5 November 2014
3:30-4:30 p.m.
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• Duration: 9 weeks (8 weeks classroom study +
1 week social study)
• Start & End Dates: June 5 (Fri)-August 8 (Sat)
• Hours: 5 hours class per day (M-F)
• Course Levels: 2 nd through 5 th -year
• Teacher/Student Ratio: approx. 1:2
• Language Pledge: no English throughout
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• Faculty: Harvard instructors (10) + local teachers
(50+)
• Curriculum: one year’s worth of material
• Host institution: Beijing Language and Culture
University
• Facilities: single-rooms with fridge, TV, AC, and full bathroom
• Assessment: entry and exit standardized test
(OPIc)
• Chinese families: meet on weekends
• Chinese friends: interest groups
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8:00-8:50
9:00-9:50
10:00-10:50
11:00-11:50
12:00-1:30
1:30-2:20
2:25-3:15
3:30-5:00
7:00-9:30
Sun Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Sat
Lecture Section 1 Test
Lecture Section 2
Drill Section 1
Test
Media
Chinese
Drill Section 2
Lunch Language table
Lunch
One-on-one
Language table
One-on-one
Interest
Groups
Co-curricular activities
Pronunciation Clinic
Office Hours
Review
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• Co-curricular activities: calligraphy, Peking Opera face-painting, Chinese music, Tai-chi, “Voice of HBA” singing competition, Friday interest groups, etc.
• Weekend activities:
W1: Great Wall
W2: Forbidden City
W3: Chengde (Imperial Summer Palace)
W4/5: Social Study Week
W6: Chinese acrobatics
W7: Laoshe Teahouse
W8: Beijing Night/Speech contest
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• Extension of the classroom experience
• A hands-on look at specific aspects of Chinese society
• Write a report in Chinese—sometimes, these even get published!
Xi’an Huizhou Shaolin
Temple
Inner
Mongolia
Shanghai Beijing Independent
Study
Ancient &
Modern
Chinese
History
Rural
Chinese
Studies
Traditional
Religion &
Martial Art
Studies
Chinese
Minority
Studies
International
Business and
Urban Studies
Architecture,
History, and
Modernization
(Graduate
Students
Only)
$ 450 $ 400 $ 370 $ 400 $ 450 $ 70 $ ?
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OPIc result comparisons (beginning & end of program)
2014 HBA OPIc Progress
2014 HBA OPIc Performance
34%
7% 10%
49%
保持不 变
进 步 1
进 步 2
进 步 3
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• Students may not leave Beijing, except on approved Social
Study trips, and must attend the full nine weeks
• Students with medical conditions should consult with their physicians about whether participation in HBA is advisable
--Beijing air quality is bad; air in the dorms and classrooms is not filtered; sanitation standards (esp. food preparation) not comparable to U.S.
• Students with conditions such as asthma, who did not take these reminders seriously and attended HBA despite respiratory problems, experienced significant discomfort—in one case, this led to a student’s mid-program withdrawal
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• Application: Harvard Summer School online application
• Deadline to apply is January 15, 2015 .
• Application materials:
– Online Registration
– Paper Application (including Chinese & English statement)
– Letter of recommendation
– Audio recording
– Student Record/transcript (sophomore & above)
• Cost: $5,750 (tuition, room and two meals each week, course materials, scheduled local excursions and extracurricular activities in Beijing)
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• Performance in Chinese classes, with particular emphasis on tones and pronunciation
• Teacher recommendation
• Overall academic performance
• Motivation and a concrete plan for continuing study and use of Chinese in the future
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• Apply for funding through the Office of Career
Services (OCS), as well as a variety of centers on campus.
• Deadline: The OCS funding application deadline is
January 29. This and all other funding deadlines are separate from HBA, and we have no control over them!
• For info on OCS and other funding options, go to http://www.summer.harvard.edu/programs/stud y-abroad/payment-funding . Note the weekly OCS office hours and new Gchat Q&A option.
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