Chinese Study abroad program at Nanjing Normal University

Final Proposal:

Summer 2007 China

Section I

Title and Destination of the Program: Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing (NNU), China

Proposed Date: June 24, 2007 (Arrive at Beijing) ~ July 30, 2007 (Leave from Shanghai back to U.S.A)

The Target Student Population: 10~15; student's age must be16 and up by June 1.

Sponsoring Organization: Chinese Academy of Memphis (CAM)

Names of Program Directors:

Professor Jiangzhong Wu - Director of Administration office, International Cultural

Education Department, NNU

Mrs. Danling Huang - Principal, CAM

Mrs. Joan Fenaughty - Vice Principal, CAM

Mrs. Zhaohui Liu -teacher, CAM

Advisors:

Dr. Mingdong Gu, Dr. Jing Guo, Mr. Xinquang Lu - Board directors, CAM

Dr. Hsiang-Te Kung - Professor, University of Memphis

Dr. Ronghua Ouyang - Director, Chinese Proficiency Testing South America Center,

Professor, University of Kennesaw State University

Dr. Francis Fenaughty - Director, Emergency Medicine

Dr. - Professor, University of Mississippi

Course Offerings

Chinese Language Classes for non-Chinese environment at home

Chinese Language Classes for those who have Chinese language environment at Home

CHIN 1001 3 credits Face-to-face faculties in NNU

CHIN 1002 3 Face-to-face faculties in NNU

CHIN 2001 3 Face-to-face faculties in NNU

CHIN 2002 3 Face-to-face faculties in NNU

CHIN 2003 3 Face-to-face faculties in NNU

CHIN 3001 3 Face-to-face faculties in NNU

Section II

The details of the visit

Nanjing Normal University (NNU) is a leading university of Jiangsu province with 100 years of history. It has 3 campuses and 23 colleges with 71 majors for bachelor degrees. The International Culture and Education College in the university is one of the largest educational centers for international students in Chinese universities. The students there come from all over the world.

During the visit, the students will take the courses the program offers and have tours to the following cities: Beijing, Nanjing, Zhenjiang Shanghai, Hangzhou, Suzhou, Wuxi, and Yangzhou.

Beijing is the capital and the political/culture center of China. There are a lot of historical sites and museums like the Old Palace, the Summer Palace, the Great Wall, the Tian An Men Square. There are also some top 10 universities in China there: Beijing University, Qinghua University, Beijing Normal University, Chinese People’s University, Beijing Language Institute, etc.

Nanjing, once the capital for 6 dynasties in Chinese history, is the capital of Jiangsu Province now. The historical museum of Dr. Sun Yixian, the first president of China, depicts the history of how China ended the thousands of years of imperial dynasties. The historical museum of Gong Yuan (‘the Contribution Yard’) shows how scholars took the government exams to be selected as officers in ancient times.

Zhengjiang is a city with sites on which many famous Chinese fairy tales are based. Students can also tour the longest river in China, the Yangzi River (it is known as “the Long River” in China.).

Suzhou is famous for the private gardens and residences of influential officials and scholars from 500 years ago. Students can learn the architecture arts and living philosophies in China.

Hangzhou is one of the most popular tourist destinations in China. A lot of Chinese literary works and classical poems are related to or describe the beautiful lake, Xi Hu (‘the Western Lake’), there. It is also famous for its Buddhist and Taoist temples, and students can learn the history of Chinese religions.

Yangzhou is another historical city with many Chinese fairy tales and beautiful sites. The longest canal (‘the Big Canal’), which was made about a thousand years ago, passes by the city.

Shanghai is the largest financial and industrial center in China today. From this city, students can view and witness the latest economic developments since China’s recent reforms

Here are the samples of detailed schedule:

HSK Nan Jing Summer Campus Chinese Study Program

(June 13^th to July 14^th)

HSK Training Class For Chinese American Students

First Week one( Beijing Time) Feb. 16^th , 2007

Date and Time	June 24^th Sun	June 25^th Mon.	June 26^th Tue.	June 27^th Wed.	June 28^th Thu.	June 29^th Fri。	June30^th Sat.
8:30—9:50	Beijing Tour / Hope Trip					Arrive Nanjing	Rest Downtown(Xinjiekou)
10:10—11:30						Visit University and facilities
14:00—15:30						Opening Ceremony and Test & sign Class Meeting Tutor/
15:50—16:30
19:00-21:00

