The short-term class for the Chinese language is run
by universities, colleges of arts, and teachers’
college, mainly intended for students from foreign
universities, high schools, friendship groups, company staff
members, and whoever loves the Chinese culture. Short-term
classes are divided into primary, medium and advanced levels
according to different Chinese proficiency of the
learners.
The Chinese culture class focuses on
Chinese politics, economy and trade, foreign relations, and
traditional culture, conducted either in Chinese or English,
or with an interpreter. Classroom teaching is combined with
visits to factories, rural areas, residential areas, and
scenic spots. The Chinese traditional medicine class, which
is run by colleges of traditional Chinese medicine in local
areas, offers courses on acupuncture and moxibustion,
massage, and internal medicine to overseas practitioners of
Chinese medicine, acupuncturitsts, undergraduate and
graduate students of medicine who know Chinese or English.
The courses are conducted in the form of classroom lectures
and clinical practices.
The law study class
offers courses on China’s Constitution, civil laws,
economic laws, and laws an regulations on Sino-foreign joint
investment, and organizes visits to law firms, court trial
auditing, and discussion with law workers.
The
calligraphy and painting class mainly focuses on theories
and skills of Chinese calligraphy and traditional Chinese
painting, including mountain-and-water painting,
flower-and-bird painting, and figure
painting.
The ancient architecture class offers
lectures on the history of architectural development in
ancient China, ancient China’s architectural
engineering technology. Students can also visit ancient
Chinese buildings and gardens characteristic of various
styles and times.
The gastronomy or cooking
class focuses on the characteristics and cooking skills of
major Chinese cuisines, with every student having the
opportunities to make dish independently.
The
sports training class focuses on traditional Chinese martial
arts, qigong, and modern sports items. But different classes
can give particular priority to different
items.
In addition to the above short-term
classes, Chinese universities can also offer short-term
classes of other subjects to foreigners. For further
information, please check subjects introduction of Chinese
universities, or simply contact related university directly.
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