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Summer English Immersion Camp
Who may attend?
Children aged between 10 and 15 years old who are interesting in having fun and learning English at the same time.
Why should I attend?
Language is best learned in context. Just as you learned Chinese surrounded by Chinese speakers, the best way to learn English is to be surrounded by English speakers. By being in an environment surrounded by English speaking children, You will learn English naturally as you learn and play together.
You and up to 6 other young people will fly together with my family from Taiwan together from Taiwan to Toronto in beautiful Canada. After a few days to recover from jetlag, we will travel by car a few hundred kilometers north to Camp Cherith. Here you will join ~100 other Canadian children and young adults as they enjoy three weeks of adventure. After orientation (and recovery from jet-lag), camp will begin. You will be assigned a bed in a cabin with 6 Canadian children and one leader. These will be your companions for the week -- you will sleep together, eat together and play together. On Sunday evening, the camp leaders will introduce the classes you may choose to participate in for the week, such as Horsemanship, canoeing, swimming, kayaking, fishing, wilderness survival, hiking, arts and crafts, group sports, slingshot, archery, river running, riflery, and theatre. You may choose three.
What is the daily schedule?
You and your cabin mates will wake up at ~7am. After brushing your teeth and washing up, you will walk together to the dining hall for breakfast, singing and the flag raising ceremony. After making your bed and cleaning the cabin, we will spend 40 minutes studying English using the Bible as the textbook. It will be then off to your first activity. After an hour, you will then move to your the second activity. Lunch time at 12:30 is followed by another round of singing fun songs. From 1:30 to 2:00 you and your cabin mates will be resting or playing quiet games. Your third activity choice follows and then its time for free time (choice of swimming, arts and crafts, going to the small store at camp to buy treats or souveneers or doing nothing). Just before supper, you, your cabin mates and cabin leader will decide on a group activity -- perhaps river running, perhaps hiking, perhaps riflery. After supper all 150 campers and staff will get together for a big game! Finally the evening concludes with a campfire in which we sing together and a leader tells a story. Its now 9pm and time to wash up and go to sleep.
Before you know it, the first week will be finished. Some Canadian children will leave on Saturday and some new children will arrive on Sunday. Saturday will be a good day to catch up on your sleep before the second week begins. For the second week you can continue to study the same classes or choose different classes.
After three weeks at camp we will return to the Toronto area where we will spend a few nights as a group. Short trips to Niagara Falls or other local attractions will round out the trip before we need to say goodbye to Canada and return to Taiwan.
What is the approximate staff-to-camper ratio?
Canadian staff : Canadian campers : Taiwanese Campers = 50 : 100 : 6
How Long is the Trip?
The total time is approximately 4 weeks. Upon arrival in Canada, we spend a few days in Oakville recovering from jet-lag and getting used to the environment. After that you will spend 3 weeks at camp with Canadian young people. After camp, we will return to Oakville to pack our things and do some last-minute shopping before returning to Taiwan. Here is a link to the schedule for the 2024 trip for your reference.
How much does it cost?
The total cost (including airfare, meals, transportation, accommodation, travel insurance) is only NT$170,000.
I'm in. What do I do next?
The application schedule is as follows:
Submit application with NT$10,000 deposit to reserve your place.
Attend interview to access suitability (if application rejected, your deposit is refunded)
April 1, 2024: Last day to get deposit refunded.
April 15, 2024: Balance due (Application Deadline) Late applications may be considered but the price may be higher due to the cost of air tickets.
Prepare the things you need to bring to camp List in English
July: Meet at Taoyuan International Airport to fly to Canada
Four weeks later: Return To Taiwan.
Please note that space is limited to 6 students. If < 3 students apply for a session, and we need to cancel the trip all fees will be refunded. (Once Airline tickets have been issued (late April) airplane fees are non-refundable. Before airplane tickets have been issued (April or early May), all but NT$5,000 is refundable if you are unable to attend.
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