Twenty-four middle and high school students with no or minimum experience (no more than one year) in Chinese language studies are selected to participate in a three-week residential program on the UH Manoa campus to acquire basic listening, speaking, reading, writing, and culture skills in Mandarin Chinese. Participants learn language along with sports such as martial arts, and engage in a variety of activities focusing on Chinese culture. Language lessons consist of learner-centered, interactive, task-based activities designed to encourage learners to communicate in Chinese. Weekend excursions to sites around scenic Honolulu led by native speakers of Chinese provide additional practice, and the Chinese ethnic presence links classroom practice with real-world usage of Chinese.

Goals

By the end of the program, each student will test at the Novice Low to Intermediate Low proficiency levels or higher, in speaking and reading. Proficiency will be measured by LinguaFolio.

2011 Acceptance Packet

Application Packet Contents —

Checklist (Hawaii students) or
Checklist (non-Hawaii students)
WH-1 Form
STARTALK Consent Form

Submission Deadline: May 20, 2011

Completed packets should be MAILED to:

JiaLin Sun (Sunny)
Confucius Institute, University of Hawaii at Manoa
1890 East-West Rd. Moore Hall #416B
Honolulu, HI 96822
Office: (808) 956-2663
*Incomplete application will not be accepted or considered.