American Students Complete 8-Week Chinese Language Program At NCKU- wn
National Cheng Kung University (NCKU) celebrated the end of the Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) Program and all the hard work and achievements of students at a closing ceremony taking place in Tainan, Taiwan, on August 5.
This summer, a total of 20 American students have participated the CLS program which is an overseas language and cultural immersion program for American undergraduate and graduate students.
At the closing ceremony on the evening of August 5, AIT's Kaohsiung Branch Office Deputy Branch Chief Jason Chue, NCKU President Huey-Jen Jenny Su, NCKU College of Liberal Arts Dean Yuh-Neu Chen, many staff teachers from the NCKU Chinese Language Center, and members of host families attended the gathering, celebrating the achievements with the students.
President Su on behalf of the university extended her warm welcome to all the guests and her gratitude to the host families for taking good care of the students far away from their home country
She said to the students, 'Thank you for the time you spending here over this summer in NCKU campus, hopefully that you can always take away the beautiful memories, not just the hardworking experience in the classroom but also the fun memory with people.'
In his remark, Deputy Branch Chief of AIT's Kaohsiung Branch Office Jason Chue talked about his language learning experiences and congratulated the students for opening up a new opportunity here in Taiwan.
Chue also read a congratulation letter from Director of the American Institute in Taiwan Mr. Kin W. Moy.
The letter to the students said, 'I believe your Mandarin will be a tremendous assess to you. I hope your experiences in Taiwan will help you understand the world, and you will remember the knowledge, insights, and friendship gain here for many years to come.'
Evan Wolstencroft from Boston, Massachusetts, who is a graduate senior at Stonehill College, talked about his initial interest in learning Mandarin Chinese saying, 'I was so fascinated by how deep Chinese history and culture go.'
Talking about valuable experience he had in the program, he said, 'Having the freedom to experience Taiwan on my own is one of the most impressive experiences I have in the past eight weeks.'
Wolstencroft talked about his hosting family saying, 'I would not be able to survive the life here for eight weeks without their love and care, their encouragement, it means a lot to me.'
Margaret Radl, an undergraduate student from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, said that she going to miss all her friends and family in Taiwan.
She also noted, 'I'm so impressed about how much Chinese we learned since we've been here. We'd gone through practically two entire textbooks in the course of two months, just crazy!'
'Because at my school back home we use the same textbook for a year,' she added.
Sofia Ramirez from University of San Diego, California, said, 'attending the CLS program is a wonderful opportunity and it's a great honor to be chosen from a very selective and large group of applicants. I feel very grateful to have the opportunity to come here and study in Taiwan especially.'
'After about eight weeks, Monday to Friday class, my Chinese really did improve,' Ramirez added.
CLS has sent over 5,000 American undergraduate and graduate students overseas to learn critical languages all over the world.
This summer, a total of 20 American students have participated the CLS program which is an overseas language and cultural immersion program for American undergraduate and graduate students.
At the closing ceremony on the evening of August 5, AIT's Kaohsiung Branch Office Deputy Branch Chief Jason Chue, NCKU President Huey-Jen Jenny Su, NCKU College of Liberal Arts Dean Yuh-Neu Chen, many staff teachers from the NCKU Chinese Language Center, and members of host families attended the gathering, celebrating the achievements with the students.
President Su on behalf of the university extended her warm welcome to all the guests and her gratitude to the host families for taking good care of the students far away from their home country
She said to the students, 'Thank you for the time you spending here over this summer in NCKU campus, hopefully that you can always take away the beautiful memories, not just the hardworking experience in the classroom but also the fun memory with people.'
In his remark, Deputy Branch Chief of AIT's Kaohsiung Branch Office Jason Chue talked about his language learning experiences and congratulated the students for opening up a new opportunity here in Taiwan.
Chue also read a congratulation letter from Director of the American Institute in Taiwan Mr. Kin W. Moy.
The letter to the students said, 'I believe your Mandarin will be a tremendous assess to you. I hope your experiences in Taiwan will help you understand the world, and you will remember the knowledge, insights, and friendship gain here for many years to come.'
Evan Wolstencroft from Boston, Massachusetts, who is a graduate senior at Stonehill College, talked about his initial interest in learning Mandarin Chinese saying, 'I was so fascinated by how deep Chinese history and culture go.'
Talking about valuable experience he had in the program, he said, 'Having the freedom to experience Taiwan on my own is one of the most impressive experiences I have in the past eight weeks.'
Wolstencroft talked about his hosting family saying, 'I would not be able to survive the life here for eight weeks without their love and care, their encouragement, it means a lot to me.'
Margaret Radl, an undergraduate student from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, said that she going to miss all her friends and family in Taiwan.
She also noted, 'I'm so impressed about how much Chinese we learned since we've been here. We'd gone through practically two entire textbooks in the course of two months, just crazy!'
'Because at my school back home we use the same textbook for a year,' she added.
Sofia Ramirez from University of San Diego, California, said, 'attending the CLS program is a wonderful opportunity and it's a great honor to be chosen from a very selective and large group of applicants. I feel very grateful to have the opportunity to come here and study in Taiwan especially.'
'After about eight weeks, Monday to Friday class, my Chinese really did improve,' Ramirez added.
CLS has sent over 5,000 American undergraduate and graduate students overseas to learn critical languages all over the world.
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