The Exchange - National Committee on United States-China Relations
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Deng Xiaojin<br />
Suzhou Middle School<br />
xiaojin_d@hotmail.com<br />
Hou Jisheng<br />
Fengtai Experimental<br />
School, Beijing<br />
jisheng@public.fhnet.cn.net<br />
Ji Chunh<strong>on</strong>g<br />
Yangzhou Middle School<br />
chunh<strong>on</strong>gji@sohu.com<br />
Liu Yingsu<br />
Inner M<strong>on</strong>golia Teachers’<br />
University Affiliated<br />
Middle School<br />
zlys@public.hh.nm.cn<br />
Lu Lingma<br />
Lancylu@hotmail.com<br />
John Martin (see p. 32)<br />
Min Wei<br />
Dalian No. 23 Middle<br />
School<br />
minwei@dlpt.com<br />
Todd Parker<br />
doctoral candidate, University<br />
of Pennsylvania<br />
toddspar@worldnet.att.net<br />
Ruan Hangwei<br />
Changzhou No. 1 Middle<br />
School<br />
Richard Sanford<br />
Grover Cleveland High<br />
School, NY<br />
rasanford@aol.com<br />
Janet Schoor (see p. 2)<br />
Shen Xiaojin<br />
Beijing No. 12 Middle School<br />
wyzsj@public.bta.net.cn<br />
Shi Suping<br />
Yuming Middle School, Dalian<br />
supingshi@163.com<br />
Sun Jun<br />
Dalian No. 8 Middle School<br />
Kimberly Vaillancourt<br />
Sec<strong>on</strong>d Opportunity Schools, NY<br />
kimberlyvaillanc@hotmail.com<br />
Wang Yinghui<br />
Huiwen Middle School, Beijing<br />
wyhcathy@hotmail.com<br />
Yan Yanping<br />
Chengdu No. 7 Middle School<br />
yanpingyan@263.net<br />
Zhang Wenming<br />
Inner M<strong>on</strong>golia Teachers’ University<br />
Affiliated Middle School<br />
zwm@public.hh.nm.cn<br />
Zheng Weitao<br />
Beijing No. 12 Middle School<br />
weitao.zheng@brookline.mec.edu<br />
Zhou Yang<br />
Changzhou No. 2 Middle School<br />
zhouyangczcn@yahoo.com<br />
Zhu Yu<br />
Suzhou Middle School<br />
zhuyu1@hotmail.com<br />
1998-1999<br />
Tom and Susan Amper<br />
Susan: Goldey-Beacom College,<br />
Wilmingt<strong>on</strong>, DE<br />
Tom: P.S. 21, NY<br />
amper84@msn.com<br />
Susan Baboomian (see p. 32)<br />
Bai Fan<br />
Luoyang No. 2 Foreign Language<br />
School<br />
Patricia Barry<br />
Forestdale School, Sandwich, MA<br />
pbarry2@earthlink.net<br />
Joan Burress (see p. 32)<br />
William Dys<strong>on</strong><br />
Glenbrook Middle School,<br />
L<strong>on</strong>gmeadow, MA<br />
dysbill@massed.net<br />
Christopher Fray<br />
Staples High School, Westport, CT<br />
frayc1105@aol.com<br />
Maura Gouck<br />
retired, Beac<strong>on</strong> School, NY<br />
mgouck@att.net<br />
Guo Zhijie<br />
Beijing No. 12 Middle School<br />
Jefferguo@El<strong>on</strong>g.com<br />
Huang Gaosheng<br />
hgaosheng999@yahoo.com<br />
Summer Language Study in Beijing<br />
John Martin<br />
Never mind what I thought it would be, the “proprietary language school” is just what I was looking for and better. From<br />
8:00 a.m. until 9:00 p.m., M<strong>on</strong>day through Friday, eighty-eight different two-hour classes are offered at the Academy of<br />
Arts and Design, Tsinghua University Chinese Language Center.<br />
Ostensibly, there seem to be art students coming to Beijing who need to learn the language before they can communicate<br />
with their professors. A Peruvian in my class had an elder sister who took her whole MFA in English, but the rules have<br />
changed and the younger sister must now study Chinese for two years first. Others in the class are a brother and sister,<br />
ages 7 and 8; students between 14 and 21; and a 40-year-old business man, all Korean. Total class size: 12. <str<strong>on</strong>g>The</str<strong>on</strong>g> bottom<br />
line is that first t<strong>on</strong>es are getting sung as E-flat with less self-c<strong>on</strong>sciousness.<br />
Another point of comparis<strong>on</strong> between traveling to Beijing for summer study and staying in the <strong>United</strong> <strong>States</strong> comes<br />
when you factor in the cost of housing for a short course at a school bey<strong>on</strong>d commuting distance from home. An airc<strong>on</strong>diti<strong>on</strong>ed<br />
standard room at the Wudaokou Hotel was 200 renminbi (U.S. $24.00) per night - less than half the price of<br />
any motel or dorm room in C<strong>on</strong>necticut. Multiply that by four to five weeks and the difference even covers the airfare, not<br />
to menti<strong>on</strong> the ambiance.<br />
You’re talking to a foreign language teacher <strong>on</strong> vacati<strong>on</strong> in paradise!<br />
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