{"id":11,"date":"2013-07-12T15:15:55","date_gmt":"2013-07-12T19:15:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/qa.web.uri.edu\/chineseflagship\/?page_id=11"},"modified":"2025-05-28T14:15:46","modified_gmt":"2025-05-28T18:15:46","slug":"academics","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chineseflagship\/academics\/","title":{"rendered":"Academics"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"cl-wrapper cl-hero-wrapper\"><div class=\"cl-hero super   cl-has-accessibility-controls\"><div class=\"cl-hero-proper\"><div class=\"overlay\"><div class=\"block\"><h1>A pathway to fluency<\/h1><\/div><\/div><div class=\"still\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chineseflagship\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1519\/Capstone-Hero.jpg);\"><\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-controls-container\"><div class=\"cl-accessibility-controls\"><div class=\"cl-accessibility-icon\" title=\"Accessibility controls\">Accessibility controls<\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control cl-accessibility-motion-control cl-accessibility-control-hidden\"><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-default\"><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-button\" title=\"Pause motion\">Pause motion<\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-label\">Motion: <span class=\"cl-accessibility-syntax\">On<\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-alternate\"><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-button\" title=\"Play motion\">Play motion<\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-label\">Motion: <span class=\"cl-accessibility-syntax\">Off<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control cl-accessibility-contrast-control\"><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-default\"><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-button\" title=\"Increase text contrast\">Increase text contrast<\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-label\">Contrast: <span class=\"cl-accessibility-syntax\">Standard<\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-alternate\"><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-button\" title=\"Reset text contrast\">Reset text contrast<\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-label\">Contrast: <span class=\"cl-accessibility-syntax\">High<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-system-setting\"><div class=\"cl-accessibility-toggle\" title=\"Apply my preferences site-wide\"><\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-toggle-label\">Apply site-wide<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n\n\n<p class=\"type-intro fullwidth\">Reaching a professional level of proficiency in Mandarin Chinese is an incredible achievement. Our program provides you with the support, knowledge, and practice it takes to get you there.<\/p>\n\n\n<section class=\"cl-wrapper cl-hero-wrapper\"><div class=\"cl-hero   cl-has-accessibility-controls\"><div class=\"cl-hero-proper\"><div class=\"overlay\"><div class=\"block\"><h1>The flagship experience<\/h1><a class=\"cl-button\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chineseflagship\/academics\/overview\/\" title=\"\">program overview<\/a><\/div><\/div><div id=\"b67b0f37-0f07-0716-bd15-8d580222e4ed\" data-video=\"1NGWsXZSsB8\" data-platform=\"youtube\" class=\"poster\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/1NGWsXZSsB8\/maxresdefault.jpg);\"><\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-controls-container\"><div class=\"cl-accessibility-controls\"><div class=\"cl-accessibility-icon\" title=\"Accessibility controls\">Accessibility controls<\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control cl-accessibility-motion-control\"><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-default\"><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-button\" title=\"Pause motion\">Pause motion<\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-label\">Motion: <span class=\"cl-accessibility-syntax\">On<\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-alternate\"><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-button\" title=\"Play motion\">Play motion<\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-label\">Motion: <span class=\"cl-accessibility-syntax\">Off<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control cl-accessibility-contrast-control\"><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-default\"><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-button\" title=\"Increase text contrast\">Increase text contrast<\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-label\">Contrast: <span class=\"cl-accessibility-syntax\">Standard<\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-alternate\"><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-button\" title=\"Reset text contrast\">Reset text contrast<\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-label\">Contrast: <span class=\"cl-accessibility-syntax\">High<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-system-setting\"><div class=\"cl-accessibility-toggle\" title=\"Apply my preferences site-wide\"><\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-toggle-label\">Apply site-wide<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n\n\n<p>You can earn two bachelor\u2019s degrees\u2013in Chinese and your major of choice\u2013and spend a year and a half studying and interning in China or Taiwan. Whether you&#8217;re a heritage speaker, a long-time student of Chinese, or you have no background in Mandarin, our flexible curriculum is tailored to your individual proficiency level.