My Major

:
You are one of the recipients of the U.S. Flagship program to advance the language proficiency
in your profession. You decided to look into two top universities, Tsinghua University in
Beijing and National Taiwan University in Taipei, to make a decision about which university
will suit you best according to your major and other criteria.
Interpretive Task:
You are searching online to find information about these two universities. First, decide what you
want to major in. Pick three majors that you are interested in. Then go to the following websites
to find out whether these two universities offer the majors you want to study. Mark an X if the
university offers your major.
Major 1-3:
Use the following sites to find college/department information:
http://www.tsinghua.edu.cn/publish/newthu/newthu_cnt/faculties/index.html
http://www.ntu.edu.tw/academics/academics.html
Other criteria 4-8:
Use the following sites to find the Established year, and

Wiki
http://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%B8%85%E5%8D%8E%E5%A4%A7%E5%AD%A6
Wiki
http://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%9C%8B%E7%AB%8B%E8%87%BA%E7%81%A3%E5%A
4%A7%E5%AD%B8
Use the following site to find the student /abroad students ratio and teachers/students
ratio
Ratio 9-10http://edu.qq.com/zt2011/sjturanking/ (scroll down to the second table)
Information

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2
3
4

Established Year

5
6

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X ()
X
X

X ()
X
X

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9
10

Interpersonal Task: You and your partner are best friends and received the same scholarship.
You want to see whether you both can agree to go to the same university. Based upon the
information that you gathered above and research about the climate, food, and local culture of
the cities. Discuss with your partners what criteria you should use to make your decision and
also explain the reason of your preference of university. Record your discussion and state your
decision and reasons.

Presentational Task:
After discussing it with your partner, you make the decision about which university to attend.
Please write a 200-word essay to the Flagship program to inform them of your major, your plan
of study, and future career goals.
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. Scholarship,

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