Second week

Date and Time	July 1^st Sun	July 2^nd Mon.	July 3^rd Tue.	July 4^th Wed.	July 5^th Thu.	July 6^th Fri。	July 7^thSat.
8:30—9:50	Trip to Zhengjiang	Brief Introducing China & General Chinese HSK (Reading 1)	HSK (Reading 2)	HSK (Reading 3)	HSK (Reading 4)	HSK (Reading 5)	Suzhou and Wuxi Tour
10:10—11:30		HSK (Grammar 1)	HSK (Grammar 2)	HSK (Grammar 3)	HSK (Grammar 4)	HSK (Grammar 5)
14:00—15:30		Homework for Reading	Homework for Reading	Moslem of Sunyesan and Ming Tomb	Homework for Reading	Trip to Suzhou and Wuxi
15:50—16:30		Homework for Grammar	Homework for Grammar		Homework for Grammar
19:00—21:00		Drum Down	Watching Video	Temporary arrange	Downtown(Hu Nan Lu)

Third week

Date and Time	July 8^th Sun	July 9^th Mon.	July 10^th Tue.	July 11^th Wed.	July 12^th Thu.	July 13^th Fri。	July 14^th Sat.
8:30—9:50	Trip in Suzhou and coming back to Nanjing in the afternoon	HSK (Reading 6)	HSK (Reading 7)	HSK (Reading 8)	HSK (Reading 9)	HSK(Comprehensive 1)	Hangzhou Tour
10:10—11:30		HSK (Grammar 6)	HSK (Grammar 7)	HSK (Grammar 8)	HSK (Grammar 9)	HSK (Listening 1)
14:00—15:30		Homework for Reading	Homework for Reading	Enjoy TaiJin	Homework for Reading	Trip to Hangzhou
15:50—16:30		Homework for Grammar	Homework for Grammar		Homework for Grammar
19:00—21:00		Watching Video	Night Market (Ninghai Lu)	Temporary arrange	Temporary arrange

Forth week

Date and Time	July 15^th Sun.	July 16^th Mon.	July 17^th Tue.	July 18^th Wed.	July 19^th Thu.	July 20^th Fri.	July 21^st Sat.
8:30—9:50	Hangzhou Tour and coming back to Nanjing in the afternoon	HSK(Comprehensive 2)	HSK(Comprehensive 3)	HSK(Comprehensive 4)	HSK(Comprehensive 5)	HSK(Comprehensive 6)	Trip to Yangzhou
10:10—11:30		HSK (Listening 2)	HSK (Listening 3)	HSK (Listening 4)	HSK (Listening 5)	HSK (Listening 6)
14:00—15:30		Visiting Nanjing Museum	Homework for Comprehensive	Enjoy Calligraphy	Homework for Comprehensive	Homework for Comprehensive
			Homework for Listening		Homework for Listening	Homework for Listening
15:50—16:30
19:00—21:00		Nanjing Subway	Temporary arrange	Temporary arrange	Having dinner in Sidewalk Snack Booth	Weekend holiday

Fifth week

Date and Time	July 22^nd Sun.	July 23^rd Mon.	July 24^th Tue.	July 25^th Wed.	July 26^th Thu.	July 27^th Fri.	July 28^th Sat.
8:30—9:50	Weekend	HSK(Comprehensive 7)	HSK(Comprehensive 8, 9)	HSK Test and Examination	Graduation Ceremony and Banquet	Trip to Shang Shanghai Tour	Free in Shanghai and back to States
10:10—11:30		HSK (Listening 7)
14:00—15:30		Homework for Comprehensive	General Review For Comprehensive	Enjoy Traditional Instrument	Free time and packing
15:50—16:30		Homework for Listening
19:00---21:00		Watching Video	Rest

Beginning class For American Students

First Week one( Beijing Time) Feb. 16^th, 2007

Date and Time	June 24^th Sun.	June 25`^th Mon.	June 26^th Tue.	June 27^th Wed.	June 28^th Thu.	June 29^th Fri。	June 30^thSat.
8:30—9:50	Beijing Tutor / Hope Trip					Arrive Nanjing	Downtown(Xinjiekou)
10:10—11:30
14:00—15:30						Visit University and facilities Opening Ceremony and Test & sign Class, Meet Tutors
15:50—16:30
19:00-21:00

Second week

Date and Time	July 1^st Sun	July 2^nd Mon.	July 3rd Tue.	July 4^th Wed.	July 5^th Thu.	July 6^th Fri.	July 7^th Sat.
8:30—9:50	Trip to Zhengjiang	Listening(1)	Listening(2)	Basic Chinese(1)	Listening(3)	Listening(4)	Suzhou and Wuxi Tour
10:10—11:30		Conversation(1)	Conversation(2)	Listening and conversation test(1)	Conversation(3)	Conversation(4)
14:00—15:30		Homework/ Listening and Speaking	Homework/ Listening and Speaking	Moslem of Sunyesan and Ming Tomb	Homework/ Listening and Speaking	Trip to Suzhou and Wuxi
15:50—16:30
19:00—21:00		Drum Down	Watching Video	Temporary arrange	Downtown(Hu Nan Lu)

