Chinese Language Licensure Program
Resources
Grading Policies
Students in a graduate program must maintain a 3.000 GPA (B average). Grades of B or better are required for all education coursework for licensure. Only two grades of C will be allowed for completion of the master's degree.
Transfer of Credit
With advisor approval, up to 12 credits for the master's degree and up to 9 credits for licensure course work may be transferred from George Mason Nondegree or another accredited institution. Credits must be less than six years old, at the graduate level, and graded (grade of B or better, no pass/fail, audit, school district professional development courses, etc.).
Tuition
Rates are available at http://fiscal.gmu.edu/Resources/tuition_rates.htm.
Financial Aid
Information on loans, assistantships, fellowships, and other types of financial aid is available in the Office of Student Financial Aid which can be reached via telephone at 703.993.2353 or on the web at http://financialaid.gmu.edu
Foreign/World Language Endorsement Worksheets
Related Websites
These websites have been recommended by local Chinese teachers or by the pre-service teachers in the CLLP program. Please note that this is not a complete list of resources available for teaching and learning Chinese. The content on these sites may have changed since they were added to this web page. Also, GMU/GSE/CEHD does not endorse these websites, their creators, or their content.
http://www.csulb.edu/~txie/ccol/content.htm - This website provides conversational Mandarin Chinese online. It developed by Dr. Tianwei Xie from Dept. of AAAS California State University, Long Beach. The biggest advantage of this website is that it provides Chinese sounds for students to practice at home. The two significant disadvantages are (1) the Chinese characters are not the simplified version, and (2) some exercises only illustrate Pinyin without displaying any Chinese characters.
http://www.imandarinpod.com - This website allows you to download Chinese lessons (podcast) to your iPod or any MP3 player with iTunes.
http://www.mychineseclass.com/mianmian/ - Discussing Everything Chinese中国面面谈， 高级听说读写教材。Ideal for intermediate-high and advanced-low students.
http://www.china.org.cn/english/features/Lesson/195850.htm - This website provides lessons on Ancient Chinese Poetry, Chinese Idioms, How to read Chinese Menus, and Strokes of Chinese characters.
http://www.61flash.com/flash/1996.htm - This website is for children. It provides several recitations of the ancient Chinese poetry 配乐诗朗诵. Good for student listening and speaking practice.
http://www.qbaobei.com/htm/flash/7867.htm - 三个和尚 Three Monks
Contact Information for the CLLP Program
Dr. Marjorie Hall Haley
mhaley@gmu.edu
Dr. Li Fu
lfu@gmu.edu
(703)993-3673
(703)255-2276