To enhance the understanding of outstanding college students nationwide about the interdisciplinary field of "Language and Cognitive Science," promote communication among excellent college students, and provide opportunities for interaction with experts in the field, Beijing Language University's Language and Cognitive Science Discipline Innovative Talent Introduction Base will organize the 2023 National Excellent College Students Summer Camp from July 7th to 8th, 2023. We are now open to college student applicants from universities across the country (including our own university).
I. Introduction to the Base
Beijing Language University's Language and Cognitive Science Discipline Innovative Talent Introduction Base is an internationally-oriented and open scientific research institution with the goal of language cognitive science as its discipline construction target. It focuses on research areas such as second language acquisition and cognition, language cognitive neuroscience, and language cognition and neuromorphic research.
The base features a world-class international scholar team construction, comprising top scholars from universities and research institutions ranked among the top 100 globally. Currently, the base has introduced more than ten international academic masters and backbone scholars who are renowned and influential in the international academic community, representing prestigious universities and research institutions worldwide. The domestic scholar team mainly consists of well-known scholars, professors, associate professors, doctoral students, and postdoctoral researchers. These two teams jointly guide graduate students majoring in language cognitive science, with the aim of cultivating high-end, composite talents with an international academic vision, interdisciplinary compatibility, and teaching and research capabilities in language cognitive science.
The base aims for disciplinary innovation by promoting cross-disciplinary integration of linguistics, cognitive science, and neuroscience, establishing a new interdisciplinary field known as "Language and Cognitive Science." Language and Cognitive Science is a secondary discipline under the primary discipline of Chinese Language and Literature. The base not only recruits master's, doctoral, and postdoctoral students majoring in "Language and Cognitive Science" but also recruits master's, doctoral, and postdoctoral students majoring in "Linguistics and Applied Linguistics."
The Language and Cognitive Science Discipline Innovative Talent Introduction Base possesses comprehensive hardware and software facilities for experimental research. The "Language and Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory" of the base includes eye-tracking labs, speech labs, electroencephalography (EEG)/event-related potential (ERP) labs, and functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) labs. It has technical personnel proficient in brain imaging techniques such as functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), magnetoencephalography (MEG), and fNIRS. The base aims to build an international and open language cognitive science laboratory, providing a solid research foundation for serving the national science and technology development strategy and Chinese language promotion strategy.
Recently, the "Key Laboratory of Language and Cognitive Science (Beijing Language University)" led by the Language and Cognitive Science Discipline Innovative Talent Introduction Base has been approved for construction. This key laboratory will provide new and powerful guarantees for innovative graduate talent cultivation models and the improvement of graduate student training quality.
II. Introduction to the Major
Language and Cognitive Science is the first cognitive science secondary discipline established by Beijing Language University in China. It combines language acquisition, language cognition, and brain science to explore the behavior and neural mechanisms of language acquisition and cognition among Chinese language learners using new technologies and methods in cognitive science research.
Language and Cognitive Science is an important research field that emerged from the intersection of six supporting disciplines of cognitive science: linguistics, psychology, neuroscience, computer science, philosophy, and anthropology. Its scientific goal is to explore the mechanisms and laws of language generation, acquisition, and cognitive development in humans.
The base's Language and Cognitive Science major consists of three research directions: second language acquisition and cognition research, language cognitive neuroscience research, and language cognition and neuromorphic research.
As an interdisciplinary field, Language and Cognitive Science offers broader prospects for graduates in terms of further education and employment compared to traditional disciplines. Graduates can pursue scientific research and further studies in cognitive psychology, cognitive neuroscience, neurolinguistics, computational linguistics, and other related fields at domestic and international universities and research institutions. They can also engage in teaching and research work at Chinese language international education institutions in universities, as well as work in education consulting, eye-tracking, electroencephalography, near-infrared spectroscopy, and other high-end professional technical training in language education and artificial intelligence-related enterprises and organizations.
III. Target Applicants
Based on the characteristics of the cutting-edge interdisciplinary field of "Language and Cognitive Science," this summer camp primarily targets outstanding undergraduate students (including students from our university) with backgrounds in Chinese Language and Literature, Foreign Language and Literature, Psychology, Computer Science (including Artificial Intelligence Science and Automation), and other related majors.
