SPKU: S+T Program Schedule

Short-Term Class of Chinese Language, Culture, and History

 

June 29 ~ July 27, 2008

 

 

S-Term

 

Date

Weekday

Time

Activities

6/29

Sunday

Arrival in Beijing

Settle in Peking University

Week I

6/30

Monday

8:30           

9:40                       

14:00-17:00    

18:30          

Opening ceremony

Campus tour

Tour to Summer Palace

Welcome dinner with the “Peking Duck”

7/1

Tuesday

9:00-10:00     

14:30-16:00    

19:00-21:00    

Chinese Placement Test, Chinese class

Seminar 1, Introduction of and Appreciation of Beijing Opera

Theater visit: Beijing Opera show

       7/2

Wednesday

8:30-11:30

Afternoon      

Chinese class

Free time

7/3

Thursday

8:30-11:30     

14:30-16:00    

Chinese class

Seminar 2: History of Beijing

7/4

Friday

8:30-11:00     

Afternoon              

Chinese class

Visiting Prince Gong’s Palace, hutong

7/5

Saturday

8:00-18:00      

Tour of the Xiangshan Park

7/6

Sunday

8:00-18:00              

Tour of the Great Wall (Badaling Section) and the Ming Tombs

Week II

7/7

 

Monday

8:30-11:00     

14:30-16:00    

Chinese class

Seminar 3, Chinese Emperor and Imperial Power

7/8

Tuesday

8:30-11:00     

13:00-17:30

Chinese class    

Tour to the Tiananmen, Jingshan Park

7/9

Wednesday

8:30-11:00     

14:30-16:00    

Chinese class

Seminar 4: Chinese Calligraphy

7/10

Thursday

8:30-11:00     

13:00-17:30           

19:00-21:00    

Chinese class

Tour of Qianmen and Liulichang

Theater visit – acrobat show

7/11

Friday

8:30-11:00     

14:30-16:00    

Chinese class

Free time

7/12

Saturday

Prepare to leave

Leaving Beijing

7/13

Sunday

Arriving in Huaibei

Settle in Huaibei Teacher’s College, Anhui Province

Week III

7/14

 

Monday

8:30-11:00     

14:30-16:00    

Chinese class

Seminar 5: Chinese Martial Art (Gongfu)

7/15

Tuesday

Field Trip

Visit to the local attractions

7/16

Wednesday

8:30-11:00     

14:30-16:00    

Chinese class

Free time

7/17

Thursday

8:30-11:00     

13:00-17:30    

Chinese class

Seminar 6: Chinese Folk Culture

7/18

Friday

8:30-9:30       

13:00-17:30    

18:30-20:00    

Final Exam for the Chinese Class

Graduation

Farewell dinner, S-term ends

7/19

Saturday

Free day

Preparing for the T-term (Cultural Tour).

7/20

Sunday

S-term students:

T-term students:

Departure from Huaibei Teacher’s College (S-term is over)

Departure for Chengdu (T-term starts)

 

 

                                                                                        T-Term

 

7/21

Monday

Arrival in Chengdu and , Settling in

7/22

Tuesday

City Tour, departing for Chongqing

7/23

Wednesday

Boarding cruise

7/24

Thursday

Cruising on the Yangtze River

7/25

Friday

Arriving at Yichang, flying to Shanghai

7/26

Saturday

Shanghai tour

7/27

Sunday

Departing for home (SPKU Program 2008 finishes)