Long-term Chinese Language Course

As the largest university in the southwest of China, Sichuan University enjoys a deep cultural and historic background of Chengdu, who features delicious food and relaxed lifestyle. The English-Medium MBBS and International Economy and Trade are very popular among international students. Besides, Sichuan University has established friendly cooperative ties with over 100 universities and research institutes from over 30 countries and regions, including Harvard University (USA), Yale University (USA), Washington University (USA), Landon University (England), University of Toronto (Canada), etc.

To meet the need of overseas students,we offer specialized courses and elective courses. Special and comprehensive trainings are given so that overseas students can get a full understanding of Chinese language. Chinese language courses for overseas students consists of specialized courses and elective courses, trainings are given in special and comprehensive areas to overseas students in the study of Chinese language.

Important Time:

Registration Period: February 8th to February 14th

Placement Test: at 9:00am on February 15th

Spring Semester Finish: July 6th

Summer Holiday: July 7th 2012 to August 25th

Study Time: Compulsory courses are held Monday to Friday from 8:30 to 12 noon, and extracurricular courses and activities are held in the afternoon and evening. Some weekends, the school of overseas education will organize field trips and sightseeing excursions.

Specialized Courses

1. Elementary Class

Elementary Chinese begins with an intensive overall training for students in Mandarin phonetics. Basic grammar is introduced in this class. The listening and speaking class uses topics in situational dialogues to train the students' basic skills of spoken Chinese. Students will acquire knowledge of Chinese culture through Chinese language classes.

Courses for Elementary Class:

Elementary Chinese 1 This course suits students at Elementary Class One, whose Chinese is at a beginning level.

Elementary Chinese 2 This course suits students in Elementary Class Two, who have studied some Chinese but are still at the beginning level.

Elementary Chinese 3 This course suits students in Elementary Class Three, who have studied some Chinese and learned about 1,000 words.

Chinese Listening and Speaking This course focuses on the skill of listening and speaking, supporting Elementary Chinese course.

Initiation to Chinese Characters To support Elementary Chinese course, this course studies the structure of Chinese characters and the writing regulations. This course teaches how to count number of strokes and how to use a Chinese dictionary based on radicals. This course will improve students' ability in reading and writing Chinese characters.

Chinese Reading This course trains students in reading, supporting Elementary Chinese course.

Chinese Through Video This course fosters students' ability to understand the language through visual means, supporting the course of Elementary Chinese course.

Chinese Listening This course trains students in understanding the Language through listening comprehension.

Chinese Speaking To support other courses, this course guides students to put into practice their language knowledge and skills through oral conversation.

Elementary Chinese Writing This course supplements other courses by instructing students on how to form paragraphs and develop articles.

2. Intermediate Class

Intermediate Class is designed for students who have finished Elementary Class or an equivalent level. It emphasizes students' understanding and expression of the language, and it also gives an overall training on listening, speaking, reading and writing. This class will also enlarge the students' vocabulary as well as their knowledge of the language.

Intermediate Chinese 1 This course suits students who have studied one year of Chinese with a vocabulary of about 2, 700 words for both daily use and study. Students in this class should learn basic Chinese grammar and have the ability to understand daily conversation.

Intermediate Chinese 2 This courses suits students who have finished Intermediate Chinese 1, with a vocabulary of 3, 700 words.

Chinese Listening and speaking This course is a part of the whole second year’s study. It trains students through situational dialogue and talking after reading. It also gives overall training on listening and speaking. The students will also have better understanding of Chinese culture and customs.

Chinese Reading This course gives special training on reading skills to support Intermediate Chinese, improving the students' ability in reading and comprehension.

Basic Chinese Writing This course introduces basic writing and gives special training with different writing style.

3. Advanced Class

Advanced class is a transitional course for students who have learned basic Chinese grammar and wish to study other subject areas in Chinese language or to study Chinese language for a bachelor’s degree. This course will enable the students to have a better understanding of idioms and history of the language, as well as Chinese culture as a whole.

Advanced Chinese This course is a required and important course for the third year of students. It requires students to enlarge their vocabulary and knowledge of the language in order to improve their ability of comprehension and fast reading. The aim of this course is to enable the student to reach the level of fluency.

Advanced Chinese Conversation This course trains the students' ability of oral expression in various forms. Large amount of audio materials are used for students to effectively improve their listening and speaking ability. It will enable the students to express themselves freely and to achieve satisfying results in conversation.

Chinese Writing To combine with exercises of writing in various kinds of styles, this course will enable the students to master the skill of writing and to express themselves freely in written language.

SELECTED COURSES

Chinese Calligraphy This course will introduce the origins of Chinese calligraphy and give students the basic training for calligraphy. It will also enable the students to appreciate Chinese calligraphy.

Introduction to the Language of Journalism This course uses articles from the major newspapers in China, introduces basic expressions and sentence patterns in journalism writing. It will enable the students to understand and master the language features of journalism, and improve their reading comprehension.

Chinese Culture This course focuses on the following topics: study of Confucian classics, historiography, ancient official position, imperial examinations, family names, graves, astronomy, calendar, drama, dancing, painting, pottery, porcelain and other aspects of Chinese culture.

Sichuan Dialect This course gives a systematic introduction to Sichuan dialect, its phonetics, vocabulary and grammar. In comparison with Mandarin the students will understand the general features of Sichuan dialect.

