{"id":923,"date":"2017-03-24T10:52:32","date_gmt":"2017-03-24T14:52:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/sla2017\/?page_id=923"},"modified":"2017-07-31T11:31:17","modified_gmt":"2017-07-31T15:31:17","slug":"leilani-tiara","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/sla2017\/china\/leilani-tiara\/","title":{"rendered":"Leilani, Tiara"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Name:\u00a0<\/strong>Tiara Leilani<\/p>\n

E-mail:\u00a0<\/strong>ltiara@nd.edu<\/p>\n

Language:\u00a0<\/strong>Chinese<\/p>\n

Location of Study:\u00a0<\/strong>Beijing, China<\/p>\n

Program of Study:\u00a0<\/strong>Beijing Language Summer Program<\/p>\n

Sponsors:\u00a0<\/strong>Center for the Study of Languages and Cultures and Liu\u00a0Endowment<\/p>\n

Blog URL<\/strong>:\u00a0http:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/sla2017\/author\/ltiarand-edu\/<\/a><\/p>\n

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A brief personal bio:<\/strong><\/p>\n

I’m Leilani Tiara, born and raised in Indonesia. I am currently a freshman, rising sophomore studying at Notre Dame. I am currently majoring in Science-Business and hopefully minoring in Chinese. I am of Chinese-descent and learned the language before as a toddler but never really progressed or became fluent in it. I have a lot of experiences traveling for fun but previous to living in South Bend, I have only lived in New York for a month and at home in Jakarta, Indonesia. I am very excited to have the opportunity to live in the prestigious Peking University in Beijing for two months to improve my Chinese language skills.<\/p>\n

Why this summer language abroad opportunity is important to me:<\/strong><\/p>\n

The SLA Grant allows me the opportunity to finish an entire year or two semesters worth of Chinese. I will be finishing Second-Year Chinese so that when I return back to Notre Dame in the Fall, I will be able to join the Third-Year Chinese class. The opportunity to study Chinese in Beijing is very valuable because I will be exposed to more of the culture and will have to use what I learned in class into my daily life for two months. I find that learning in a classroom in Notre Dame is good, but being exposed to an environment where Chinese is a way of life and spoken daily to survive will really train me and push me to improve my proficiency. I am so grateful for this opportunity.<\/p>\n

What I hope to achieve as a result of this summer study abroad experience:<\/strong><\/p>\n

The SLA Grant is important to me because it will help me achieve my goals of learning Mandarin. I have dreams to become a healthcare professional- something along the lines of a doctor but still unsure of what career exactly. However, I feel that it is extremely important for me to pursue one field of study outside of my current major. I would like to pursue Mandarin until at least the third-year- proficiency. I believe that the Chinese will allow me to reach, serve, communicate so many more people in the healthcare field and improve world health. Chinese is also a commonly used language in many areas of Indonesia and will definitely help both in professional and personal life . Language is an important aspect of human life- people often feel more comfortable in communicating and can relate on a personal level when they are from the same country or speaking the same language. My future academic goals and career needs this level of personal relationship so that I may serve others well.<\/p>\n

My specific learning goals for language and intercultural learning this summer:<\/strong><\/p>\n

At the end of the summer, I will be able to speak, read, write and listen at a level of proficiency equal to two semesters beyond my current Mandarin Chinese coursework placement at Notre Dame – finishing Second-Year Chinese.<\/p>\n

At the end of the summer, I will be able to communicate and converse about daily life topics in Chinese with native speakers quite fluently<\/p>\n

At the end of the summer, I will be able to appreciate Chinese culture by participating in linguistic and cultural interactions of Chinese daily life that are beyond what I am used to experiencing back home<\/p>\n

My plan for maximizing my international language learning experience:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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