Online Mandarin Summer CAMP 2021

In-depth Culture Exchange, Immersive Language Learning

• PROGRAM FEATURES:

  Chinese peers’ communication day
  On one of the learning days, local Chinese kids will join the camp. Together， Chinese students and non-Chinese students can practice language, share ideas and co-operate in tasks. This would be a great chance for language usage and building international friendship.

  Social observation project
  Each student will be assigned a local Chinese person from various backgrounds as an interviewee for the project. Student will need to do background research, draft an interview plan and learn to conduct an interview using a pyramid structure like a professional journalist. A short video covering the interview and the student’s social observation will be made as the final project.

  Festival-themed cultural lesson
  It is Chinese festival season during the camp weeks: Dragon Boat Festival and Midautumn Festival. We’ll learn about the festivals, do festival-themed handcraft and festival food cooking. e.g. Making Chinese bubble tea/ rice dumplings/mooncake/Dragon Boat Festival sachet/Chinese paper lanterns, etc.

  Experiencing local Chinese curriculum
  For intermediate and advanced level, some of the language lesson materials are selected from local Chinese text books by Ministry of Education, which will help push the learners’ Chinese proficiency to native level.

• LITTLE EXPLORER CAMP:

  For beginner Chinese learners /HSK 1-2

  1. To get the kids interested in learning Chinese through fun and interactive online lessons and activities.
  2. Introduction of Chinese characters with stories and pictures to increase their interest and understanding in Chinese characters
  3. Conduct basic Chinese daily conversations, and focus on listening and speaking
  4. Experience Chinese culture through culture-themed project lessons.

  Daily schedule

  	Module	Content
  Session 1(1 hour)	Basic Chinese	Nursery rhymes/Chinese songs Interactive lecture
  Session 2(1 hour)	Language Activities	Vocabulary, sentence building games and practice Conversation practice Picture-book reading and story-telling Themed language-learning games
  Session 3(1 hour)	Chinese Culture	Language and culture learning from cultural-learning content (videos/books)
  Session 4(1 hour)	Culture Activities	Small project: poster/card/mind map Themed handcraft Making Chinese pastry or dessert:

• LITTLE CLIMBER CAMP:

  For intermediate Chinese learners/HSK 3

  1. Conduct daily conversations and discuss familiar topics with confidence,focusing on language output
  2. Understand the logical structure of characters and expand character recognition and writing with stories and rules behind each component
  3. Increase vocabulary size through methods and clues to making new words with single characters and components.
  4. Learn about Chinese culture through culture-themed project lessons.

  Daily schedule

  	Module	Content
  Session 1(1 hour)	Basic Chinese	Interactive lecture
  Session 2(1 hour)	Language Activities	Vocabulary, sentence building games and practice Conversation practice Description games Film/animation dubbing Chinese character games Picture-book reading and story-telling Themed language-learning games
  Session 3(1 hour)	Chinese Culture	Language and culture learning from cultural learning content (videos/articles)
  Session 4(1 hour)	Culture Activities	Cultural topic discussion Cultural project: social observation and interview Themed handcraft Making Chinese pastry or dessert: making bubble tea/mooncakes/rice dumplings

• LITTLE PIONEER CAMP:

  For: Chinese learner in advanced level/HSK 4 above

  1. Discuss various topics and express their ideas in accurate Chinese language, logically
  2. Read longer articles, narrate stories, and interact with a degree of spontaneity
  3. Write small essays and short stories
  4. Increase vocabulary size and be able to differentiate synonyms
  5. Learn about social trends in modern China and talk about current affairs with native Chinese people.

  Daily schedule

  	Module	Content
  Session 1(1 hour)	Basic Chinese lesson	Interactive lecture with themed language games and practice
  Session 2(1 hour)	Chinese reading and writing R	Read selected articles from Chinese local school textbook/classic work Chinese writing with similar structure and on similar topics
  Session 3(1 hour)	Chinese culture	Culture and llanguage learning from the cultural learning content (videos/articles)
  Session 4(1 hour)	Culture activities	Open discussion and debate on cultural topics Cultural project: social observation and interview Themed handcraft Making Chinese pastry or dessert: making bubble tea/mooncakes/rice dumplings

• JOIN THE CAMP

  Before the first day:

  Sign up → Basic information collection → Online Chinese assessment → Receive the Activity Box → Prepare for self-introduction (for ice-breaking)

  On the first day:

  Opening ceremony/ice-breaking

  On the last day:

  Presentation and performance → Award ceremony