, and http://neuinchina.blogspot.com for 2010, for details.
Courses: TBD
Courses
- CHNS 1301/1302/2301/2302/3301/3302 Chinese Language Immersion (multiple levels)
- INTL 4944 Dialogue of Civilzations: Globalization, Humanities and Culture
Eligibility Requirements
One semester of prior Chinese language study. GPA 2.75 and above.
Application Procedure
- Online Faculty- Led application (application open 10/17 - 11/18)
- Upload one unofficial transcript
- Upload one copy of passport ID page
- Upload essay questions
- Faculty may require additional information and/or interview (after application deadline)
Cost
$9,460 plus possible additional accommodation charge.
Accommodations
Standard double rooms in hotels and well-operated student dorms. Students will be staying at hotels in Beijing and Shanghai, and in a campus dormitory for most of the time at Nanjing University, plus a week stay with host families.