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Lushan Institute Summer 2013 Program and Courses
Nanjing University Course Descriptions
(4) Week Program - July 1st - 26th, 2013 (2 week program July 1- 12 option also available)
I. Mandarin Chinese Language: Beginning - Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing
The course will provide instruction in all four language skills of aurally understanding, speaking, reading, and writing for students with no or little previous Chinese experience. Students learn about 200 characters to help them meet the basic understanding of Chinese expressions and character structure. Instruction hours: 20hrs/week Credits: 3
II. Mandarin Chinese: Intermediate - Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing
This course is designed for students who have successfully completed beginning level or have their Chinese vocabulary over 500. The course will continue to develop the four skills of aurally understanding, speaking, reading and writing in Chinese. In this course students are required to comprehend and produce paragraph-level Chinese with high accuracy and fluency. By the end of this course, students are expected to deal with daily-life related Chinese in a target language environment with no difficulty. Instruction hours: 20hrs/week Credits: 3
III. Introduction to Chinese Culture/History (taught in English)
With more than 4,000 years of recorded history, China is one of the world’s oldest civilizations and has an extremely rich cultural heritage. The aim of this course is to give a brief introduction to fundamental aspects of Chinese culture, with an emphasis upon elements that are typically Chinese. The main contents include: Chinese ancient philosophy, religion, art, music, kungfu, education, cuisine, tea culture, and traditional festivals. Credits: 3
IV. Lushan Cultural Tourist Excursions
The student fees include excursions to Lions Leap (Five Old Man Peaks), the Foreign Villas Museum, Pearl Buck’s House,and Christian Church, Cave of the Immortals, Thousand Steps Trail, Lushan Conferences Site of Mao's Communist Party Meetings, the Kuling American School and Cheefoo School, Yellow Dragon, Black Dragon and Paradise Pools, Three Trees, Three Step Water Falls, Meilu (Chiang-Kai Shek's Villa), the Lushan Museum, the Bell of All Religions, the Poetic Forest Art Trail. Optional additional tours also available.
Fees and Tuition:
Total fees are $2300 US dollars
Price includes all courses, lodging, food, local excursions and travel up the mountain from local airports if you arrive at the specified times.
Lodging
Fully furnished dormitory rooms are available at the Institute in a new building recently constructed by Lushan Government. The lodging cost for 4-week period for two students per room is included in the tuition fee. Single dorm rooms are also available for an additional fee. More information will be available upon registration.
Food
Two meals per day will be provided at the Institute, the price is included in tuition. Two weekend dinners (Fri and Sat) are not included and students will dine in downtown Lushan on their own.
Travel to Lushan
The best International airport arrival location in China from abroad is Shanghai, Pudong (PVG) or Beijing (PEK) Students should plan to transfer to Nanchang (KHN – many flights) or Jiujiang (JIU – very few flights) on Fri June 29th or Sat. June 30th, 2012,for more details, see Getting There. Travel assistance is available, just email your request by clicking here. Students will be met by a Lushan van and driven up the mountain road. Lushan is a walking city with a new electric bus system; it’s easy to get around.
Visa
Getting a China travel or student via depends on what country you are in. Check with your local Chinese consulate.
Insurance: Students should arrange for their own Travelers and Medical Insurance, and assure their medical coverage is in effect in China. Sites such as www.squaremouth.com offer international travel insurance, the Lushan Institute recommends you acquire complete coverage.
Age of Students
15 and older, including interested adults of any age.
Registration
Now closed for 2013. Please email us here at lushaninstitute@gmail.com.
Student Handbook: click here
Nanjing University Course Descriptions
(4) Week Program - July 1st - 26th, 2013 (2 week program July 1- 12 option also available)
I. Mandarin Chinese Language: Beginning - Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing
The course will provide instruction in all four language skills of aurally understanding, speaking, reading, and writing for students with no or little previous Chinese experience. Students learn about 200 characters to help them meet the basic understanding of Chinese expressions and character structure. Instruction hours: 20hrs/week Credits: 3
II. Mandarin Chinese: Intermediate - Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing
This course is designed for students who have successfully completed beginning level or have their Chinese vocabulary over 500. The course will continue to develop the four skills of aurally understanding, speaking, reading and writing in Chinese. In this course students are required to comprehend and produce paragraph-level Chinese with high accuracy and fluency. By the end of this course, students are expected to deal with daily-life related Chinese in a target language environment with no difficulty. Instruction hours: 20hrs/week Credits: 3
III. Introduction to Chinese Culture/History (taught in English)
With more than 4,000 years of recorded history, China is one of the world’s oldest civilizations and has an extremely rich cultural heritage. The aim of this course is to give a brief introduction to fundamental aspects of Chinese culture, with an emphasis upon elements that are typically Chinese. The main contents include: Chinese ancient philosophy, religion, art, music, kungfu, education, cuisine, tea culture, and traditional festivals. Credits: 3
IV. Lushan Cultural Tourist Excursions
The student fees include excursions to Lions Leap (Five Old Man Peaks), the Foreign Villas Museum, Pearl Buck’s House,and Christian Church, Cave of the Immortals, Thousand Steps Trail, Lushan Conferences Site of Mao's Communist Party Meetings, the Kuling American School and Cheefoo School, Yellow Dragon, Black Dragon and Paradise Pools, Three Trees, Three Step Water Falls, Meilu (Chiang-Kai Shek's Villa), the Lushan Museum, the Bell of All Religions, the Poetic Forest Art Trail. Optional additional tours also available.
Fees and Tuition:
Total fees are $2300 US dollars
Price includes all courses, lodging, food, local excursions and travel up the mountain from local airports if you arrive at the specified times.
Lodging
Fully furnished dormitory rooms are available at the Institute in a new building recently constructed by Lushan Government. The lodging cost for 4-week period for two students per room is included in the tuition fee. Single dorm rooms are also available for an additional fee. More information will be available upon registration.
Food
Two meals per day will be provided at the Institute, the price is included in tuition. Two weekend dinners (Fri and Sat) are not included and students will dine in downtown Lushan on their own.
Travel to Lushan
The best International airport arrival location in China from abroad is Shanghai, Pudong (PVG) or Beijing (PEK) Students should plan to transfer to Nanchang (KHN – many flights) or Jiujiang (JIU – very few flights) on Fri June 29th or Sat. June 30th, 2012,for more details, see Getting There. Travel assistance is available, just email your request by clicking here. Students will be met by a Lushan van and driven up the mountain road. Lushan is a walking city with a new electric bus system; it’s easy to get around.
Visa
Getting a China travel or student via depends on what country you are in. Check with your local Chinese consulate.
Insurance: Students should arrange for their own Travelers and Medical Insurance, and assure their medical coverage is in effect in China. Sites such as www.squaremouth.com offer international travel insurance, the Lushan Institute recommends you acquire complete coverage.
Age of Students
15 and older, including interested adults of any age.
Registration
Now closed for 2013. Please email us here at lushaninstitute@gmail.com.
Student Handbook: click here