Generation in Change

Grant Details

Amount: $3,900

Project Start Date: 06/01/06

Status: In Progress (under development)

Project Type:
Campus Based

Languages: Chinese

Project Level:
Intermediate

Project Skills:
Cultural Awareness
Speaking
Listening
Reading
Writing

Institutions Involved:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Primary Contact:
Tong Chen (tongchen@mit.edu)

14N-330
M.I.T.
Cambridge , MA 02139
Phone: 617-253-0109

The website will consist of 100 video segments plus difficult words, phrases and grammar points culled from these segments. The material will allow our students to study the influences of social change and economic development on the values, morals, and daily life of Chinese students their age as well as the consequent changes to their philosophies of life and their educational experience. Additionally, the material will give our students the opportunity to study the experience of Chinese parents and grandparents regarding these topics before and after the open door policy when China shifted its attitude to the rest of the world as well as reveal the attitudes of the older generations towards the younger generation's changes. The website will be a rich resource, giving our students a variety of things to explore. Our students will engage video and other media to develop their interpretations and understanding of Chinese culture, modern society, economics, and family relations. Our students will be able to save the visual materials needed in folders for their own research, projects, papers, and presentations.