China Institute Summer Study Abroad 2007

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Special features of our program include:

Full Scholarships Available - for details click here
Small group language classes at each student’s level
Accommodation in host families with resident teenagers
Cultural activities as well as other social activities with fellow students and Beijing residents
Community service
Program Blog & Press Coverage - for weekly entries by students and articles about the program, click here

China Institute’s Summer Study in Beijing offers high school students the opportunity to receive intensive language training while being immersed in Chinese society and culture. Living in a vibrant residential community in south central Beijing, students will be able to use their Chinese to communicate in daily life activities, improving both fluency and pronunciation. Through rigorous small-group daily language lessons, it is expected that they will acquire the equivalent of a full academic year of Chinese. In the process, students will also gain a greater awareness and understanding of cultural differences and diversity.

Why Beijing?

For seven weeks our students live, study, play and travel in and around the capital city of Beijing. But why this city? The answer to this question is intimately connected to our goal. Beijing provides China Institute’s students with the best overall environment to learn and practice standard Mandarin Chinese along with myriad opportunities for learning about all aspects of China's history and culture just outside the school gates.

Beijing also offers its visitors an interesting array of contrasts. While portions of the city retain characteristics of traditional ways of life, Beijing is also a microcosm for the rapid economic development occurring throughout China. The city is at once both modern and ancient. It is indeed a unique opportunity to live in this country’s capital in the 21st century, and China Institute is both proud and delighted to be able to offer it to today’s high school students.