Chinese Flagship Program 中文领航
WKU Chinese Flagship Program Application Priority Deadline: January 15, 2025
Following the priority deadline and initial application review, applications will be considered on a rolling basis until full.
Read this prior to starting your application:
The following application is divided into two parts. The first part consists of basic biographical information, and the second part consists of short essay questions up to 350 words.
This application will not time out as long as your browser window remains open; however, you will not be able to save your responses and complete the application in different sessions. We recommend that you consider the following essay questions and prepare your responses prior to beginning the application. Once you submit the application, it will automatically be sent via email to the Program Manager.
If you have any difficulty with the application process, please feel free to contact our Program Director, Dr. Ke Peng at ke.peng@wku.edu.
Questions to follow:
- Briefly describe your interest in the Chinese Language Flagship.
- How do you imagine your participation in the Chinese Language Flagship will impact
your academic/career goals? (250-350 words)
- The Chinese Language Flagship program requires roughly 20 hours/week of class, drills,
individual tutoring sessions, and study time. Please describe an experience you have
had where you worked toward mastering something (i.e. Language, sport, musical instrument,
etc), and how you remained motivated in the face of challenges (150-250 words)
- To reach the goal of superior, or professional proficiency in Chinese, participation
in the Chinese Language Flagship includes a minimum of two study abroad programs to
Taiwan. Students typically spend one summer in Taiwan or in a US-based intensive Chinese
program and then a capstone year in Taiwan or Monterey, CA at the end of their studies,
becoming a certified Global Professional from the National Security Education Program
upon completion of a professional internship in their field of study and testing at
the superior level of proficiency. Students in good standing are eligible for generous
funding from our grant providers, external scholarships, and funding from WKU for
study abroad. We will assist you in the scholarship process, and there are scholarship
advisors at WKU who will help you to prepare your most competitive applications possible.
Outside of financial considerations, how do you feel about the prospect of studying
abroad more than once to attain a superior level of proficiency in Chinese? (150-250
words)
- Do you have any personal conflicts that would make a summer program abroad difficult?
If yes, please explain. (short answer)
- Briefly describe your international travel experience (if applicable), including countries
visited, for how long, and for what purpose you were there. How did this experience
inform your perceptions about other countries or cultures? (up to 350 words)
- How did you hear about the Chinese Language Flagship? (short answer)
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