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Princeton in Ishikawa 2009 Session: May 30 - July 25, 2009 If you are a serious student of Japanese, the Princeton in Ishikawa (PII) program offers you an excellent opportunity to enhance your language skills and understanding of Japanese culture while enabling you to serve as an ambassador to Japan. PII is an eight-week intensive Japanese language program, offering 2nd-, and 3rd-year Japanese courses in Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture, one of the most beautiful and historic cities in Japan. This program is run in cooperation with the Ishikawa Prefectural Government.
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Course Curriculum and Faculty In eight weeks, the PII program covers the equivalent of one academic year of Japanese language study at Princeton University. It is a high-quality, intensive program taught by skilled instructors. For the summer of 2009, the program will be team-taught by faculty members from top American universities and several Japanese teachers from Kanazawa. Students meet for three hours each morning, five days a week. Both regular textbooks and authentic materials (excerpts from books, newspapers, journals, etc.) are used to strengthen the four basic language skills (speaking, listening, reading, and writing). The program accepts approximately 45 students, and classes are divided into two levels: second- and third-year Japanese. To ensure effective interaction between instructor and student, class size is kept to between 8 and 10 students.
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Kanazawa City Kanazawa is one of the best preserved cultural cities in Japan. The city has two faces: one ancient, one modern. The population of the city is about 400,000. Kanazawa is 5 hours from Tokyo and 4 hours from Osaka by express train. The home-page for Kanazawa City is http://www4.city.kanazawa.lg.jp/ The web page for Ishihkawa Japanese Studies Center (IFIE) is: http://www.ifie.or.jp/ijsc/index.html
Syllabus and Schedule Schedule of JPN105/107 Schedule of JPN302 Extracurricular Activities In addition to formal classroom lessons in Japanese, students are encouraged to go out and explore Japanese culture. Free lessons in traditional Japanese arts such as the tea ceremony, cooking, calligraphy, and music are offered in the Ishikawa International Lounge (The selection varies monthly). Other activities offered by PII include:
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Application
There is a nonrefundable application fee of $40. Application to the PII program must be received by February 20, 2009, but students are encouraged to apply as soon as possible. Send to: If you would like an application, please download the following documents:
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Admission
PII will inform you of the results of admission by March 15, 2009. Even if you are put on the waiting list, you still have a good chance to be enrolled later because some accepted students may withdraw. In compliance with the Title of the Education Amendments of 1972, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, and other federal, state, and local laws, Princeton in Ishikawa does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, color, sex, sexual orientation, religion, national or ethnic origin, disability, or status as a disabled or Vietnam era veteran in any phase of its admissions or other aspects of its educational programs or activities. Sponsor PII, a nonprofit organization of Princeton University, sponsors this program. |
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Host Organization The Ishikawa Prefectural Government hosts this program and has offered a generous subsidy to enable PII to keep the cost's of the program to a minimum. The government also locates host families for program participants.
Home-Stay Students live with local families while in the program. Living with a Japanese family provides students with a unique opportunity to practice and improve their communication skills, as well as to experience firsthand the Japanese way of life. Participating in activities with host families often provides students with some of the most unforgettable memories of the summer.
Course Credit Participants who successfully complete the program receive credit for two courses, the equivalent of one year of Japanese language study, from Princeton University. If you would like to obtain a formal transcript, please write to the following address. Registrar's Office, 101 West College, Princeton, NJ 08544. You may also fax your request to the Registrar's Office at 609-258-6328. Transcripts are free of charge. Note: Princeton students must take program courses for a letter grade (no P/D/F), which will appear on their Princeton University transcript. There is no deviation from this policy. |
Costs The basic cost of the program is $4,600. This includes tuition, fees for extracurricular activities, and home-stay (breakfast and dinner included). Students must pay for their lunches. The program provides the textbooks.
Financial Aid Tuition has been kept as low as possible thanks to the generous subsidies from the Ishikawa Prefectural Government. No financial aid is available from PII; however, most participants have been able to receive full or partial financial aid from their home institutions.
Travel For a PII brochure and/or application, please email us at pii@princeton.edu. Ishikawa Internships Ishikawa Prefecture annually offers four to five internships to former PII students. Those selected for this program serve as interns at major companies in the Ishikawa region. In addition, a certificate of completion is presented to each participant by Masanori Tanimoto, governor of Ishikawa, at the end of the program. Interns live with host families, and the Ishikawa Prefectural Government provides a monthly allowance, round-trip airfare to Kanazawa, local transportation, and living expenses. Students are not, however, eligible to apply for Ishikawa internships unless they have already attended the PII programs for Japanese language. Contact If you have questions, please email us at pii@princeton.edu.
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