Cultural Exchange

LEAD CULTURAL EXCHANGE ACTIVITIES & GAIN VALUABLE EXPERIENCE

Location

Xiamen and Zhangzhou

Locations are varied

Duration

July 10th – Aug 20th

Living Expenses

Full board accommodation and local excursions are provided

More

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

Henry Lee

Ambassador 2015, University of Oxford

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

Anthony Swan

Lovvol Ambassador 2016

Camp Location & Local Attractions

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