Academics
Calendar
March 15, 2016 (Tuesday) Application deadline
April 1, 2016 (Friday) Payment Deadline
Around May Online placement test
June 11 (Saturday) Arrival Day & airport pick-up
June 12 (Sunday) Orientation & oral interview
June 13 Classes begin
July 8 Midterm exam
July 7 - July 15 Study trip
August 5 Final exam
August 7 Dorm closes
Schedule of Courses
(Mon -Thu)
9:00am-10:20am
Fun Reading & Learning
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Learning new words and grammars
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Paperwork
10:30am-11:20am
Let's Speak Chinese
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Words and grammar practice
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Group conversation
1:00pm-1:50pm or 2:00pm-2:50pm
One-on-one
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Personalized tutoring based on the morning courses
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Final project discussion
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50min/student
3:00pm-4:00pm
Chinese Culture
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Chinese Culture Introduction (Mon)
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Let’s Have Fun (Tue)
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Authentic Chinese (Wed)
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Language Clinic (Thu)
(Friday)
9:00am-10:20am
Weekly Test
Listening + Writing
10:30am-10:45am or 10:45am-11:00am
One-on-one
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Oral practice
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15mins/students
11:10am-12:00pm
Oral Presentation
Weekends - Local excursions
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Visit historic and cultural sites in Xi’an, e.g. Terra Cotta Warriors soldier, Dayan Pagoda
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visit famous company
Chinese Culture Courses
Sample Schedule
Week Monday-Intro. Tuesday-Activity
1 Chinese food & table rules Making dumplings
2 Chinese characters & holidays Calligraphy, paper cutting
3 Typical Chinese people’s life Board games, Mahjong
4 Chinese movie Watch Chinese film
5 Chinese music Learning Chinese songs, Karaoke
6 Chinese tea & culture Kongfu Tea performance and learning making tea
7 Chinese martial arts Learning Taichi
Study Trip
LFL study trip (July 10 - 15) is designed to allow students to integrate their own academic goals with a short-term study trip. Students are required to complete a study trip report about the sites they experience on the trip. During the study trip, students will visit preserved ancient Chinese town, explore natural scenery and historical and cultural heritage in southern China.