The Beijing Experience
Once FALCON students have finished the summer and fall terms
at Cornell, they have the language skills necessary to benefit fully from a
Chinese linguistic and cultural environment. FALCON's full-year students spend
their last semester in Beijing, where
they continue to improve their skills and put them to effective use in daily
life.
In Beijing,
students continue to attend four small-group classes with FALCON-trained Chinese
language teachers. In addition, FALCON provides a variety of activities outside
the classroom, including field trips and guest lectures. Spring FALCON is
scheduled to be held at the School of International Studies at Peking University, China's
foremost institution of higher learning. By the end of the spring
semester, FALCONers will not only be proficient in Chinese, but will
also have living experience in one of the world's major
Chinese-speaking cities.
