Chinese Language and Culture Study Tour
2011 Beijing Summer Camp
This is a 28-day exclusive language and cultural study tour, where you will learn the language and culture of China in the most exciting city in China and the world! 28 days of memories that will last lifetime.
Experience fun class and real life in China
◆ Extensive language and culture courses: Chinese, Chinese Calligraphy and Painting, Arts and Crafts etc;
◆ Tour in scenic resorts: the Great wall, the Palace Museum, the summer place, Olympic architecture etc;
◆ Variety of sports: Shadowboxing, Volleyball, Ping-Pong, Swimming
◆ Fun activities: Performance, Dancing, and singing
◆ Most effective ways to learn to use Chinese language
◆ Take a look at modern Beijing---the host place of Olympic Games, the traditional Beijing Courtyard and Hutong.
◆Visit local school and make friends with local students
◆ Period of time: July 03,2011---July 30,2011（Four weeks）
◆ Fee : Available soon,Including tuition and accommodation fees , meals, textbook fees, tourist tickets and insurance fees. For group and early birds discounts, please contact us.
Why join Beijing Summer Camp
Beijing is arguably the most important city in the People's Republic of China, and it is not hard to see why as it serves not only as the official political capital of the country, but also as China's cultural and historical capital.
Beijing provides an ideal location for a vibrant study abroad experience because the city itself is bursting with energy. As the center of the 21st century's largest economy, Beijing is prepared to take on the world as the city pursues its rapid modernization. The scale of the building going on in and around Beijing is staggering as the new structures continue to get bigger, nicer, and more modern as most of the dilapidated buildings of the past are wiped away.
Beijing also can boast a number of China's most symbolic attractions including the Great Wall, Tiananmen Square, Tiantan Park, the Lama Temple, and the Summer Palace - just to name a few. To try to describe them all here would be futile, but suffice it to say that Beijing has many entertaining and educational sights.
Whether you come to the city for the ancient or the modern, the language or the culture, the frenzied activity or the quiet peace, you will find Beijing will surprise and impress you. Be prepared for an unpredictable and enlightening study abroad adventure!
Study abroad can be an enriching and eye-opening adventure, where learning extends to the world beyond the classroom walls. There is no substitute for living and studying in a foreign country if you want to gain in-depth knowledge of another culture's customs, people, and language. In addition, you will find that living and studying or working in another country can develop important transnational competencies that can be of interest to future employers.
Students who return from a study abroad program often see it as an experience which matured them personally and intellectually. They praise being exposed to new ways of thinking and living, which encourages growth and independence. For many students, going abroad to study is the first time they have really been away from 'home,' from familiar surroundings of home town, as well as from friends and family. This is seldom an easy experience, but it is universally praised as worthwhile, often even life-transforming. After immersing themselves in a new culture, mastering the challenges of learning in a new and different academic environment, and experiencing the many highs and lows of being a 'foreigner,' students typically return home with increased self-confidence and justifiable pride in what they have achieved.
Our Summer Camp Program
Our summer camp focuses on the Chinese Language and Culture, China Overview, Chinese customs, Beijing's scenic spots as the theme, in accordance with the nations. folk-customs, Olympics, as well as lectures taught by experienced teachers of Chinese as a foreign language. We have also set up classes in Chinese to help students practice through outdoor activities, community activities, as well as visiting to historical sites, museums, first-hand experience and understanding of China Folkways, and stimulate their interests in learning Chinese language.
Classes focus on practical, innovative and interesting ways. Highlight the characteristics of teaching, and make teaching methods flexible and vivid. Based on students real Chinese level, the students will learn in different classes and enhance the ability to read and write Chinese, grasp and understanding of Chinese culture. A graduation certificate will be granted unpon completion of the camp.
Our unique methodology----Combinative Chinese
Up to now, Combinative Chinese is the most advanced and efficient methodology in the field of TCFL. It is the theoretical essence summarized through years of TCFL and research practiced by Professor Lv Bisong, who has been recognized as ‘Father of TCFL’.
Combinative Chinese courses provide students with the most comfortable and efficient way to master daily spoken Chinese as well as basic Chinese characters in a short time. With Combinative Chinese, Chinese is easier to learn, and Chinese character is no longer difficult!
Aims of our Summer Camp
1.Learn a systemactic and creative way of mastering Chinese.
2.Realised the fun and interactive way of learning Chinese.
3. Know much more about Chinese culture,custom and history.
4. To make friends all over the world.
5. Rich your life with the experience in Beijing.
Chinese Language Proficiency
After your arrival, your Chinese language proficiency will be tested and you will be arranged the suitable class. Students will be divided according to their current language level (Beginner,Elementary,Intermediate and Advanced).
