Tunghai Chinese Language Center

Address: Campus Box 862 Tunghai Unviersity
Taichung, Taiwan ROC

Telephone: (04) 359-0259

Fax: (04) 359-4408

Contact: Feng I-chien

Year founded: 1970

Enrollment: 60

Tuition: NT$5,200 per semester hour

Living Expenses: NT$7,000 per month

Scholarships: MOE

Teaching Staff:

There are thirteen full time teachers. Teachers must be college graduates
and have experience in Chinese language instruction. Teachers are recruited
through public advertisements and selected following interviews. Some teachers
were Tunghai University students who underwent training in Chinese language
instruction during undergraduate education at Tunghai.

Facilities:

Fourteen small classrooms, four large classrooms. A library for teacher
use has 500 volumes. There are also six sets of audio-visual equipment.

Auditing of Tunghai University courses is permitted, but only students
from the language center's exchange program with the University of
Massachusetts may take university courses for credit. In principle, general
university library privileges are for exchange students only. Others may have
library privileges through special arrangement.

Students:

In the first term of 1991, there were 34 students from the United States,
9 from Germany, 6 from Japan, 1 from Switzerland, 7 from Korea, 1 from Canada,
and 1 from Indonesia. There is an even female/male ratio.

Admissions:

There is no Chinese language prerequisite. Applicants must be in good
academic standing at an institution of higher education. They must submit a
letter of intent, two application forms, a medical report, an academic
transcript, and two letters of recommendation.

Calendar:

The Language Center's academic calendar is the same as that for the
regular Tunghai University programs: two semesters, the first beginning in
September and continuing through late January, the second beginning in February
and continuing through mid June.

Tuition:

Students are charged on a semester basis. Individual tutorial classes
cost NT$5,200 per semester hour.

Living Expenses:

Those living off campus should be prepared to pay about NT$15-20,000 per
six months for rent. Altogether, living expenses will run to about NT$7,000
per month.

Curriculum and Instruction:

Level of instruction are divided into elementary, intermediate, and
advanced, with courses in conversation, reading, newspapers, and Classical
Chinese. Classes have one to five students. Students register for ten hours
of class per week.

Extracurricular Activities:

The Language Center arranges trips and other excursions.

Scholarships:

Students on the exchange program from the University of Massachusetts may
apply to the ROC Ministry of Education for Regular Scholarships.

Housing:

Dormitory housing is available for exchange students only. Other students
must live off campus.

Transcripts or Certificates Awarded:

None.

Transfer Credit:

Non-exchange students must make their own arrangements.
Exchange Agreements with the University of Massachusetts.