{"id":61737,"date":"2011-02-21T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-02-21T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/%e4%b8%ad%e6%96%87%e6%9a%91%e6%9c%9f%e5%ad%a6%e6%a0%a1-the-chinese-summer-school\/"},"modified":"2011-02-21T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2011-02-21T00:00:00","slug":"%e4%b8%ad%e6%96%87%e6%9a%91%e6%9c%9f%e5%ad%a6%e6%a0%a1-the-chinese-summer-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2011\/02\/%e4%b8%ad%e6%96%87%e6%9a%91%e6%9c%9f%e5%ad%a6%e6%a0%a1-the-chinese-summer-school\/","title":{"rendered":"\u4e2d\u6587\u6691\u671f\u5b66\u6821 – the Chinese Summer School"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\t\tKINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 February 21, 2011 \u2013 During her first few days in the Chinese Summer School program at the University of Rhode Island, Elizabeth Morais felt that everyone else in the program understood the language except her.<\/p>\n


\nIt was an unusual feeling for Morais, a professor of Spanish and Portuguese at the Community College of Rhode Island. Despite the early struggles, Morais caught on and dispelled the myth that adults cannot learn a foreign language. By the end of the eight-week program, Morais would hear birds chirping outside her window, and she swore she heard sounds from the Chinese language.<\/p>\n


\n\u201cI was developing an ear for those sounds, and I was beginning to decode the unfamiliar symbols,\u201d Morais said. \u201cI learned so much from the program, our teachers and tutors and my fellow students. I’m now on my way to fluency in Mandarin.\u201d<\/p>\n


\nThe Chinese Summer School is a unique opportunity at URI that enables any adult \u2013 not just URI students \u2013 to immerse themselves in the Chinese culture. The eight-week program puts participants on the URI campus for four weeks before bringing them to study for four more weeks at Zhejiang University in Hangzhou, China.<\/p>\n


\nNo previous experience with the Chinese language is necessary. However, participants will quickly learn the language and will be speaking and learning entirely in Chinese just days after the program starts.<\/p>\n


\n\u201cFor the beginners, there is some leniency in the first week,\u201d said Erin Papa, coordinator of URI\u2019s Chinese Language Flagship Partner Program. \u201cThe participants have classes in the morning and workshops in the afternoon, and they are immersed in the language and culture. Eventually, they will be speaking only Chinese.\u201d<\/p>\n


\nPapa said URI accepts up to 40 people for the Chinese Summer School. During the four-week period on URI\u2019s campus, participants live in the Texas Instruments House on Upper College Road. Classes and workshops are held Monday through Wednesday, and on Friday and Saturday. An excursion to Boston\u2019s Chinatown is included.<\/p>\n


\n\u201cIt\u2019s structured that way so people won\u2019t go a whole weekend without speaking the language,\u201d Papa said. \u201cParticularly for beginners, staying with the language every day is key to learning and understanding the language.\u201d<\/p>\n


\nAll housing at URI and Zhejiang University, as well as tuition, travel and visa expenses are covered through the $5,500 program fee. The only things not covered are books and meals in China.<\/p>\n


\nThe stay in China includes a weekend in Beijing with visits to the Forbidden City and the Great Wall. There are also visits to local Hangzhou industry and cultural sites.<\/p>\n


\nURI student Elena Dempsey went through the program last summer, and it had a major impact on her life. She will spend the 2011-12 school year studying and interning in China through the school\u2019s International Business Program.<\/p>\n


\n\u201cGoing to China has really changed my whole view on the world,\u201d Dempsey said. \u201cTraveling and studying there gave me a chance to fully immerse myself in a culture that is completely different then my own. It opened my eyes to a whole different way of life.\u201d<\/p>\n


\nThe application deadline for the program is April 1. For more information on the program, visit www.uri.edu\/chinesesummer<\/a> or call 401.874.5566.<\/p>\n


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\nAny adult can participate in the Chinese Summer School program, regardless of previous experience with the language.\n\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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