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Program Highlights<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns equal-height is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"cl-wrapper cl-card-wrapper\"><a class=\"cl-card  \" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chineseflagship\/academics\/why-flagship\/\" title=\"\"><div class=\"cl-card-container media\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chineseflagship\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1519\/why-flagship-1.jpg\" srcset=\"\" alt=\"A group of Flagship students on a Flagship trip to New York\"><\/div><div class=\"cl-card-container text\"><div class=\"cl-card-text\"><h2>Why Flagship?<\/h2><p>You want to study Chinese at URI but aren&#8217;t sure which program is right for you? Compare the two.<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"cl-card-container button\">Compare programs<\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"cl-wrapper cl-card-wrapper\"><a class=\"cl-card  \" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chineseflagship\/academics\/capstone-year\/\" title=\"\"><div class=\"cl-card-container media\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chineseflagship\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1519\/capstone-year.jpg\" srcset=\"\" alt=\"Emily Hadfield in China during her Capstone year\"><\/div><div class=\"cl-card-container text\"><div class=\"cl-card-text\"><h2>Capstone Year<\/h2><p>Spending a year studying and interning in China is an experience you&#8217;ll remember for the rest of your life.<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"cl-card-container button\">learn abroad<\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"cl-wrapper cl-card-wrapper\"><a class=\"cl-card  \" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/housing\/chinese-flagship-llc\/\" title=\"\"><div class=\"cl-card-container media\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chineseflagship\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1519\/living-and-learning-card.jpg\" srcset=\"\" alt=\"A group of Chinese Language Flagship Students relaxing together in the Living and Learning Community\"><\/div><div class=\"cl-card-container text\"><div class=\"cl-card-text\"><h2>Living and Learning<\/h2><p>Connect with friends at the Chinese Language Flagship Living &amp; Learning Community (LLC) residence hall.<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"cl-card-container button\">learn more<\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Summer Immersion Opportunities<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Chinese Flagship students spend two to three summers of intensive study the either domestically or in China. &nbsp;Students who begin studying Chinese as freshmen at URI, spend their first summer at the <a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chineseflagship\/academics\/immersion-programs\/cfip\/\">URI Chinese Flagship Immersion Program<\/a> (CFIP) or the Flagship Chinese Institute at Indiana University with students from around the country.&nbsp;Students with intermediate mid proficiency or higher may choose from a number of Flagship-approved <a title=\"Flagship Overseas Summer Programs\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chineseflagship\/academics\/immersion-programs\/\">immersion programs<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n<a class=\"cl-button  block-level prominent\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chineseflagship\/academics\/immersion-programs\/cfip\/\" title=\"\">uri chinese immersion<\/a>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Teacher Training Workshops<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.google.com\/uri.edu\/2023-uri-chinese-flagship-prog\/home\"><strong>2023 URI Chinese Flagship Program Pedagogical Workshop on Chinese Language Classroom Instruction &amp; Technology Integration<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Participants work with top experts in the field, bring home with task-based language teaching (TBLT) theories, classroom implementation techniques and technological tools, and weave your professional network. The workshop focuses on classroom instruction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.google.com\/hawaii.edu\/flagship-chinese-pedagogy-2021\/blueprints-by-themes?authuser=0\"><strong>2021 URI&nbsp;<\/strong><strong>Chinese Flagship Program&nbsp;<\/strong><strong>Pedagogical Workshop on Chinese Language Instruction &amp; Technology Integration<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The objectives of the workshop are to advance participants\u2019 pedagogical knowledge and practical teaching skills in areas of curriculum design, instructional strategies, and digital technologies for blended learning. The workshop focuses more on backward design of curriculum.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reaching a professional level of proficiency in Mandarin Chinese is an incredible achievement. Our program provides you with the support, knowledge, and practice it takes to get you there. 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