The
WUSTL-ALLEX Intensive Chinese and Japanese Institute
will offer intensive beginning level classes in Japanese and Mandarin
Chinese at Washington University in St. Louis for seven weeks in summer
of 2014. Each class meets for 2 hours per day, 5 days a week for 7
weeks. The course is intensive and requires 3-5 hours of mandatory
self-managed study per day.
This program is designed to train students to speak and listen to
Chinese or Japanese, and to introduce students to reading and writing
the language. At the end of the course students will be expected to
perform in all four skills—speaking, listening, reading and writing—at a
basic level of proficiency. Students will not only learn to speak the
language; they will also develop an understanding of Chinese or Japanese
interpersonal behavior. The ultimate goal is to teach students not just
to speak Chinese or Japanese, but to function successfully in Chinese
or Japanese culture—to present yourself as an intelligent person in the
culture using the language. Students will learn to speak and perform
correctly in a variety of social situations.
A limited number of scholarships are available to qualified students. Please visit our webpage for more information:
www.allex.org.