Ancient Chinese This course will enable the students to understand the meaning of classic Chinese words and basic grammar of ancient Chinese through classical reading. This course will enable the students to improve their skills in written language by comparing the differences and similarities between ancient Chinese and modern Chinese.

Chinese Word Processing This course gives an introduction to the features of Chinese characters, introduces three ways to type Chinese characters on computer: phonetic way, radical way and a combination of both. Students can choose one of the three ways to imput Chinese to the computer according to their own practical situation. Skillfulness is expected.

Phonetics Assisting This course gives special training in phonetics and corrects the students' mispronunciation.

Taiji Quan/Taiji Jian This course teaches the National Standard 24 Forms Taiji Quan, based on this, further introduction can be given to 48 Forms Taiji Quan, 88 Forms Taiji Quan, 32 Forms Taiji Quan and 54 Forms Taiji Jian.

Calendar: Autumn semester: from late August or early September to late January of the next year Spring semester: from late February or early March to mid July.

The Sichuan University has a long history that dates back to Sichuan Zhong-Xi Xuetang (Sichuan Chinese and Western School), which was established in 1896. At present, SCU has 12 first-class disciplines to grant Doctor’s degree and Master’s degree, 111 second-class disciplines to grant Doctor’s degree, 178 Master programs, 6 specialized degree programs, and 16 post-doctor stations. The 109 bachelor programs cover the major fields in liberal arts, sciences, engineering, medicine and agriculture. SCU has a current student population of more than 70 thousand. Ever since the birth of New China, it has cultivated over 200 thousand students, and therefore it has been identified by the MOE as the Collegiate Cultural Quality Education Base.
 
As one of the national key universities directly under the State Ministry of Education (MOE) as well as one of the State “211 Project” universities enjoying privileged construction in the Ninth Five-Year Plan period, the present Sichuan University (SCU) was first incorporated with Chengdu University of Science and Technology (CUST), another national key university under the MOE in1994, and West China University of Medical Science (WCUMS), a key university directly subordinated to the State Ministry of Health in 2000.

SCU has a competent teaching force. It has a current total staff of 11,357, among whom 969 are professors, 2192 associate professors, 6 academicians of Chinese Academy of Science and Chinese Academy of Engineering, 434 tutors of doctor students, and 17 members of the Academic Degrees Committee and the Discipline Appraisal Group under the State Council. Besides, the university has 14 posts of the "Yangtze River Scholar Award Plan” for specially engaged professors (9 engaged plus 1 lecture professor).

SCU has great potentiality in scientific research. There are in function 2 national key labs, 6 national engineering centers, 5 ministerial (MOE) key labs, 35 provincial key labs, 10 ministerial and provincial centers, 4 key research bases for humanities and social sciences, and 4 clinical research bases at the national level. SCU has undertaken and completed a considerable number of national, ministerial and regional major research projects, and has made many achievements, which are rated first class in China and bear significant international influence.
 
SCU enjoys favorable facilities. The University Library (with 3 sub-divisions), which comprises about 4.8 million volumes, serves as the Collection Center for English Publications under the National Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, MOE Information Center for Liberal Arts Literature and CALIS Southwest Sub-center, National University Scientific and Technological Projects and Achievements Consulting Center, and Center for Medical Literature Retrieval in Southwest China as well. The University Museum is the only one of its kind in China with a comprehensive collection of cultural relics over 40,000 pieces, and animal and plant specimens over 600,000 pieces, ranking first in its holdings among the others in China. The University Stadium is fully and sophisticatedly equipped and once served as the main field for the Sixth National Collegiate Sports Meet. Other sub-divisions available are Campus Web Center, Analytic and Testing Center, University Archive Establishment, University Press, National Foreign Language Examination Center, Intensive Language Training Center, 4 attached hospitals, and 1 attached health school. So far the university has published 37 academic periodicals to domestic and overseas subscribers.


 

Accommodation Booking Policy:

Non-degree: Book online in advance. Bachelor: Book online in advance. Master: Book online in advance. Doctor: Book online in advance.
General Policy Statement:
1. Book online in advance: Each school may has a different booking method, so the accommodation intention should be submitted and replied to SICAS promptly by applicants. For some school, you may be required to provide login information for the registred personal account after admission, so that the SICAS can help book. For other school, a deposit or accommodation fee is required at the time of booking, so applicants can book by self; If need help from the SICAS , the 20% service fee for transferring fee is need be to charged.
2. Arranged by school: Rooms on campus are guaranteed. No need or unavailable to book in advance.
3. First come, first served: Unavailable to book in advance. (1)The room is guaranteed, but the first come may choose the type first. (2) The room is limited.
4. NO on-campus accommodation: Students are required to rent off campus

Sichuan University (SCU) has 3 campus: Huaxi Campus for medical students in English taught programs, Wangjiang Campus for language and postgraduate students, Jiang'an Campus for undergraduate students except Chinese language and literature students . The accommodation fee range is from 17.00 bathroom attached to 18000.00 bathroom attached.

3 Steps to Apply to a Chinese University

1.Under 60 years old
2.Senior middle school education or higher
3.With a health certificate

1.  Photocopy of valid passport
With photo, passport number &expiration date and name included.

2.  Passport-sized photo
A passport-sized photo taken recently of the applicant.

3.  Graduation certificate of high school
Graduation certificate should be in Chinese or English.If not, it should be translated into Chinese or English and be notarized.

4.  Health certificate(optional)
Photocopy of physical examination record.