Third week

Date and Time	July 8^th Sun	July 9^th Mon.	July 10^h Tue.	July 11^th Wed.	July 12^th Thu.	July 13^th Fri.	July 14^th Sat.
8:30—9:50	Trip in Suzhou and coming back to Nanjing in the afternoon	Listening(5)	Basic Chinese(2)	Listening(6)	Basic Chinese(3)	Basic Chinese(4)	Hangzhou Tour
10:10—11:30		Conversation(5)	Listening and conversation test(2)	Conversation(6)	Conversation(7)	Conversation(8)
14:00—15:30		Homework/ Oral	Homework/ Basic Chinese	Enjoy Taiji	Homework/ Basic Chinese	Trip to Hangzhou
15:50—16:30					Conversation
19:00—21:00		Watching Video	Night Market (Ninghai Lu)	Temporary arrange	Temporary arrange

Forth week

Date and Time	July 15^th Sun.	July 16^th Mon.	July 17^th Tue.	July 18^th Wed.	July 19^th Thu.	July 20^th Fri.	July 21^st Sat.
8:30—9:50	Hangzhou Tour and coming back to Nanjing in the afternoon	Basic Chinese(5)	Basic Chinese Test	Basic Chinese(6)	Basic Chinese(7)	Basic Chinese(8)	Trip to Yangzhou
10:10—11:30		Conversation(9)	Conversation(10)	Conversation(11)	Conversation test	Conversation(12)
14:00—15:30		Homework/ Basic Chinese	Homework/ Basic Chinese	Enjoy Traditional Instrument	Homework/ Basic Chinese	Homework/ Basic Chinese
15:50—16:30		Conversation	Conversation		Conversation	Conversation
19:00—21:00		Nanjing Subway	Temporary arrange	Temporary arrange	Having dinner in Sidewalk Snack Booth	Weekend holiday

Fifth week

Date and Time	July 22^h Sun.	July 23^th Mon.	July 24^th Tue.	July 25^th Wed.	July 26^th Thu.	July 27^th Fri.	July 28^th Sat.
8:30—9:50	Weekend	Basic Chinese(9)	Basic Chinese(10)	Examination	Graduation Ceremony and Banquet	Trip to Shang Shanghai Tour	Free in Shanghai and back to States
10:10—11:30		Conversation(13)	Review Listening and Conversation
14:00—15:30		Homework/ Basic Chinese And Oral	General Review	Calligraphy	Free time and packing
15:50—16:30
19:00—21:00		Watching Video	rest

The time schedule (2007.6.28----7.28)

Date	Zhenjiang schedule	Food	Accommodation
7.1.	9:00-10:00 set out to Zhenjiang from school 10:00-11:30 visit scenic spot of Jinshan temple 11:30-12:30 lunch time 12:30-14:00 visit scenic spot of Beigu mountain 14:00－15:00 return to Nanjing from Zhenjiang	lunch	no
Date	Wuxi&Suzhou schedule	Food	Accommodation
7.6.	13:30－16:00 set out to Wuxi from Nanjing 16:00－17:30 visit a special park 17:30－18:30 supper time 18:30 go back to hotel	supper	Wuxi
7.7.	8:00－8:30 breakfast time 8:30－10:30 visit scenic spot of Yuantou zhu and Tai lake 10:30－12:00 set out to Suzhou from Wuxi 12:00－13:00 lunch time 13:00－14:30 visit scenic spot of Hanshan temple 14:30－15:30 Feng bridge 15:30—16:30 shopping and free activity 16:30 go back to hotel 17:30 supper time	Breakfast Lunch supper	Suzhou
7.8.	8:30－9:00 breakfast time 9:00－11:00 visit Jiangnan famous park-Zhuozheng garden 11:30－12:30 lunch time 13:00－16:00 return to Nanjing from Suzhou	Breakfast Lunch
Date	Hangzhou schedule	Food	Accommodation
7.13.	13:30－17:00 set out to Hangzhou from Nanjing 17:00－18:00 supper time 18:00 stay in hotel and have a rest	supper	Hangzhou
7.14.	8:00－8:30 breakfast time 8:30－9:00 visit flower port to see the golden fish 9:00－10:30 visit Xi lake by boat 10:30－11:30 visit Duan bridge and Sudi on foot 12:00－13:00 lunch time 13:00－14:00 visit Hupao Spring 14:00—15:00 visit Liuhe tower 15:30-16:00 visit tea house and taste tea in Hangzhou 17:00 go back to hotel	Breakfast Lunch supper	Hangzhou
7.15.	8:30－9:00breakfast time 9:00－12:00visit Feilai temple and Lingyin temple 12:00－13:00lunch time 13:00－14:00visit silk museum 14:30 go back to Nanjing	Breakfast Lunch
Date	Yangzhou schedule	Food	Accommodation
7.21.	9:00-10:00 set out to Yangzhou from school 10:00-11:30 visit Shouxi lake 11:30-12:30 lunch time 13:00-14:00visit a famous garden 14：00-15：00return to Nanjing from Yangzhou	Lunch	---
Date	Shanghai schedule	Food	Accommodation
7.27.	8：30－9：00breakfast time 10:00 - 15:00 set out to Shanghai from Nanjing 15:00 - 17:00 QuanMao Shopping Center 17:00 - 18:00 supper time 13：00－18：00Shanghai Hotel, visit 18：00－20：30visit Pudong new area and TV tower in the evening, visit Nanpu bridge	Breakfast Lunch supper	Shanghai
7.28.	8：30－9：30lunch time 9：30－12：30visit Yu garden and city god temple 12：30－13：30lunch time 13：30－17：30visit the bund and free activity in Nanjing road 17：30－18：30supper time 19：00 - 21:00 Watch "Fly over Time" Circus	Breakfast Lunch supper	Shanghai
7.29	9：00－9：30breakfast time Free activity after breakfast according to flight schedule	breakfast

