Chinese Project GO – ROTC Students – Language Acquisition Resource Center

Learn Chinese-Mandarin through our unique intensive summer experience. Intensive language courses immerse you in language and culture studies for 5-6 hours of interactive instruction, Monday through Friday. You can earn 20 units of SDSU foreign language credit in 11 weeks. We look forward to having you study with us this summer.

The SDSU Project GO domestic Chinese program starts at the Year 1 - 101 level. Students applying should have no prior Chinese learning experience (school or heritage learner). Students with prior experience in Chinese are encouraged to apply for a Project GO overseas program or a different SDSU language program in which they have no prior learning experience.

NOVICE CHINESE
May 29 – June 14, 2024 (Online – Chinese 101)
June 17 – July 3, 2024 (SDSU – Chinese 102)
This intensive 10-unit course teaches practical language skills and cultural awareness. Students learn & expand their four skills of speaking, listening, reading and writing of the Chinese language through conversations, games, written homework, and Chinese movies.

Course Materials:

Liu, Yuehua, Tao-chung Yao, Nyan-Ping Bi, Liangyan Ge, and Yaohua Shi. Integrated Chinese (Simplified Chinese). 4^th Ed. Vol. 1. Textbook. Boston: Cheng & Tsui, 2016.
Liu, Yuehua, Tao-chung Yao, Nyan-Ping Bi, Liangyan Ge, and Yaohua Shi. Integrated Chinese (Simplified Chinese). 4^th Ed. Vol. 1. Workbook. Boston: Cheng & Tsui, 2016.

Online Materials:

Character Text with Sound Clips
Pinyin Text with Sound Clips
Animated Characters PPT
Crossword Puzzle (in pinyin; for vocabulary practice)
Fill in Blanks (in character; for grammar practice)
Sentence Descrambling (in character; for making sentences) Crossword Puzzle (in character; for making sentences)

INTERMEDIATE CHINESE (201 and 202 at SDSU)
July 8 -August 9, 2024
This intensive 10-unit course develops intermediate level skills in Chinese speaking, listening, reading and writing. Through the use of authentic materials and field trips, students are exposed to a wide variety of topics, including a more in depth academic and cultural knowledge.

Course Materials:

Liu, Yuehua, Tao-chung Yao, Nyan-Ping Bi, Liangyan Ge, and Yaohua Shi. Integrated Chinese (Simplified Chinese). 4^th Ed. Vol. 3. Textbook. Boston: Cheng & Tsui, 2016.
Liu, Yuehua, Tao-chung Yao, Nyan-Ping Bi, Liangyan Ge, and Yaohua Shi. Integrated Chinese (Simplified Chinese). 4^th Ed. Vol. 3. Workbook. Boston: Cheng & Tsui, 2016.
Amiot-Cadey, Gaelle and Susanne Reichert. Merriam-Webster’s Chinese English Dictionary. Springfield, IL: Merriam-Webster, Inc., 2010.

Online Materials:

Hot Potatoes Exercises crossword puzzles
character analysis/differentiation fill-in-blanks
descrambling sentences

**Course materials are subject to change**

Project GO at SDSU pays for:
Tuition, course materials, room and board for all ROTC Students. In addition, scholarship students will receive a living stipend ($250/week) during the online portion of the program.

Please note that the room and board support is not intended to be comprehensive of all living costs a program participant may incur. The scholarship provides a meal plan and shared double occupancy suites on campus. Any purchases a student wants to make outside of this are the responsibility of the students. All participants are required to live in double occupancy suites on SDSU’s campus. San Diego residents living around campus or within a driving distance of less than 10 miles are exempt.

Students accepted to the program are responsible for the following refundable security deposit: $300 program security deposit (to hold your spot once accepted). You will receive a refund at the end of the program.

SDSU LARC summer intensive course offerings cover the equivalent of 4 semesters of coursework, or 20 units covered from late-May through mid-August consecutively.

Students able to dedicate the entire summer can apply by using the Project GO Central Application System. Application forms is available online from October 2, 2023 to February 27, 2024.

Two letters of recommendation are required:
1. A letter from your commanding officer.
2. An academic letter of recommendation that addresses: a) the relationship between the recommender and applicant and b) the reason the applicant is a good candidate for this scholarship.

Transcripts and letters of recommendation will be submitted through the Project GO Central Application System.

While taking a traditional language class at your home university is preferred, you may choose to take online language sustainment classes through SDSU. However, the sustainment plan is flexible. For example, you may find 2-3 online hours per week is enough to maintain your knowledge/use of vocabularies and phrases, or engaging with people who speak the language through a club or organization, and/or meeting with a tutor for bi-weekly conversational check-ins. SDSU-LARC Project GO staff will meet with you to articulate a plan that works for you. In all, it is a matter of maintaining your language skills during the academic year until your next Project GO experience.

*The online language sustainment program is for SDSU Project GO participants only.

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