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-葛亚辉- -

Hello all,
So I have recently discovered that I've been accepted to CET's Harbin Chinese Language summer
program and will be spending this summer studying in Harbin. I can't even explain how excited I am
about this. I'm a second-year Chinese student and I know that the experience is going to be
invaluable for my chinese development in addition to helping broaden my horizons, etc. etc.

Anyway, I'm basically looking for advice/stories/anything you might have to offer if you've ever
done or are doing something similar (also I'm just excited but still have to wait until summer to
go so I want to read about things at least...). I've never been out of the US before (except to go
to Canada, but that doesn't count) so the cultural shift will definitely be a significant one.

Obviously there is only so prepared you can be going in, but if there are pitfalls to look out
for, or things that I definitely should do while I'm there, or really anything at all, I'd love to
hear about it,
thanks,
ge yahui



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venture160 -

I did 3 semesters in Harbin with CET. I guess I could answer any questions you might have.

if you are only there for the summer, make use of your time to study, you'll regret it afterwards
if you don't. The program is short and expensive, if you do study alot, you will see a dramtic
improvment in your Chinese ONLY AFTER the program is over, so don't be worried if you think its
difficult and you aren't learning anything at the time. Just keep hitting the books, go to all the
activities, and most of all don't slack off.










-葛亚辉- -

thanks! I have a feeling that's going to be quite helpful










Shadowdh -

While I didnt study in Harbin I did go to BLCU for the summer last year and will be going back for
a year in september (to one of three universities, which I am not sure yet)... It was a fantastic
experience and you are right its invaluable regarding what it does to your chinese...!! I kept a
blog (which isnt very interesting but you can read it if you wish) just click on my signature and
troll through it for anything that might be of use...










-葛亚辉- -

shadowdh....I don 't see a signature???


and venture 160 would you mind going through what a typical day at CET harbin might be like, what
kind of trips they do in the summer, etc? I've read their brochure etc obviously, but I'd really
love an insiders take...and a more general idea of what my days will be like










venture160 -

A general day (minus the weekends) for someone at CET would be about 4 hours of class a
day(everyone's sched is diff). I was usually out of class by 5, but somedays I had afternoons off
or mornings off due to my schedule.

Lunch is up to you, I usually picked up a quick snack in the grocery store(tasty) or went to the
school cafe which is cheap and not bad.

Most of my free time was spent studying or walking around the city and hanging out with friends. I
got by on 2-4 hours a day of homework. I spent 2 hours a day working out, besides that I spent a
good deal of time doing things with my roommates and other CET classmates like shopping, wandering
around the city, going to see movies, going out to dinner, going to a bar, going to internet
cafes, playing pool, etc. Its really up to you, some people just study night and day and others
spend all their time with chinese friends and roommates. I think 80% of the people study fairly
hard.

CET also has a nice activity room with a big couch and a big tv. Some people watch alot of movies
on the weekends with their roommates, or host parties in there.

weekend activities: trips to dalian, changbaishan, qingdao, inner mongolia. Lots of stuff around
harbin, zoo's, parks activities with culture groups. there's also a cooking class, taijiquan, and
calligraphy if you want it, alot of people sign up for these.

Bear in mind, the winter is quite different and most people stay indoors, studying or going to
bars to pass the time.

I honestly never really got bored except for one 10 day break where I just stayed in Harbin. I
just watched movies the whole time.










Shadowdh -



Quote:

shadowdh....I don 't see a signature???

Its at the bottom of my posts... starts with to read my utterly boring blog click... and then an
embedded link which is http://uk.360.yahoo.com/shadowdh










roddy -

You may need to opt in to show signatures - look for the option here. Plus I don't think guests
see them.










Shadowdh -

I knew something like that would be the case... its this technamaological stuff...












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