STARTALK 2009 - Programs in KS

University of Kansas Center for Research, Inc. (student)

STARTALK: Chinese Jump! 2009: Confucius Institute Chinese Summer Language Institutes

Chinese Jump! 2009 Summer Language Program at the Confucius Institute at the University of Kansas is designed to give high school students an opportunity to jump into the study of Mandarin. Selected students must intend to enroll in Mandarin I during the 2009-10 school year. Preference will be given to students attending a school district offering Chinese via IDL technology through the Confucius Institute. There will be three two-week sessions, June 26-July 11, July 6-18 and July 20-August 1. Students will receive Chinese language instruction for 3.5 hours per day on nine weekdays from instructors certified by the KSDE as K-12 teachers of Chinese and provided by the Confucius Institute in an IDL classroom or via face-to-face instruction depending on their location. As the culmination of each two-week session, students will participate in a three-day field trip to the Confucius Institute in Overland Park, KS which will include a visit to an art museum, calligraphy and Chinese music workshops, interaction with young adult native speakers, face-to-face interaction with Chinese instructors and individual assessments of learning. Contact Chinese Jump! Administrative Coordinator Director Nancy Hope at nfhope@ku.edu or 785-864-3918 for information or an application. Additional information at www.confucius.ku.edu/startalk.shtml.