Program Overview

CULTURAL WORKSHOPS AND ATHLETICS

Daily morning and afternoon school workshops focus on number of subjects, such as calligraphy, Beijing Opera mask painting, and martial arts. In the afternoons and during breaks, students are also given the chance to engage in various athletic activities such as basketball, volleyball, running, etc.

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EXCURSIONS

During the program, there will be several day or half-day trips around Beijing and at least one overnight excursion outside of Beijing. One of the reasons for locating the program in Beijing is the city’s proximity to some of China’s most important cultural heritage sites. We will tour the Great Wall, Forbidden City and Temple of Heaven, among other landmarks. These trips will also offer students the chance to see up close and from different angles both the traditional and modern features of the Beijing, including its architecture, daily ways of living, and the changes that are occurring throughout the city. Most importantly it allows them a chance to interact with people from different parts of this very expansive metropolitan area.

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	Students are encouraged to interact with the residents of Beijing as much as they can. Our extracurricular activities provide them with several ways of accomplishing this goal. COMMUNITY SERVICE: An important part of China Institute’s program is the opportunity for students to interact with different segments of Chinese society through community service. Since the home stays are generally with upwardly mobile urban families, community service enables students to interact with rural-to-urban migrant children, rural female school drop-outs, orphanage volunteers and others. In turn, students gain a deeper understanding of Chinese society, while at the same time providing a resource to China’s underserved population. In 2007, our students helped our friends at the Dandelion School prepare for their Summer English Academy as well as general renovation of the school grounds; with our colleagues at the Children’s Art Initiative we co-coordinated a t-shirt making workshop that was focused on the themes of “Who Am I”; and spread the word amongst shoppers a local market about the importance of protecting the environment with our classmates at the Tianqiao Community Center In 2008, students we will continue to partner with our colleagues at these organizations. Experience has confirmed for us that working alongside some of China’s most disadvantaged is not only an eye-opener for our students, but a welcome change of pace from the rigors of intensive language study. To view photos, click here.	CULTURAL WORKSHOPS AND ATHLETICS Daily morning and afternoon school workshops focus on number of subjects, such as calligraphy, Beijing Opera mask painting, and martial arts. In the afternoons and during breaks, students are also given the chance to engage in various athletic activities such as basketball, volleyball, running, etc. To view photos, click here. EXCURSIONS During the program, there will be several day or half-day trips around Beijing and at least one overnight excursion outside of Beijing. One of the reasons for locating the program in Beijing is the city’s proximity to some of China’s most important cultural heritage sites. We will tour the Great Wall, Forbidden City and Temple of Heaven, among other landmarks. These trips will also offer students the chance to see up close and from different angles both the traditional and modern features of the Beijing, including its architecture, daily ways of living, and the changes that are occurring throughout the city. Most importantly it allows them a chance to interact with people from different parts of this very expansive metropolitan area. To view photos, click here.

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