CET Hangzhou Summer Immersion Program

  China

• Hangzhou: 
Hangzhou

Term: Summer 
Dates: Summer- Early July to Mid August

Description: CET's Hangzhou Summer Immersion Program is an innovative program open to intermediate and advanced Chinese students and is offered for six weeks during the summer. Designed for graduates, professionals, and serious undergraduates, it offers a unique curriculum unlike any other on the Chinese mainland. The program is based at CET's center at Zhejiang University of Technology, which houses the C.V. Starr-Middlebury School in China throughout the academic year. A recently renovated dormitory, along with ZUT's library, cafeterias and newly completed gymnasium offer students ideal facilities for language study. Outside of the classroom, students can take advantage of the environment that this famous Chinese city provides, including mountains, museums, temples and beautiful West Lake.

Highlights:
* Study in small, intensive language classes with an emphasis on in site learning, one-on-one tutorials, drill sessions, and practice
* Live with Chinese roommates
* Take advantage of rich opportunities for cultural immersion, Hangzhou offers an ideal setting for the study of Chinese language and culture
* Practice Chinese Language skills during excursions and extracurricular classes
* Benefit from extensive teacher training activities offer by CET to local faculty

Minimum Education: High School

Cost in US$: 2007 Summer: $5,340 (please see CET's website for current pricing)

Credit Available: yes

Experience Required: no

This Program is open to American and Canadian Participants.

Participants Travel to China Independently Or in Groups

Scholarships are Available. - please see our website for details.

Application Process Involves:

• Letters of Reference
• Transcript
• Written Application

Post Services Include:

• Alumni Network
• Exit DebriefingAbroad

CET Academic Programs's Mission Statement: CET Academic Programs is a private study abroad organization based in Washington, DC that has been designing and administering educational programs abroad since 1982. We offer study abroad programs in China, Vietnam, the Czech Republic, Italy and Spain. CET's programs specialize in integrating students into the society in which they are living. Each program is a model in student-centered learning, in which students are constantly challenged to contextualize their studies within the society that surrounds them. Staffed by over 20 full-time employees in the US and abroad, CET currently sends more than 700 American students abroad annually.