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Teaching Business Chinese in the 21st Century:
Friday, May 4, 2012
Duques Hall, Room 553
2201 G Street, NW, Washington, D.C. 20052
The GW-CIBER is pleased to offer a professional development
seminar for Chinese language faculty. This seminar, led by Dr.
Phyllis Zhang, is part of GW-CIBER's business language
immersion event series. It will provide ideas, materials, and
motivation for teaching Business Chinese, and will take place
predominantly in Chinese.
Please RSVP at ciber@gwu.edu
Note: All participants visiting the Chinese Embassy need to bring an ID with them (passport or driving license).
Agenda
8:30-9:00am |
Breakfast |
9:00-9:15am |
Welcome / Introduction Opening Remarks by Dean Doug Guthrie, GW School of Business |
9:15-10:45am |
“Business Chinese Course Development” Dr. Phyllis Zhang, Director of Chinese Program, GWU (with student presentations/demos) |
10:45-11:00am |
Break |
11:00-11:20am |
"Expectations for Business Chinese from the Business World" Ruihua Dong, Chinese Language Lead Trainer, The World Bank Group |
11:20-12:00 |
"Structural Transformation and Doing Business in China" Dr. Yan Wang, Senior Economist, The World Bank Institute |
12:00-1:00pm |
Lunch |
1:00-1:40pm |
“US-China Economic Relations: Some Key Issues” Dr. Jiawen Yang, Professor of International Business and International Affairs, GW School of Business |
1:45pm |
Leave for Chinese Embassy |
2:15-3:15pm |
Chinese Embassy Tour |
3:15-4:00pm |
Wrap-up & Evaluations |