Jul 16th - Aug 13th 2008

Summer Immersion in China is a pioneer program of intensive study in Chinese Language and an elective in Chinese music, theater or art & calligraphy. Designed as a mixed field-study group for adults and youth (12 years and up), this program will be hosted by the Hebei Professional Arts Academyin ShijiaZhuang City, Hebei Province. (This is north central China and ShijiaZhuang is about 2 hours train ride from Beijing.) Participants will be housed in homestay arrangements with local families in the city area.
 

THE PROGRAM
Students will attend daily lessons alternating between Mandarin Chinese and an elected art/music subject. In addition, language partner sessions and planned activites with local Chinese(e.g. cooking, shopping, visiting with elders, trip to the post office, etc.) three times a week will immerse students in the rhythm of everyday life and culture in China. Weekly demo-workshops by experts will expose students to a diversity of fields at a professional level including performance and visual arts, taichi, sports, traditional games and crafts.
TOURS & SIGHTSEEING
Guided tours to museums, temples & local factories and sightseeing of historical & natural preserves in N. Central China will combine excursion with research and discussion. A mid-term sojourn in the Capital City of Beijing will feature visits to the Great Wall, Tiananmen & the Forbidden City as well as a walkabout in Old Beijing District (3 days & 2 nights.)
PROGRAM CULMINATION
Working with Chinese teachers & langugage partners, students will produce speeches in Chinese and their own performance program or exhibition of their work as a culmination to their studies. A “kaoji” (grade examination) will be conducted to evaluate the student’s level in the elected art subject along with the award of a grade certificate issued by the host institution. A proficiency certificate test in Chinese language will be conducted as a course-end requirement modeled after the HSK exam.
COST
$2800.00 includes tuition, all meals, accommodation and road travel. Round-trip airfare NYC-China: Est. $1000. Other cost: $100 visa application fee.

TO APPLY
Go to http://store.wossing.com/kc/store/product_details.cfm?id=1094
Contact: 212-431-7373 OR e-mail: enquiry@wossing.com to obtain an application form.

APPLICATION DEADLINE:
May 30th 2008