The Stanford-Beijing program combines a rigorous intensive five-week language program at Stanford University with a four-week practicum in Chinese at Peking University. Classes meet June 27-August 25 for four hours of class instruction daily, Monday through Friday (Third-year Chinese meets three hours daily).
Classes are taught by faculty from Stanford University (June 27-July 28) and Peking University (July 31-Aug. 25). Language laboratory facilities and special language-training materials are available. The language environment of Beijing is unique, allowing students to practice their Chinese on the street, in shops, and on campus with local Chinese. There will be opportunities for exploration, visits to museums and temples in Beijing, and cultural and social activities.
Curriculum: At Peking University, there are five levels of instruction, based on proficiency. An optional tour immediately following the intensive language program will allow students to visit Xi'an, Shanghai and Hangzhou at a very reasonable cost (estimated $660 for a week-long tour, including travel, rooms, and meals).
Credit: Students will receive 8 units of credit from Stanford University for the five-week course, and seven units of transfer credit from Peking University. Non-Stanford students must arrange for transfer credit to their home institutions.
Program Fee: $4,100. Airfare, room, and board are not included.
Application with one letter of recommendation due April 4, 1994. Space is limited. Letters of admission will be sent out around April 18, and a deposit of $600 is due May 2. The remainder is due on or before registration day, June 26. Cancellation must be made in writing. Cancellation fees follow Stanford Summer School policy. No full refunds are possible after June 26, 1994.
Participants are required to have a valid passport the first day of class, and to carry accident and health insurance.
For more information please contact the Department of Asian Languages, Building 250, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305-2304. Tel. (415) 725-2742. Fax (415) 725-8931.
For an application please write to:
Summer Session Office
Stanford University
Stanford, California 94305-3005
or call (415) 723-3109.
J005 First-year Modern Japanese, Momoyo Kubo, MTWThF 8-12:00. Systematic acquisition of basic grammar, vocabulary, reading and writing, emphasizing skills for elementary conversation and communication. Hiragana, katakana, and 165 kanji used.
J025 Second-year Modern Japanese, Hiroshi Sakamoto, Kimie Nebrig, Fumiko Arao, MTWThF 8-12:00. Develop conversation, expression of ideas, mastery of more advanced grammar and patterns, use of 600 kanji, simple composition, understanding of Japanese culture. At completion of course, students will be able to read simple original source material.
J105 Third-year Modern Japanese, Staff, MTWThF 9-12:00. Conducted entirely in Japanese. Designed to achieve high-level proficiency in reading and speaking. Analysis and discussion of representative styles of modern writing, such as fiction, essays, newspaper articles.
J130. Reading Technical Japanese, 3 units, Richard Dasher, June 27-August 25.
For engineers and other researchers with a knowledge of basic conversational/written Japanese (four quarters of university study or equivalent), this course provides training in the specialized language and reading skills needed to utilize written Japanese-language sources in engineering and related technical fields. Progressing from conference announcements and short articles from trade newspapers to abstracts and research articles, the course will address gisting and scanning skills as well as accurate understanding of grammar and relevant vocabulary. Introduction to major Japanese-language journals, other research sources, and relevant proper names written in Japanese. Mr. Dasher, of the U.S.-Japan Technology Management Center at Stanford, is former director of the U.S. State Department's Foreign Service Institute Japanese Language and Area Training Center in Yokohama. Tuition fee: $1,531.
** $55 document fee for new students
** We reserve the right to cancel any class that does not have sufficient enrollment.
** No auditors.