The Fees:

NNU Tuition, Books, Registration, Lodging and Tours (the cost of tours including hotels, meals, transportations, entrance fees and tour guiders): $2,000. (For the students who directly arrive in Nanjing without visiting Beijing will pay about $1,700)

Insurance and others: $100

Registration fee: $20

Visa fee: $50 + $19.99, see http://www.uschinavisa.com/visaAgreement.asp

Total: $2,200 (one by one tutoring price. )

Non-refundable deposit: $1,000, due by March 20. Full money due by April 1.The check will be pay able to "Chinese Academy of Memphis - summer program in Nanjing" and mail your check to 8740 Dewberry Lane, Cordova, TN 38016 ;

Sent your registration form to Mrs. Zhaohui Liu by email liu943@hotmail.com (Download your registration form at http://www.camemphis.org click "Admission" )

Section III

Logistics

Transportation

From Beijing to Nanjing: By train.

From Nanjing to Shanghai: By train

Other tours: By bus.

All the costs for above transportations are included in the total fees.

Students are responsible for the transportation to and from Memphis Airport to Beijing and for any other local transportation costs related to individual activities. Students can ride bicycles or take local buses (every 10 ~ 15 minutes each, $0.2 every 3 stops for non-air conditional bus, and $0.25 every 3 stops for air-conditional bus) to large shopping centers when in Nanjing. There are also subways (about $0.5 each ride) that link the main areas in the city of Nanjing. Taxis are everywhere in the city (about $2 ~ $5 cost can reach most of the places in the city).

Lodging

When in tours, all the group members will stay in local hotels. During the study days, students and program leaders will stay in the Dorm for International Students at Nanjing Normal University. The double-occupancy rooms are non-smoking, modern and well equipped (with air conditioning, shared restrooms, and public kitchens). The costs are covered in the price of the program.

Meals

During the weekdays (the study time), the food cost is paid by each individual. Students can eat three meals a day at the International Students Cafeteria in the university. Students can choose from a variety of menu items including both Chinese and western styles. The average cost is $3~$6/day. Students can also choose food from the many restaurants just outside and around the university and the cost is a little higher. There are also shops and other service stores just outside and around the university (5~10 minutes by walking).

When traveling in other cities, the food cost is included in the total cost that students paid for the program, and students eat as a group.

Night Life

Students can arrange their own activities at night. There are some bars and discos around the university. Care must be taken when selecting where to go. Students can also participant the evening activities organized by the university students and organizations. Students are responsible for all the costs. The students who are under 18 will have go out with chaperon NNU provides 24 hours.

Insurance/emergency plans

Each student will purchase insurance before leaving USA and the cost is included in the price of the trip. We will has information on this.

There is a medical clinic inside the campus of Nanjing Normal University. It can handle ordinary medical cases. There are also some large medical centers around the university which can handle serious problems. The officers of the International Student Center in NNU can help the translations and dealing with other issues when needed.

The students and group leaders can contact their families by email or phones inside the dorm building. Each individual is responsible for the long-distance and international phone costs. There are guarders at the campus gates and the building gate.

After arrival in China, the chaperon NNU provides will stay in the same dorm and participate in the excursions with the students, and can be contacted 24 hours a day. The Office of International Student Center in Nanjing Normal University can also help during office hours, and the officer on-duty can be reached during the other times.