Chinese Programs

Long-term Chinese Program
1. Recruiting Object
Foreigners
2. Entry Requirements
(1) In a state of good health, abiding by Chinese law
(2) The completed application form for foreign students wishing to study at Shanghai Ocean University
(3) Age: 18 --- 60
3. Entering time
Spring Semester: February --- July, deadline for application is 10th Jan.

Autumn Semester: September --- January of next year, deadline for application is 30th June.

4. Curricula of Chinese Language Programs

Compulsory Courses: Chinese speaking, Chinese Intensive Reading, Chinese Listening, Chinese Reading, Chinese Writing, Survey of China

Optional Courses: Commercial Chinese, Tourism Chinese, Standard Pronunciation and Declaiming of Common Spoken Chinese, HSK Training,  Calligraphy, Paper Cutting, Tea Ceremony, Playing the erhu fiddle , Chinese Kungfu , Traditional Opera , etc.(Note: the situation of optional courses depends on the number of students choosing the course and teaching resources)

Linguistic practice and cultural activity:

We will arrange for students to visit some famous Chinese historical cities to carry on the language teaching practice each semester; organize occasional city tours, and cultural entertainment activities; hold competitions of singing Chinese songs, language culture activity, etc.

5. Teaching Objectives

Primary level: Through the study, the student can utilize Chinese to carry on the daily life and preliminary social activities; the student has the ability to self-study Chinese.

Intermediate level: Through the study, the student can utilize Chinese freely to carry on the daily life, the study and general social activities; the student can communicate in Chinese in certain working situations;

Advanced level: Through the study, the student can utilize Chinese quite appropriately to carry on the high-level study, social activities and work, and can carry on human relations in certain specialized domains (such as business trade, diplomacy, culture).

6. Expenses Standard

Application Fee: 400RMB

Tuition Fee: 9100RMB per semester for each person

Accommodation Charges:

Foreign students Apartment (double room): Each room includes a shower (hot water), an air conditioner, a telephone, a fridge, a microwave oven, etc. 5000RMB per year for each person. (Note: the water and electricity bill must be settled up by students)

Board Expenses:

About 20RMB/Day in the dining room for students (about 3USD)

About 35RMB/Day in the Muslim dining room for students (about 5USD)

Short-term Chinese Program
1. Recruiting Object: Foreigners

We will hold Chinese learning programs and further education projects ofvaried lengths on demand, such as three month (within or no more than), one month, two weeks and so on. We adopt various teaching forms, such as adopting students getting into a class in the middle of the course, setting up a class as long as the number of the students is above ten, adopting one-teacher-to-one-student teaching programs, etc.

2. Entry Requirements

(1) In a state of good health, abiding by Chinese law;

(2) The filled application form for foreign students wishing to study at Shanghai Ocean University;

(3) Age: 18 --- 60

3. Entering time

Summer-vacation program: July --- August, deadline for application is 20th June.

Winter-vacation program: January --- February, deadline for application is 20th Dec.

Every day program: only available to collective enroll( above 10 person), the starting date and schedule will be formulated based on actual condition.

4. Curriculums of Chinese Language Programs

Chinese Intensive Reading, Chinese Listening, Chinese Conversation, Survey of China, etc. Besides, we will give two cultural courses from Calligraphy, Paper Cutting, Tea Ceremony, Play the Erhu Fiddle, Chinese Kungfu, Traditional Opera, Tai Chi, Chinese Song, etc.

We will arrange for Shanghai city tours and the peripheral city tours such as a one-day tour to Zhujiajiao, a one-day tour to Zhouzhuang, a two-day tour to Shuzhou and Wuxi, and a two-day tour to Hangzhou according to the situation.

We will set up some characteristic classes as Commercial Chinese, Practical Chinese, Learning Shanghai Dialect, Skill of HSK, Chinese Calligraphy, Traditional Chinese Painting, Traditional Chinese Opera, Chinese Folk Music, Chinese Instrument, Chinese Martial Art, Chinese Culinary Art, Chinese Civilization, Contemporary Survey of China, etc.

5. Expenses Standard

(1) Application Fee: 400RMB

(2) Tuition Fee: 2150RMB for a month, 1240RMB for two weeks, 496RMB every week after three weeks, 165RMB every class hour for one-teacher-to-one-student tutorial.

(3) Accommodation Charges:

l Apartment (double room): Each room has a shower (hot water), a telephone, an air conditioner, kitchen, etc. 60RMB per day for each person.

l University Hotel:Each room has a shower (hot water), bedclothes, a telephone, a TV set, an air conditioner, etc. The charges are as follows:

l Standard double room: 180RMB/Day

l Comfortable double room: 220 RMB/Day

l Hotel single room:Each room has a shower (hot water), a bedding, n air conditioner, a network, a telephone and a telephone etc.

l Standard single room: 150RMB/Day

l Comfortable single room: 200 RMB/Day

(4) Board Expenses:

About 20RMB/day (about 3 USD) in the dining room per student

About 35RMB/day(about 5 USD)in the Muslim dining room for per Muslim student

(5) There will be extra charge for tourism.