IV. Summer Camp Schedule
This event will be conducted online. If participants wish to attend offline activities on campus, please indicate so in the registration form. The schedule for the summer camp is as follows:
V. Application Requirements
Applicants should be outstanding graduating undergraduate students from universities nationwide in 2024 (including outstanding graduates from our university).
Applicants should meet the basic requirements for pursuing a master's degree without entrance examination as stipulated by the state and are expected to obtain the recommended exemption qualification from their respective universities.
Applicants must abide by laws and regulations, be physically and mentally healthy, and have excellent character and academic performance.
Applicants should have passed all courses in the first to fifth semesters, rank among the top in their major's academic performance and comprehensive qualities, and the specific ranking will be confirmed by the Talent Introduction Base. Students who have demonstrated outstanding performance in other aspects may have the ranking requirements relaxed to some extent.
VI. Application Materials
"Application Form for Beijing Language University's 2023 National Excellent College Students Summer Camp" (Attachment 1, to be filled out and stamped by the applicant's undergraduate department for review).
Copy of ID card (scanned front and back on the same page).
Student ID card (information page and pages with registration stamps for each semester).
Undergraduate transcript and proof of major ranking (stamped by the school or academic affairs department).
Proof of English proficiency (such as CET English Level 4/6 scores, English major Level 4 scores, TOEFL, GRE, IELTS scores, etc.).
Additional materials (certificates of awards, papers, research achievements, etc. If none, this item can be omitted).
Applicants must carefully fill out the above materials, and the information provided should be true and accurate. Scan the original documents of items 1 to 6 and combine them into a single PDF file. The file name should be "Full Name of the School - Your Name - Applied Major Name - 2023 Summer Camp Application Materials". The email subject should be "Name + 2023 National Excellent College Students Summer Camp Application Materials". The original documents should be provided for verification during online registration.
VII. Application Procedure
Online Application: Applicants should send the above materials to the following email address:
CCSLsummercamp@blcu.edu.cn
Online Application Period: From now until July 1, 2023.
Qualification Approval and Announcement: The Talent Introduction Base will comprehensively review the submitted materials and determine the list of participants for the summer camp. The list of participants will be published on the official website of the Graduate School of Beijing Language University.
VIII. Assessment and Awards
During the summer camp, Beijing Language University's Language and Cognitive Science Discipline Innovative Talent Introduction Base will conduct comprehensive assessments of the participants through various methods. Based on the application materials and performance during the camp, "Outstanding Campers" will be selected, and the list will be announced on the official website of the Graduate School of Beijing Language University.
IX. Support Policy for "Outstanding Campers"
If "Outstanding Campers" meet the requirements for recommended admission to a graduate program in 2024 and apply for our university's recommended admission, the applied major must be the same as the one publicly announced for "Outstanding Campers." If there are different exam subjects for different directions within the major, the major and direction must be consistent. If there are adjustments to the major or direction names, the "2024 Master's Degree Program Directory of Beijing Language University" or related notices will prevail. Eligible candidates can be directly admitted to our university's master's program through the recommended admission process, without the need to participate in the further admission examination.
"Outstanding Campers" must register and submit their preferences in the national recommended admission system and complete the corresponding procedures such as acceptance confirmation and waiting for admission notification according to the actual process. Failure to complete the corresponding procedures within the prescribed time at our university will be considered as automatically giving up the qualification as an "Outstanding Camper" at our university.
"Outstanding Campers" who do not qualify for recommended admission are welcome to continue to apply for the disciplines offered by the Base during the unified entrance examination registration.
X. Participation Fee
No fees will be charged.
XI. Special Instructions
Each applicant is limited to applying for one training unit and one major at our university. If an application has been submitted but the applicant cannot participate in the summer camp due to special circumstances, please send an email explaining the situation before July 3rd.
XII. Contact Information
Contact Persons: Mr. Zhang, Mr. Ren
Inquiry Phone: 010-82303797
Summer Camp Email:
CCSLsummercamp@blcu.edu.cn
