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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
|
| 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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Accommodations
While in Beijing, you will stay in student dormitories on the campus of the National Academy where you will be taking classes. The dorms will be very convenient for walking to class and will allow you to become fully immersed in campus life. The rooms are double occupancy may include en-suite or shared bathrooms. Breakfast and lunch will be provided each day on campus. During overnight excursions to Sichuan and Shanghai, you will stay in double occupancy hotel rooms and breakfast and lunch will be provided.
