Does anyone know which school (in China or Taiwan) teaches traditional strokes?

[xiexieniii]

I am looking for a summer intensive (20-30 hours/week) course that uses traditional Chinese in their classroom. There are a lot of good summer Chinese courses in Beijing, however all of them seem to only use Simplified Chinese textbooks.

Can anyone point me in the right direction? Do I have to look at schools in Taiwan?

[skylee]

Strokes? Do you mean stroke order? If so this website might be useful -> http://stroke-order.learningweb.moe.edu.tw/about_program.jsp

[fanglu]

Given the Taiwan reference I think she means traditional characters

[chaxiu]

You could try TLI in Taipei. I think the run summer/ immersion courses.

www.tli.com.tw

[Lu]

Every school in Taiwan teaches traditional (afaik). TLI, NTNU, NTU, you name it.

[Xiwang]

On the side issue of textbooks, the New Practical Chinese Reader textbook series from Beijing Language and Culture University Press has both simplified and traditional versions.

http://www.blcup.com/en/list_2.asp?id=39

I like this series. However, the traditional character versions are designed to be used abroad (although it is nonetheless available for sale at the BLCU campus bookstores).

In response to your question, I checked with a BLCU graduate student this afternoon. She confirmed that BLCU does not offer language classes using traditional characters.

You raise an interesting point. There certainly must be some traditional character instruction at Chinese universities. China historians and students of ancient (or just pre-1950s) Chinese language would have to know traditional characters.

[xiexieniii]

I see. Thanks for the information. I am close to registering at either the International Students Center, Chinese Language Education, or the University of International Relations in Beijing. All of them use simplified characters in their textbooks. My school however (Columbia University) uses traditional for their placement exams.