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</h3><h3>International Summer School</h3>
<p><b>Dates: </b>June 30 – July 5, 2014</p>
<p><b> Venue:</b> Palacký University Olomouc, Czech Republic</p>
<p><b>Tuition fee:</b> free of charge</p>
<p><b>Language:</b> English</p>
<p style="text-align:justify"><b>Organizers:</b> Project CHINET, Department of Asian Studies, Palacký University Olomouc, Czech Republic</p>
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<p style="text-align:justify">Palacký University Olomouc welcomes all students of Chinese language to participate in a one week international summer school.</p>
<h3>Aims and objectives:</h3>
<ul><li style="text-align:justify">students are expected to have a basic
knowledge of Chinese language and linguistics and to speak English on a
level sufficient to communicate</li><li style="text-align:justify">all courses are taught in English so that they are accessible for students with all levels of Chinese</li><li style="text-align:justify">courses are designed to build up and
reinforce a systematic knowledge of Chinese grammar as well as to extend
students’ horizons through lectures on various research topics</li><li style="text-align:justify">a chance to exchange ideas and find inspiration for new research projects</li></ul>
<p><span style="color:rgb(189,9,38);font-family:Tinos,serif;font-size:20px;font-weight:bold;line-height:26px">Registration guidelines:</span></p>
<p><b>Application deadline:</b> 1 June 2014</p>
<p style="text-align:justify">Please fill out the <b><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1bvJwSIuTElz9aN2S7WFzNwK02JfsXD5v-IEOZPJmGVg/viewform" target="_blank">online application</a> before June 1, 2014</b>. Acceptance of your application will be confirmed by email before June 8, 2014. Invitation letters will be provided on request.</p>
<h3>Evaluation methods:</h3>
<p style="text-align:justify">Students can receive 5 credits for
active participation in the summer school. Apart from attendance,
students will be asked to give a presentation (15-30 min) related to
topics discussed during the course. Students may form groups of 3-4
people for this purpose but should take care to make each participant’s
responsibility for his or her part of the presentation transparent.
Successful participants will obtain a certificate of participation.</p>
<h3>Credits:</h3>
<p style="text-align:justify">This summer school is accredited by the
Department of Asian Studies, Faculty of Arts Palacký University Olomouc.
However, these credits are not ECTS Credits. Students are usually able
to have these credits recognized by their home institution, and we will
be happy to assist you in any way we can, however please be aware that
the decision to award credits rests with your home institution.</p>
<h3 style="text-align:justify">Tuition fee:</h3>
<p style="text-align:justify">Tuition for the whole week is free of
charge. Participants will however need to cover all their personal
costs, including transportation, accommodation, visa, trips etc.</p>
<h3>Programme and speakers:*</h3>
<ul><li>5 morning sessions of the comprehensive course on Chinese Grammar</li><li>3 afternoon sessions on specific linguistics topics given by expert speakers</li><li>1 afternoon session of student presentations</li><li>
optional half-day trip and 1 whole-day trip</li></ul>
<p style="text-align:justify">*During April, the final schedule for
the summer course will be released. For program updates, please, visit
this website regularly.</p>
<h3><b style="color:rgb(189,9,38);font-family:Tinos,serif;font-size:20px;line-height:26px;text-align:justify">Intensive course:</b></h3>
<p style="text-align:justify"><b>Prof. Jyun-gwang Chen</b>, National Taiwan Normal University - Comprehensive Chinese Grammar Course (10 lectures)</p>
<h3><b>Lectures by honoured guests:</b></h3>
<p style="text-align:justify"><b>Prof. J. Packard</b>, University of Illinois - Chinese word grammar, Chinese sentence grammar, Chinese sentence processing</p>
<p style="text-align:justify"><b>Prof. Tao Hongyin</b>,
University of California - Issues in Chinese discourse pragmatics:
Theory and application, Corpus linguistic approaches to Chinese:
Resources, tools, and products</p>
<p style="text-align:justify"><span style="text-align:start"><b>Dr. Lu Wei-lun</b>, Masaryk University - Cognitive semantic analysis of spatial particles in Mandarin Chinese</span></p>
<h3>Accommodation:</h3>
<p>Recommended budget accommodation in Olomouc:</p>
<ol><li>Ubytovna Marie (10 EUR) -<a href="http://www.ubytovnamarie.cz/" target="_blank">www.ubytovnamarie.cz</a></li><li>Poets’ Corner Hostel (24-27 Eur) - <a href="http://www.hostelolomouc.com/" target="_blank">www.hostelolomouc.com</a></li>
<li>Palacký University Dormitory (11 EUR) - please contact <a href="mailto:szokalova.katerina@gmail.com" target="_blank">szokalova.katerina(at)gmail.com</a> for reservation</li>
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<p style="text-align:justify">For more information<b> </b>and other inquires, please contact Ms. Michaela Zahradníková,</p>
<p style="text-align:justify"><b>e-mail:</b> <a href="mailto:chinet.upol@gmail.com" target="_blank">chinet.upol@gmail.com</a>, <a href="mailto:michaela.zahradnikova@upol.cz" target="_blank">michaela.zahradnikova@upol.cz</a></p>
<p style="text-align:justify"><b>tel:</b> <a href="tel:%2B420%20585%20633%20466" value="+420585633466" target="_blank">+420 585 633 466</a></p></div></div>
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