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- About Xi'an Foreign Language University
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School of Chinese Studies
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- Xi'an Foreign Language University
(XFLU) is located in the southern suburbs of Xi'an in a district which boasts over ten
institutions of higher learning. Close to the university are the Xi 'an Botanical Garden,
the Shaanxi History Museum and the Big Goose Pagoda (from the
Ming Dynasty ) and Xi'an railway station.
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- Founded in 1952.XFLU is the only
institution of higher learning in the northwestern part of China that specializes in the
teaching of foreign languages and literature. The languages taught include English.
Russian, Japanese,German, French, Spanish, italian,Thai and Esperanto. In addition,
courses are offered in tourism, international finance,trade, economic cooperation and
Chinese-English secretarial training. The university also runs the School of Chinese
Studies for international students.
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university (according to the 1995 enrollment) has a student body consisting of 3,200
full-time students pursuing undergraduate and graduate studies, and 110 international
students for degree or non-degree programs. Its full-time faculty is made up of 42
professors,95 associate professors, 250 lecturers and 42 academic staff from overseas. To
maintain quality teaching and research the university has established and maintains active
academic and scholarly exchanges with 16 colleges and universities in eight countries.Each
year the university accepts professors from these institutions for teaching appointments
and sends as well its faculty members to these sister institutions for academic research
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 - Former UN Secretary-General
visiting Xi'an Foreign Language
University accompanied by
Chinese foreign minister Qian
Qichen.
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About School of Chinese Studies
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- The School of Chinese Studies is part
of the Xi'an Foreign Language University.Starting from 1979, the School of Chinese Studies
has been offering courses in Chinese language, history,culture, and economic development
to international students. For the past 16 years the school has hosted more than 2,000
students from 17 countries including U.K., USA, Canada Japan, South Korea. Germany,
Australia and Belgium.It is the first and biggest of its kind in China's northwestern
region.
- The school has twenty fulll-time
faculty members
who are accredited by the State Education Commission, China's highest leading body in
education, to teach Chinese and Chinese culture to international students. In addition,
the school employs 15 adjunct professors from within the university to teach classes
pertaining to Chinese studies in English or Japanese.
- Students are streamed into four levels
of classes according to their starting proficiency in Chinese, namely, beginners,
elementary, intermediate and advanced. For sufficient individual attention, each class is
assigned no more than 18 students, The courses offered fall into two broad categories,
compulsive and elective. The former includes intensive reading, extensive
reading.listening and speaking, audiovisual, writing, news,selected topics, Chinese
characters and Chinese history. The latter consists of painting,calligraphy and
martial arts.
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- Students at the end of a one-year
course should be able to:
 use 3,000 spoken words and 1,600 characters; - obtain basic skills in listening, reading and writing and
- pass the HSK (Hanyn Shuiping Kaoshi: standard Chinese proficiency test in
China) at the elementary level.
Students at the end of a two-year
course should be able to:
use 5,000 spoken words and 2,000 char acters;
achieve the proficiency in Chinese as reguired for admission by Chinese
universities,and
pass the HSK at the intermediate level.
The school is the only institution in
the northwestern part of China authorized to conduct HSK. As such, it has international
students from other schools and regions in China for HSK every year.
The school operates in two semesters,
autumn and spring with each lasting for four months. In addition, the school runs
four-week intensive summer sessions in July and August.
- The school maintains active and
extensive academic and scholarly exchanges with
- universities overseas. It also has a regular working relationship
with overseas agencies for international study programs. Please direct your inquiries
either to these agencies or directly to the school.
With excellent amenities for study and living, as
well as many years of experience, the School of
Chinese Studies of Xi'an Foreign Language University is one of your first choices for
Chinese programs in China.
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