Great Chinese Classes Past Review
By A student (Anthropology., Brandeis University) - abroad from 06/06/2013 to 08/03/2013 with
Beijing Foreign Studies University: Beijing - Direct Enrollment & Exchange
I learned so much Chinese and learned a lot about being in a huge Chinese city.
Personal Information
| How much international exposure did you have prior to this program? | 1 month - 6 months |
Review Your Program
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* Overall educational experience
Academic rigor, intensity, resources, etc. |
This was an intense Chinese program so there was five hours of Chinese class a day, so there was a lot of work! |
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* Host Country Program Administration
On-site administration of your program |
The director of the program was new and many students often felt like he was rude and condescending to us. |
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* Housing:
How satisfied were you with your living arrangements? |
The program told us we would have Chinese roommates but because it was the summer the students were already out of school. However, they failed to mention that before we arrived. However, the dorm was pretty nice |
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* Social & Cultural Integration:
How integrated did you feel with the local culture? |
It was very hard to integrate with the local culture because we did not live in a homestay or have Chinese roommates. |
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* Health Care:
How well were health issues addressed during the program? |
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| If you could do it all over again would you choose the same program? |
Yes
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Finances
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* Money: How easily were you able to live on a student's budget?
(1 = not very easy/$200+ on food & personal expenses/week, 2.5 = $100/week, 5 = very easily/minimal cost) |
Things are pretty cheap in China but Beijing has a lot of markets so you tempted to buy a lot of stuffy |
Language
| * Did your program have a foreign language component? | Yes |
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How much did the program encourage you to use the language?
0 = No encouragement, 5 = frequent encouragement to use the language |
We were supposed to have a 24/7 language pledge which they did not do because we were a summer program (which was annoying) but they still encouraged us to speak Chinese |
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Other Program Information
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* Where did you live?
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* Who did you live with?
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* Who did you take classes with?
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| About how many local friends did you make that you will likely keep in touch with? | 0 |
A Look Back
| * What did you like most about the program? |
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| * What could be improved? |
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| * What do you know now that you wish you knew before going on this program? | n/a |
