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LANGUAGE PARTNERS PROGRAM
In spring 2016, we had about 40 Chinese Minor students and 30 Chinese partner students participate into the Language Partners Program. Students met every Wednesdays and Thursdays from 4-5pm, 2/3-4/14. Chinese Club would provide assignments for Chinese minor students, while China Programs would provide topics for Chinese students. The purpose of this program is to help Chinese minor students and Chinese students communicate with each other in both English and Chinese and help each other improve foreign language skills. What’s more, through every week’s conversations, students made deep friendship and learned cultural perspectives from their language partners.
For Chinese minor students, they could get extra credit by participating the language partners program. For Chinese students, they could get points. China Programs used point system to encourage Chinese students’ participation. They could get 1 points by showing up every time. They could also get extra 2 points by participating activities or hanging out with their language partners outside of the program. By the end of the year, they could get some incentives according to how many points they get in 2015-2016 academic year.
2016年春季，大约有40名中文辅修专业学生和30名中国学生参加了语言伙伴项目。2月3日-4月14日学生们每周三周四4-5点见面。中文辅修专业的老师每周会为学生准备中文作业，同时中国项目会为中国学生提供练习英语口语的话题。语言伙伴的目的是为了给中文辅修专业的学生和中国学生提供平台练习中文和英文，并提高各自的外语能力。更重要的是，通过每个星期的见面、交流，学生们建立了深厚的友谊，并从他们的语言伙伴那里了解了他们的文化。
对于中文辅修专业的学生而言，他们可以通过每周和中国学生一起完成 作业获得额外的分数；对于中国学生而言，他们可以通过参加项目或和语言伙伴外出活动累计得分。中国项目用积分制鼓励中国学生坚持参加项目。每次参加项目可获得1分；项目之外的时间，他们和语言伙伴一起参加活动或吃饭 、逛街等，可以获得2分。学年结束的时候，中国学生可以用累计的分数换取一些奖品。