Cultural Exchange
LEAD CULTURAL EXCHANGE ACTIVITIES & GAIN VALUABLE EXPERIENCELocation
Xiamen and Zhangzhou
Locations are varied
Duration
July 10th – Aug 20th
Living Expenses
Full board accommodation and local excursions are provided
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You will help run a series of fun activities for Chinese children and engage in cultural exchange workshops.There will be opportunity to work with UK and international students to deliver a varied programme, including cultural visits to places of interest
Programme Details
Time & Location
Contact hours
8 hours: 8:30 – 11:30; 14:30 – 17:30; 19:00 – 21:00
Hours may vary depending on the activities planned at the camp, according to the timetable
Location
Week One: Xiamen Huaqiao University
Week Two: Xiamen Huaqiao University or Xiamen Foreign Language School Affiliated School Haicang
Week Three: Xiamen Huaqiao University
Week Four: Zhangzhou Southeast Flower Camp
Week Five: various locations – Zhangzhou and Xiamen
Week Six: Xiamen Huaqiao University
Arrival & Departure
We advise you arrive on 9th of July and leave on 21st of Aug.
Excursion options
The famous attractions of Xiamen, Quanzhou and Zhangzhou
Other benefits
Chinese language sessions and experiencing Chinese culture, location life style, studying in the best Chinese TCFL College, listening to the famous cultural scholars explaining Chinese-western culture, philosophy and aesthetics, joining forum activities
Programme Details
Main purpose
- Allow Chinese students to engage with students from the world’s best universities
- Provide a Cultural Exchange opportunity for Ambassadors and participants alike
- Allow University students to explore with locals and get to know more about the culture
- To offer Chinese students a different style of education and learning experience
Student details
15 – 20 students a class
10-16 years old
Various level of English
Pre-programme tranning
3 to 5 days work training on cross culture and projects
Coordinator
A Chinese speaking student majoring in English will be present in each class, helping translate during courses, outdoor activities and forum, parties etc.
Speciality of the programme
This activity is not just organised for Chinese students, but also for foreign ambassadors. Each ambassador has the chance to communicate with the students from other countries. We have taken ambassadors’ needs into full consideration, providing good arrangements for ambassadors in cultural experience, study, communication, forum and travel etc.
Programme arrangement
Monday – Friday
Morning lessons in class; afternoon activities and excursions; evening activities and parties on campus
Weekend
Free time or organised excursions or short trips
Benefits for ambassadors
The ambassadors have opportunities to experience and learn Chinese culture to communicate with the Chinese students on forums.
Welfare
Local temperature
Around 25 – 30 Celsius
Meals
University cafeteria provide three meals a day, 7:00 – &:30; 11:30 – 12:00; 18:00 – 18:30
Drinking water available
Accommodation
Students’ domitory, four -six to a bed room with bedding provided.
Western Toilet style
Laundry, Wifi, PC / Laptop, Air-conditioning available
Programme Arrangement
Week 1
10th July – 16th July
Cross Culture Training and Summer Camp Preparation (for UK and International Ambassadors)
Based at Xiamen Huaqiao University
- Morning: Training Sessions and Workshops
- Afternoon: Explore Xiamen
- Evening: Free Time
Week 2
17th July – 23rd July
International Cultural Communication Summer Camp 1
Based at Xiamen Huaqiao University or Xiamen Foreign Language School Affiliated School Haicang
- Morning: session explaining your countries’ culture and English Education
- Afternoon: session visiting tourist attractions with Chinese students;
- Evening activities: Three nights with Chinese student for parties (Welcome Party; Music & Dancing Party; Goodbye Party)(Mondays to Saturdays);
- Finishing Ceremony (Sunday Mornings)
Week 3
24th July – 31st July
International Cultural Communication Summer Camp 2
Based at Xiamen Huaqiao University
- Morning: session explaining your countries’ culture and English Education
- Afternoon: session visiting tourist attractions with Chinese students
- Evening activities: Three nights with Chinese student for parties (Welcome Party; Music & Dancing Party; Goodbye Party)(Mondays to Saturdays)
- Finishing Ceremony (Sunday Mornings)
Week 4
31st July – 6th August
International Cultural Communication Summer Camp 3
Based at Zhangzhou Southeast Flower Camp
- Morning: session explaining your countries’ culture and English Education
- Afternoon session visiting tourist attractions with Chinese students
- Evening activities: Three nights with Chinese student for parties (Welcome Party; Music & Dancing Party; Goodbye Party)(Mondays to Saturdays)
- Finishing Ceremony (Sunday Mornings)
Week 5
7th August – 13th August
Cultural Tours, Outdoor Visits, Programme Summarisation and Reports
Week 6
14th August – 20th August
Free Time to explore Xiamen and Surrounding Areas (Accommodation Provided)
Testimonial & Gallery
HOW A MONTH IN CHINA CHANGES YOU
Have you ever wondered what sand worms taste like?
They’re DELICIOUS! Well, at least at the ones they serve at Xiamen, China of course, and no, sand worms don’t taste like chicken at all.
As part of my mission to maximise experiences before my time in this brief existence runs out, with great hesitation and apprehension, I packed me bags and flew to China for a month-long volunteering project.
Now whenever I tell people that I’m volunteering in China, the picture that forms in mind is usually that of me teaching English to poor, underprivileged kids up in the mountains or something. Although some of the volunteers have indeed been sent to rural areas, I was placed at Xiamen, which is one of the more affluent places in China (apparently the most environmentally clean in the whole of China as well!)
Hence, sorry to disappoint you but I have no experience of sharing toilets with snakes or scorpions 😛
So yeah! What have I been up to China?! Read more HERE
I traveled to Shanghai, Qi Dong, Changsha and Xiamen. I taught English to the children of poor migrant workers, I taught children who’d never been to school before. I met people from Italy, South Africa, Hungary, Russia, Romania, Spain, Egypt, the UK and more. I learned Mandarin. I learned that even if I don’t feel 28, I am definitely 28. I learned that six weeks can feel like four life times and that jet lag is real and real serious. I’m irrevocably changed by what I’ve seen and felt in China.
I feel like I left one home for another. But I’ll return. Read more HERE