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China - January Culture+
| Dates: |
January 3–22, 2008 |
| Cost: |
$3295 |
| Application deadline: |
Contact Us for Application Deadlines |
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China Activities
| Day |
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| January 3rd |
Airport pick up and Campus Dorm Check-in |
| January 4th |
AM: Group Orientation and Program Overview
PM: Cultural Excursion to Forbidden City and Tiananmen Square
Evening: Welcome Dinner |
| January 5th |
AM: Excursion to Great wall - interaction with the local community
PM: Visit Beijing Olympic Sites and meet with organizing committees
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| January 6th |
Hike and work with a local group on restoration of the Great Wall
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| January 7th |
AM: Chinese language class and placement
PM ICC Session: "Understanding Culture and Intercultural Competence"
Mini-service project - Chinglish
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| January 8th |
AM: Chinese language class
PM: ICC Session: "Cultural Awareness, The Process of Cultural Conditioning" - Chinglish project
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| January 9th |
AM: Chinese language class
PM: ICC Session: "Cultural Learning, Development Models for Intercultural Competence"
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| January 10th |
AM: Chinese language class
PM: ICC Session: "Intercultural Communication: Styles, Non-Verbal, Culture-Specific Values Orientation"
Evening: Optional meeting with student groups
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| January 11th |
AM: Chinese language class
PM: ICC Session: "Intercultural Competence in the Workplace"
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| January 12th |
Flight to Chengdu, transport to Panda Center in Sichuan, hotel check-in
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| January 13th |
AM: Service project at Panda Center
PM: Create and conduct needs assessment
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| January 14th |
AM: Service project
PM: ICC Session: "Developing cross-cultural curricula" |
| January 15th |
AM: Visit Shangli town interact with villagers
PM: Curriculum development
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| January 16th |
AM: Service project
PM: Curriculum development |
| January 17th |
AM: Service wrap-up
PM: Present curriculum to community |
| January 18th |
Transfer to Chengdu
Depart on overnight train to Xi'an
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| January 19th |
Check into hotel
Visit Terra Cotta Warriors Museum
Work on Chinglish project
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| January 20th |
City tour in Xi'an
Present Chinglish project to group
Evening train to Shanghai |
| January 21st |
Check into hotel
City tour
Chinglish project
Evening: Wrap up seminar
Farewell Dinner |
| January 22nd |
End of program |
*Dates and itinerary are tentative and subject to change. Participants will receive final program itinerary 30 days prior to program start.
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Fees
The program fee is $3295, which includes:
- Airport arrival and departure transfers
- All Chinese (Mandarin) language and ICC courses and materials
- All lodging during the program (dorms and hotels)
- Breakfast and lunch each day
- Welcome and Farewell dinners
- All domestic travel within China for excursions
- Entrance to all excursion destinations
- Emergency medical insurance
- 24 hour emergency assistance
Program does not include:
- International airfare
- Chinese Visa
- Optional activities or visits
- Dinners, except for Welcome and Farewell dinners
- Drinks with group meals
- Personal charges such as telephone, mini-bar, etc
- Any other extra charges not specified