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(866) with-SLG (Toll Free) You have the drive and interest to immerse yourself in all that a new school and culture can offer, and you want to prepare yourself for career and life choices you've never even imagined, but you don't want to delay your regular school progress and your parents are reluctant to let you go for one year... If that is your situation, Sino Language Gateway Immersion Chinese Summer Camp is right for you. Our unique program provides elementary, middle and high school students worldwide to attend school in China from June to August every summer, either for two weeks or two months. Whether you are a first-time participator or a repeating student, you will find there is a program for you.
We arrange escorted group air travel between San Francisco International Airport (SFO) and Beijing International Airport (PEK). A SLG agent will assist students with luggage and check-in at SFO, and accompany them on the plane to Beijing. Another agent will greet the students at the Beijing International Airport and arrange transportation to the campus. We strongly recommend that students from the U.S. depart from SFO Airport at the scheduled time whenever possible. Traveling in a group will help alleviate anxiety and culture shock, which is often experienced when traveling to a different country. Tentative 2007 escorted group travel arrangement:
You will be given a Preliminary Chinese Proficiency Test upon you arrive in the host school in order for us to know your level of training in Chinese and to place you in the proper class, from beginning to advanced. The test is prepared by the host schools in China.
During the orientation in the opening days of the camp in China, we do everything possible to get you off to a good start in your new lives abroad. We will share with you as much information as possible without taking away the sense of spontaneous adventure so important in a sojourn abroad. We also encourage our students to attack the challenge of adopting a new culture with a positive attitude, eager to make things work, rather than just waiting for them to happen. In the orientation package, we will provide you with:
We want you to realize that SLG offers opportunities, not guaranteed and ready-made happiness. We want you to take charge of your life and responsibility for your own success from the outset. At the same time, the counselors and the teachers will give you advises and helps anytime you needed, assist you with problems ranging from homesickness to homework, from travel plans to time management, from money matters to misunderstanding with each other...Moreover, we will be in contact with your family, to help them get the most updated news about you.
We provide many free services including: Passport Safe-keeping, Money Exchange and Safe-keeping. We will collect all students’ passports once they arrive in Beijing and safe-keep them for the entire camp period. We will also safe-keep money for students if they prefer. Money can be withdrawn thereafter on a weekly basis. We have also prepared a variety of sports goods for students to borrow and use for free, including: basketball, volleyball, football, tennis & badminton rackets and balls, Chinese chess, etc.
Our host schools have its own clinics with modern medical equipment on campus. General practitioners treat student's routine illnesses and are quick to refer to competent doctors and hospitals when appropriate. We will immediately notify parents at home if serious medical problems arise. You are fully covered in the event of illness, accident or other travel emergency. Our program includes comprehensive medical and travel insurance from Specialty Risk International, and the cost of this coverage is included in the program fee. The insurance covers against personal illness, personal injury, emergency medical evacuation, emergency reunion, loss of checked luggage, local ambulance expense, hospital room & board, intensive care, terrorism, etc. Your coverage will begin one day earlier than the camp starting date, which usually is the date you depart your home country, and end on the day you return to your home country. For further information, please see Insurance or contact us.
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You will attend morning
Mandarin language courses at days that not go traveling, with native Chinese instructors teaching all levels of
classes. The
classes focus on developing the four main language
skills: speaking, listening, reading
and writing. Our instructors prepare
active hands-on lessons that enable you to quickly speak in sentences.
Students are provided with plenty of opportunities to practice their
language skills through a wide range of interesting exercises, interactive
activities, and role-plays. Our goal is to see students communicate
confidently and effectively in mandarin in all occasions, whether it is in school, in their host families and on the streets of China. The
fluency you develop will give you a great advantage in your future
schooling and career. For details, please check class
outlines.
In addition of daily Mandarin classes, SLG has arranges 1 to 1.5 hour 1-on-1 personal tutoring time each day to help students achieving maximal learning result. During the time, you will be paired up with a local Chinese student (high school age or younger). You two will make conversations in Chinese and could talk about anything you are interested, from friends, city you live to food you like... If you are not ready for a chat in Chinese, your language partner will serve as a tutor and help you review, practice and learn. In any case, your language partner will help you speak more Chinese and speak it in a genuine way. A wide range of culture related classes are provided, including: Chinese history & geography, society & culture, Chinese martial arts or tai-chi, traditional Chinese brush painting, calligraphy, Chinese knot making, kite making, Peking opera face painting, Chinese chess, Chinese cooking, ceramics, and Chinese music & arts appreciation workshops. |
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Here comes to the most
exciting part!
You will see more of China with our weekly organized tours to the attractions of the destination city, visits to the local schools, museums, and markets, from the Forbidden City to the Great Wall in Beijing; from the Stone Forest to the Dianchi Lake in Kunming; and from the Bund to the Oriental Tower in Shanghai. At the end of each session, a culture-enhancing trip is arranged that would give students deeper understanding about China from different perspective. It could be the 5,000-years ancient Xi'an city, the enchanting Inner-Mongolia, the exciting Shanghai, or the World Heritage-Dali and Lijiang. In the future, we will organize to go more cities in China. Click to see the day-to-day itinerary of each session
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Our goal is to have you
involved not only with each other, but more important, with your Chinese
counterparts. We urge and help you to participate in both the host school
and the greater communities, whether it be by practicing with the
school basketball team or exchanging English and Chinese conversation
classes with a Chinese student.
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Our price covers:
Parent price covers everything except: classroom instruction and academic counseling, enrollment fee, textbooks and studying materials. Student should budget between $200 to $300 per month for personal expenses, such as calling card or souvenir purchasing. Traveler's check is the most convenient and safest way to bring money when traveling. |
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Meal and room for students will be at the
International Student Dormitory and Student Dinning Hall of the host
university. See School for details.
Meal: The student cafeteria in each of our host schools open three times a day during meal time, 7 days a week, providing various kind of food. You can find the traditional Chinese breakfast in the morning time, such as soybean soup, green onion pancakes, pot stickers etc., as well as milk and bread. Lunch and dinner are in buffet style with a variety of close to a hundred different Chinese dishes. You choose what to eat. Students will be given a meal card at arrival for use during their entire stay. The camp will try to arrange western style food several times a week to help you get a taste of home. Room: You will stay at double-occupancy dorm rooms (depends on the school, there might be single rooms available) while you are in school, and three-star hotel rooms when traveling. All dormitory rooms in SLG camp are equipped with self-adjustable air-conditioner, private bathroom, telephone, TV, and furnished with bed & beddings, study desks, table lamps, chairs, personal lockers, bookshelves, etc. Some rooms even equipped with refrigerators. If a student is accompanied by a parent, they will have their own room. In addition, laptop connection is available in the dorm rooms. High-speed cable Internet can be ordered for a small fee and available immediately. Laundry facilities and laundry services are provided for a nominal fee. Other facilities: Classrooms are all air-conditioned. Air and ground transportation (train & coaches) are air-conditioned as well. |
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There is one weekend in each camp, you will have chance visiting a carefully-selected local family who considers it a privilege to welcome students like you into their home. Host families open their home and heart to you, providing meals and a caring environment. You will participate in their family and community activities, attend cultural and recreational events with them while learning more than you ever imagined about another country and culture, about the world and its diversity and about yourself. |
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