Chinese lessons
There will be 20 lessons per week.Four lessons per day from Monday to Friday.
Teaching
With the easy,enjoy,efficient and effective ways of learning Chinese,teachers will help you to improve pronunciation,vocabulary,sentence structure,conversation.We emphasize conversation skills and listening comprehension. Language points are explained by simple examples, not by the grammatical rules. Students' speaking will occupy more than 60% of the time.
Activities
Chinese Culture lessons include Chinese calligraphy, Chinese Painting, Martial arts, Handcrafts, Tai Ji, Paper Cutting and so on. Group outings such as Olympic venue tour ,Hutong tour, China Science and Technology Museum, Beijing Opera, Acrobatics, LaoShe Teahouse, Chinese movies and etc. On weekends, students will tour the famous and historical sights in Beijing for the entire day (Forbidden City, Great Wall, Tiananmen Square, Hutong Tour, etc).
Accommodation
Students will live on an University campus. The University campus is safe, quiet, and surround by wall. The campus is secured 7days/24 hours. There are single rooms, double room in the apartment. Rooms are standard just like a hotel. Bedding, Bathroom, hot water, TV, Internet, Airconditioner and Telephone are available inside. There is a laundry room in the building for everyone. In addition to regular Chinese food, any special required food will be available.
Airport Pick up
Send a email to us and tell us your flight details: date, time of arrival, airline, flight number, and place of departure. Free pick up service will be provided. Our teachers will meet you at Beijing International Airport on time.
Insurance
Personal Accident Insurance will be purchased for every student.
Learning Chinese in 48 Hours
Learning Chinese in 48 Hours is the great work invented by Prof. Lv Bisong under the theory of Combinative Chinese. For students, this course is faster, easier, and better. Students will be able to grasp comprehensive skills on Chinese listening, speaking, reading, and reading, including 390 Hanzhi, 653 Zi-groups, and 203 additional Zi-groups, 108 sentence structures in a relaxing, comfortable, and even exciting way. Completing the course, students will be able to handle basic communication in Chinese. Meanwhile they have a solid foundation for further and faster learning.
Many experiments of teaching implementation of Combinative Chinese have been proven to the successful. With the innovative Chinese method, students greatly improve the learning efficiency and shorten the period of study by at least half time to reach the same level.
Conducted by: Beijing New Asia University
Camp Date: July 03, 2011—July 30, 2011
Age: No limit
Brief Introduction on Beijing New Asia University
Beijing New Asia University (BNAU) is a privately operated higher institution endorsed by the Beijing Municipal Government and approved by the Chinese Ministry of Education (Permit No.1100001100040). Located in Beijing’s high-tech district of Haidian, BNAU is headed by Professor Lu Bisong, former head of the internationally acclaimed Beijing Language and Culture University (BLCU) and former president of the International Association for Chinese Teaching. Its neighbors include many world-class universities which include Beijing Language and Culture University, Chinese Agriculture University, TsingHua University and Beijing University.
BNAU takes great pride in its Chinese Department which status singles out BNAU as the only private university in Beijing being granted permission to recruit foreign students. In its short history of seven years, BNAU has turned over some 1000 foreign learners from all over the world.
Our academic team is made up of highly qualified professors with rich teaching experience. Flexible programs and varied courses are tailored to suit the specific needs of the individuals and groups in an environment highly conducive to language learning. Teaching method include field trips and activities with local students. On completion of the course, students will receive a certificate issued by our university. The department will also assist the students who wish to attempt the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi (the International Chinese Language Proficiency Test) to sit for the examination and other assessments offered by various authorities in China.
How to participate in the Summer Camp:
Please follow the procedures below.
1. Read and agree to our Terms, Conditions and Liability Waiver Agreement, and view our Cancellation and Refund Policy.
2. Fill out the online Application Form.
3. Pay the deposit fee of USD$190.00. This deposit fee is nonrefundable.
4. Prepare the proper documents required for entering China, arrange your trip to Beijing, assure you'll arrive in Beijing on/before the commencing date of the Summer Camp, and inform us as to your arrival date and flight number as early as possible.
5. Take one copy of your passport (especially the page with your photo, birth date information, and expiration date), and one passport photo with you to China.
6. Check in and pay the remaining camp fee balance after your arrival in Beijing.
Enjoy your life in Summer Camp in Beijing. we wish you the memorable experiences that will last a lifetime.
Timetable for 2011 Summer Camp will be available soon
