Kyoto, Japan

Doshisha University

Japanese

Intermediate and advanced

June 9 – August 7, 2011

Dates are inclusive of travel and the pre-departure orientation in Washington, DC. Students are required to participate in the full program, including the pre-departure orientation. All travel will be arranged for participants following selection.

The CLS Program offers courses designed to develop students’ listening, reading, speaking, spoken interaction, and writing skills. Students will be broken into four class levels from intermediate through advanced, and instruction will total 147 hours with 14 classes of 90 minutes per week.

Participants will also be required to take part in organized semi-formal and informal learning activities that will promote interaction with the host community and culture. These activities will support the formal classroom instruction. Students will also participate in a variety of cultural enrichment lectures and activities.

All components of the CLS Program have been developed as part of the language acquisition process. CLS participants are required to attend all program components, including, but not limited to, language instruction (formal/informal), cultural activities, and excursions. Absences will only be excused for medical or other approved reasons.

Students will have the opportunity to live with host families during a portion of the CLS program. Host families will provide two meals a day. Students will be provided with a stipend to cover meals not provided by the host family, as well as to cover meals during the time students are housed in apartments.

Doshisha University was founded as Doshisha Eigakko (Doshisha Academy) in 1875 by Joseph Hardy Neesima, the first Japanese citizen to obtain an academic degree at Amherst College in the United States. The university is renowned as a prominent private educational institution with a long tradition in Japan. Doshisha is comprised of 11 faculties, 31 departments, the Center for Japanese Language and Culture, and 13 graduate schools, including two professional graduate schools. Between its two campuses, Doshisha University has a student body of more than 26,000 students.

Highly committed to internationalization, Doshisha hosts over 200 international students and has exchange agreements with 65 universities in 25 countries throughout the world. The Center for Japanese Language and Culture at Doshisha University is a prominent Japanese language education institute, capable of providing participants with quality language instruction and a cultural program that takes advantage of its location at Doshisha’s Imadegawa campus in the historic city of Kyoto. Furthermore, Doshisha University’s focus on internationalism makes it an ideal site for participants to interact actively with the local community.

For more information about Doshisha University, please visit: http://www.doshisha.ac.jp/english/