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Language and Cultural Electives

The goal of the electives program is to increase the student's language fluency and awareness of Chinese business practice, culture, history, and art.

Language Electives
Chinese Character Writing: Classes introduce the radical system, composition of characters, stroke orders and basic characters.
Chinese Songs: Classes introduce Chinese songs including traditional folk and current pop songs. Singing is an excellent way to improve language skills and vocabulary.
Chinese folk tales and poetry: Classes incorporate authentic literature to bring a rich cultural context to language learning and improve vocabulary.

Chinese Cultural Lectures and Demonstrations
China Today and Yesterday: The lectures provide a fun opportunity to learn about Chinese history and culture as well as modern China.
Doing Business in China: Classes give American¡¯s a guide to doing business in China.
Encountering the Chinese: This class helps participants develop awareness of their own culture and that of the Chinese by providing basic information on Chinese and American values, cultural norms and mindsets that may prevent cultural faux-pas in dealing with the Chinese.
Chinese games: Classes allow learners to play games and learn Chinese while enjoying traditional Chinese games.
Regional Chinese Cooking.
 



 
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