| Through GlobaLinks Learning Abroad programs language classes, from beginner to advanced, are available and encouraged at each university and in each country. GlobaLinks Learning Abroad offers semester and year abroad as well as summer programs where students can take classes from their major in English, and take a foreign language class to learn the language of their host country. Before you depart GlobaLinks Learning Abroad will provide you with a survival language phrasebook and an online language training program. Why Should I Learn an Asian Language?
- Speaking an Asian language is a much-needed global skill that can benefit you greatly in your career.
- Chinese is the world's most widely spoken language.
- Asia is by far the world's most populated continent.
- Japan, China, South Korea, Thailand, Hong Kong, Malaysia, and Singapore have continued to jump up on the list of countries of the world based on their gross domestic product (GDP).
- Some of the world's top electronics and automobile companies are housed in Asia.
- Every Asian country is unique and filled with and abundance of culture, tradition, religion and a long-standing history.
- Learning culture as well as language clears travel barriers
NO PRIOR LANGUAGE IS REQUIRED FOR ANY OF THE GlobaLinks Learning Abroad PROGRAMS! | Learn Japanese at: | Learn Korean at: | Learn Thai at: | APPLY |  |  |  |  | Featured Language Program: Asian Perspective: Learn Mandarin and Uncover Southeast Asia at the National University of Singapore. Through the Asian Perspective program you can embark on a 6-week summer program learning Mandarin, an increasingly important language in this century, and explore Southeast Asia in one of the region’s leading nation-cities – Singapore. In this program, you will attend a robust and fun 100 hours of basic Mandarin curriculum. Upon completion, you will have learned the basics in conversational, reading and writing skills that are applicable in modern social context. In addition, you will uncover the diversity and richness of Chinese and Southeast Asian cultures through films, documentaries, seminars, field trips and hands-on workshops. 
| Academic information Learn the basics of Mandarin Learn the art of brewing Chinese tea 'Combat' during Wushu (Chinese martial arts) sessions Attempt brushstrokes in a Chinese calligraphy class Discover the therapeutic power of acupuncture Listen to lectures about the history and national identities of Southeast Asia Take fieldtrips to local museums and places of worship Attend hands-on workshops, where you can sing and dance to traditional Balinese music Create your own Batik art Embark on an archaelogical tour | About Singapore: With a fusion of Chinese, Malay, Indian and European immigrants the culture of Singapore represents all these cultural diversities and has also combined them to create new and unique customs and cultures. Singapore is the smallest nation in Southeast Asia, but offers a huge variety of ethnicities, languages, religions and attractions.
Singapore possesses a few ethnic neighborhoods, however, the segregation has since been decreased because of policies put in place by the Housing Development Board (HDP) The HDP tried to make sure that all public housing had a diverse group of tenants, bringing all ethnicities together in one neighborhood. However, the culture is still very different and evident from apartment/house to apartment/house within the neighborhoods.
The reason for bringing the groups together was an attempt to create social cohesion, national loyalty and racial harmony.
LEARN MORE about Singapore and the program Asian Perspective: Learn Mandarin and Uncover Southeast Asia. |