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Email: Dr. Shijuan “Laurel”  Liu  at SLiu@iup.edu

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Career and Life Opportunities

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Some Facts

• Population: 1.39 billion Chinese

• About 1/5 of the total world population

http://www.ibtimes.com/chinese‐speakers‐us‐jump‐360‐percent‐30‐years‐1379759

The US Census Bureau released a report that shows nearly 2.9 million people speaking Chinese in 2011, which is a 360 percent increases from statistics in 1980. Chinese has become the third most spoken language in the country, following English and Spanish as the first and second most spoken languages respectively.--International Business Times

http://www.internetworldstats.com/stats7.htm

http://www.iie.org/Services/Project‐Atlas/United‐States/International‐Students‐In‐US

With IUP students from China

Practice Chinese Language and Learn Chinese CultureWith Native Speakers

Some Chinese language students with students from China talking about the 2013 Chinese Lantern

festival

With visiting scholars from China

CHN101 students talking with visiting scholars from Hebei University, China

Students watching a visiting scholar to show how to write Chinese characters in different styles

With IUP Faculty and Staff Members Associated with 

China

Chinese language students with China related faculty and staff members on celebration of 2014 Chinese moon festival

Chinese (中文）

can be as easy as123 (一二三）!

人

一 二 三

从 众

木 林 森

Chinese Pinyin Table: Phonetic System for transcribing Chinese pronunciations

Pass / Fail OptionsThe Pass/Fail policy gives undergraduate students the option of taking a course for credit but without quality points. Students receiving a grade of “P” for the course will receive course credit but no quality points. However, a grade of “F” received by students will be treated as a regular failing grade. Students who are beyond their freshman year are permitted to take one course pass/fail per semester, with a 15-credit limit throughout their undergraduate college career.All courses in the liberal studies program and major/minor fields are excluded from this option. Instructors will not be notified of the identity of Pass/Fail students—this will be handled in the grade processing procedures.

Students have six weeks from the beginning of the semester to exercise the Pass/Fail option for a course (note specific published deadlines). Pass/Fail forms, available in departmental offices, must be filed by the specified deadline for validation in the Scheduling Center in Clark Hall.

http://www.iup.edu/page.aspx?id=6145

Role play of ordering food in Chinese

Interact with the Instructor and Other Students in Small Group Settings

Some of the advanced level students (CHIN481) with the instructor in learning the Unit on Mulan

Learn Chinese On the Go with Emerging Technologies

Two CHIN102 students used the Sock Puppet app for their Chinese conversation

Two CHIN102  students used Animation web tools for their Chinese conversation project

A CHIN012 student used the StoryKit for description of her daily routine in Chinese 

Practice Chinese with Siri on Apple iPhone, iPod, and iPad

Show Your Chinese on the Stage

Some CHIN102 students singing Chinese songs at the 2013 Chinese New Year celebration event

CHIN481 students (Spring 2014) performed a skit in Chinese on a legend of Chinese New Year

Linus Morales, a CHIN201 student (fall 2014) sang a Chinese song at the 2014 East Asia Night

Compete with Students Across States

Three students from CHIN202 (Spring 2012) participated in the Chinese Proficiency Competition held at Saint Vincent College, in March 2012. One student (Jazmmin Jones ) won the second place prize and attend the final competition held in New York with students from other 23 institutions in Eastern U.S. 

Hannah Frishberg, a student from CHIN102 (Spring 2013) attended the 4th "Chinese Bridge" Chinese Language Proficiency 

Competence for College Students in East USA  held in Pace University, New York City,  in 

March of 2013. 

Sierra Sailor, a student from CHIN481 (Spring 2014), competed with 25 students at the senior level in Fifth “Chinese Bridge” East USA Chinese Proficiency Competition for College Students, held in New York City in March 2014. 

Christopher Barr (left in the back row),  attended the Third Hong Kong Cup Chinese Speech Contest, as one of the eight finalists at the senior level, held in the SUNY Global Center of the State University of New York  in fall 2013. The Contest was organized by the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office in New York (HKETONY). Approximate 130 students from 16 universities in six states entered the contest 

Receive Various ScholarshipsHannah Frishberg received the Chinese Government scholarship to study in China for 2014‐2015.This scholarship is awarded through the Chinese Embassy, Washington, DC. by the Chinese Ministry of Education, and selected by the  American Association of State Colleges and Universities. The scholarship will cover her tuition, room and board, health insurance, travel/conference allowance/fees.

Sierra Sailor received the PSECU International Education Scholarship ($2,000) from the PASSHE Foundation to support her to study in China in fall of 2014.

Sierra (left) and Hannah (right) together in China

8. Find More Work Opportunities

Taylor Pascuzzo, an IUP Spring 2015 graduate, is working  at a Montessori charter school in Arizona, teaching a course on Chinese Culture through Craft

Meghan Lupole (in the middle) is teaching English in China  

Make Multimedia Projects in Chinese Outside of Classrooms

Have fun with your classmates and impress your parents and friends

A skit made by three CHIN101 students (Fall 2013)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9KQwehx4TQ

Two students in CHIN201 (Fall 2013) doing the role play as an IUP prospective student and a campus tour guide.

http://youtu.be/kYU6lMd6xcs

Two CHIN201 students made their video project in a local Chinese restaurant 

Practice Chinese with Fun

Build Connections with New Friends

A student in CHIN101 made a video on her Chinese conversation with a new friend from 

Taiwan in Wallwork Residence HallHave Your Parents Involved

A student in CHN101 taught him mother Chinese and made a skit with her

Show your creativity

Three CHIN102 students made a skit with stuffed animals 

One CHIN201 student made a Chinese puppet show

Participate in Hands-on Cultural Activities

Students received hands-on training on Chinese dragon dance from the master of the Pittsburgh Steel Dragon on April 10th, 2014.

Dragon Dance

Chinese Knots

Students received hands‐on training on making Chinese knots from Professor Sun Sun, a visiting scholar from Shanghai , China, in Fall of 2014. 

Chinese Cooking

Students received hands‐on training on making Chinese dumplings and other Chinese food from IUP community members associated with China in Fall of 2013. 

Chinese Yoyo

Students practiced Chinese Yoyo in Oak Grove

Chinese Calligraphy

Practiced writing with brush pen on 2013 Chinese New Year celebration

Practiced writing outdoors

Chinese Music Instrument

Students received hands‐on training on playing with the Chinese Erhu instrument with SiluJia, an IUP  student from China, Spring 2013

Chinese Kungfu

Students received hands‐on training from Arthur Rothrock, an 

IUP Senior (in Fall of 2011) on Chinese Kungfu (the Eagle Claw

style).

Dr. Tao Li, a visiting scholar from China demonstrated Chinese 

Kungu (Shaolin Kungfu style) at the 2014 East Asia Night

Chinese Games

Hands‐on training on playing Chinese Majianggame

Chinese  Chess and Chopsticks 

Study Abroad in China

IUP has exchange programs with 6 Chinese universities. Some provide FREE summer classes (with FREE housing, cultural activities and field trips) to IUP students .

Hebei University

Nanjing University

Shanghai Normal University

Southwest University of Finance and Economics

Sichuan University

University of Macau

Study Abroad In China• IUP Exchange Program

Sichuan Summer Program

Sichuan University

FREE• Free tuition • Free cultural 

activities • Free field trips • Free housing• Free meals• Free domestic 

flight (reimbursement)

2 weeks (July)

Questions about theIUP Chinese Program? 

Email: Dr. Shijuan Liu （刘士娟）at SLiu@iup.edu