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Arabic 101 - Professor Salih	Chinese 101 - Professor Liu	Chinese 101 - Professor Tsai	Chinese 102 - Professor Zhang	Hindi 101 - Professor Rege

Welcome!

Summer Language Program for High School Students!

This six week ( 96 hours ) academic program focuses students on a language and cultural journey along the Silk Road in China, India, the Middle Ease, and North Africa. 

By the end of their journey, students will have interacted with each other in order to:

• find out and  exchange information about themselves and  others;
• compare and contrast everyday life including school, home, recreation, hobbies, weather, pets)
• navigate situations like ordering food, securing a hotel room, or buying in the market
• ask for and give directions to locations inside towns or along the Silk Road;
• function as the guest in a home in India as part of a celebration.

Additionally, students will be able to interpret and react to  signs, symbols, instructor directions, gestures and media information.  Finally, students will be able to present information in a written or oral format on various of the above situations to their classmates, instructors and parents.

At the end of the program students will remember that:

• Arabic, Chinese, and Hindi are languages;
• These languages are spoken by a diversity of peoples whose customs, traditions and beliefs are reflected in their languages;
• Their perception of the world is formed by their own culture and that by studying language they will know more about themselves as a product of their culture and their language;
• Cultures are interconnected and that interconnectedness has an influence on each others’ culture. 

Cultures are always changing to reflect new ideologies and discoveries.

Here you will find information on the program location of classes, faculty bios and photos of our students!