Middlebury, Vermont 05753 - Middlebury College
Middlebury, Vermont 05753 - Middlebury College
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Chinese School<br />
明德大学中文学校<br />
Spring 2011<br />
Dear Chinese School Student:<br />
欢迎! Welcome!<br />
On behalf of the Director of the Chinese School, Prof. Jianhua Bai, and the Chinese School faculty<br />
and staff, I am delighted to welcome you to this year's eight-week language session of<br />
the Chinese School at <strong>Middlebury</strong> <strong>College</strong>.<br />
To access the Language Schools Pre-Arrival website, please copy and paste this link in your web<br />
browser: http://www.middlebury.edu/ls/students/prearrival. Please take the time to<br />
read all the information, as most of the answers to your questions will be answered on this site.<br />
If you still cannot find the answer to your question after having read ALL of the pre-arrival<br />
information, then please feel free to call me at (802) 443-5520, or e-mail me at<br />
sun@middlebury.edu. I will be happy to assist you.<br />
Please note that dorms will NOT open before June 17 th<br />
. If you need to arrive in <strong>Middlebury</strong> early,<br />
you MUST make arrangements to stay off campus. Students will not be housed and room keys will<br />
not be issued before the scheduled arrival time and date.<br />
All of us at <strong>Middlebury</strong> have been working hard to make your arrival and first days go as smoothly as<br />
possible. I hope this information proves to be useful in planning for your summer and I look forward to<br />
welcoming you to the Chinese School in June.<br />
Sincerely,<br />
Anna Sun<br />
Chinese School Coordinator<br />
<strong>Middlebury</strong> <strong>College</strong><br />
<strong>Middlebury</strong>, VT 0<strong>05753</strong><br />
(802) 443-5520 phone<br />
(802) 443-2075 fax<br />
sun@<strong>Middlebury</strong>.edu<br />
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<strong>Middlebury</strong> <strong>College</strong><br />
<strong>Middlebury</strong>, <strong>Vermont</strong> <strong>05753</strong><br />
Language Schools and Schools<br />
Abroad<br />
802.443.5510 Fax 802.443.2075<br />
www.middlebury.edu/academics/ls/
Online Reading Proficiency Exam: https://segue.middlebury.edu/sites/chinese-placement<br />
For Levels 2-4. The deadline has been extended to: Sunday, June 5th. If you can, please take<br />
this exam in advance, it will be one less exam to take after you arrive! If you have problems with the<br />
exam, please contact the test administrator, Alex Chapin, directly at: achapin@middlebury.edu. If you<br />
can’t access this exam, you may take it on Saturday, June 18 th<br />
.<br />
Arrival: Friday, June 17 th<br />
The Arrival Center at the Axinn Center will be open on Friday June 17 th , 10:00 a.m.-8:00 p.m.<br />
Please report there to check in and receive your key and arrival packets. If you arrive after 8:00 p.m., go<br />
directly to the Department of Public Safety at 125 South Main St. They are open 24 hours a day every<br />
day and will have your key. On Saturday you can go to the Chinese School office in Hepburn 113 to pick up your<br />
arrival packet.<br />
Placement Exams, Saturday, June 18 th , Levels 2-4<br />
Written Placement Exam: 8:00-10:00 a.m, McCardell Bicentennial Hall 216. Please bring a soft<br />
pencil and an eraser. Schedules for the Computer-Adaptive Reading exam, and for the Oral Proficiency<br />
Interview will be posted in dormitories and dining halls. A continental breakfast will be served at 6:30 a.m.<br />
in Ross Dining Hall to accommodate those students taking placement exams. Your final placement will<br />
be determined by your scores on all three exams. Placement results will be posted in all dormitories on<br />
Sunday morning, June 19 th .<br />
Course Materials:<br />
Please do not purchase books until after you have received the results of the placement exams. The<br />
<strong>College</strong> Store will be open Sunday, June 19 th to purchase your course materials and supplies. Students<br />
accepted to Level I, II & III should bring iPods, or mp3 players for downloading and uploading<br />
sound files online.<br />
Housing:<br />
The Chinese School students, faculty and staff will be housed in Hepburn, Stewart and Painter Halls<br />
this summer; each of have both doubles and singles. There is no guarantee that students' special housing<br />
requests can be met, although we will make every effort to accommodate your needs as identified on the<br />
rooming card. Please do not call or email the School to ask about housing assignments or to<br />
request a single. It is not possible to give out this information prior to arrival. You will be informed<br />
of your housing assignment upon your arrival.<br />
Chinese School Summer Offices:<br />
Jianhua Bai, Director, Hepburn 119<br />
Lisa Lin, Associate Director, Hepburn 115<br />
Anna Sun, Coordinator, Hepburn 124<br />
Mairead Harris, Alex Klikunas, Bilingual Assistants, Hepburn 113<br />
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Language Pledge:<br />
The Language Pledge will be signed after dinner on Monday, June 20 th and remains in force through<br />
the end of the session.<br />
Basic Weekday Schedule:<br />
Schedules for individual levels may differ slightly, but the basic schedule is as follows. Meals:<br />
breakfast, weekend brunch will be in Ross Dining Hall. Lunch and dinner will be in Atwater Dining Hall.<br />
Breakfast 6:30- 8:00<br />
Classes 8:00- 12:00<br />
Lunch 12:00- 1:15<br />
Co-curriculars 3:30- 5:00<br />
Dinner 6:00 – 7:00<br />
Please note that there will be NO Long Weekend during the eight-week session.<br />
Classes will be held on Monday, July 4 th .<br />
Weekends & Co-curriculars<br />
We offer a variety of activities on weekends: a film series, with films from China, Taiwan and Hong<br />
Kong, a lecture series; a performance of traditional Chinese music, and our very own China Night, where<br />
students get to showcase their language and musical/theatrical talents. If you play an instrument, you are<br />
welcome to bring it. We also offer picnics, dances, films, hikes, all designed to help integrate what you<br />
have learned in the classroom into everyday conversation. Students are welcome to take short outings<br />
but should not plan to leave the program on weekends. Requests to leave campus must be preapproved<br />
by the Director.<br />
Students are encouraged to participate in our co-curricular program, which will help you “live” the<br />
language and absorb it faster. Monday – Thursday afternoons, we offer activities such as Chinese<br />
cooking, calligraphy, Tai Chi, singing, weekly radio show -- all in Chinese. Sports include soccer,<br />
volleyball, frisbee, ping pong, badminton. The <strong>Middlebury</strong> campus offers complete athletic facilities,<br />
including a fitness center and indoor pool, so feel free to bring appropriate equipment for any sport you<br />
wish to participate in while here.<br />
A few items you should consider bringing with you:<br />
A fan (!), a laptop (if you have one), light weight/summer clothing, raincoat, swim suit, bug spray, warm<br />
sweater or warm fleece top, linens, towels, and a light weight blanket. (One blanket and one pillow will<br />
be provided per bed.) There will be a couple of formal Chinese School events (concerts, the final banquet)<br />
to which you might want to (but are not required to) wear something more formal. The weather in<br />
<strong>Vermont</strong> during the summer is usually warm and pleasant during the day, cooler in the evening, but there<br />
are generally about two weeks of uncomfortable, muggy heat.<br />
Departure: Friday, August 12 th<br />
Academic activities of the Chinese School will end with the last class hour (12:00) on August 12 th<br />
Students may not plan to leave before then. Flights from Burlington airport should be scheduled after<br />
3:00 p.m. The last meal will be Saturday brunch on August 13 th . Dormitories will close that afternoon.<br />
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