Grade K~12
Monday through Friday, 9am~ 12:00pm
| Session 1 (4 weeks) |
Session 2 (4 weeks) |
| 6/27-7/01 |
8/01-8/05 |
| 7/05-7/08 |
8/08-8/12 |
| 7/11-7/15 |
8/15-8/19 |
| 7/18-7/22 |
8/22-8/26 |
| Register by: 6/06 |
Register by: 7/11 |
Language Immersion
In our camp, your child will learn Mandarin in an activity-based program under the instructions of our highly experienced teachers. No prior Chinese language skills are necessary to participate in this camp. Students will be separated by language ability, as well as age, to ensure that everyone gets the most out of his or her experience. Please see below for a brief description of each language level and the expectations for students of each level.
Curriculum:
Students will experience Chinese language and culture through a wide variety of traditional and cultural activities. (Please see Cultural Enrichment flyer for additional information.)
Language acquisition will come naturally to your child (ren) as a result of their participation in these fun, immersion-based activities. More advanced students will be challenged to enhance their language skills through a more intensive level of interaction with teachers and other students. Teachers will focus on building students’ confidence in speaking Mandarin outside of the classroom situation.
Descriptions:
Beginning Level:
Students at this level either have no previous exposure to Chinese or have very limited knowledge of Chinese. They can usually recognize less than 50 Chinese characters. They are either unable to communicate in Chinese or able to communicate in isolated words, lists of words on the topics related to daily life or personal experience.
Low-Intermediate Level:
Students at this level have been exposed to Chinese consistently for more than one year. They can recognize more than 50 Chinese characters and write some Chinese characters. Students generally respond to simple question on the most common daily life topics such as greetings and selfintroductions. Students are generally able to converse in isolated words, lists of words, memorized phrases, and fragment discourses and have difficulties to generate a complete sentence on their own. Students at this level should have basic knowledge of content including numbers, colors, animals, and family members.
Intermediate Level:
Students at this level have been exposed to Chinese for more than one and one half years and recognize more than 100 Chinese characters and write simple Chinese characters and phrases. Students participate in simple and direct conversation related to daily activities and personal experience. Students are generally able to communicate in formulaic sentences. Students at this level have knowledge of content including application of numbers (time and calendar), color, animals, family members, weather, seasons, food, time and places.
Upper-Intermediate Level:
Students at this level have been exposed to Chinese consistently for about two years and recognize 100 Chinese characters or more. Students can obtain and give information in simple and direct conversation on topics related to daily activities and personal events. Students are generally able to communicate in non-formulaic sentences and can combine language elements in sentences and produce strings of sentence. Students are able to read and write in simple sentences in Chinese. Students at this level have knowledge in the content area such as application of numbers (time and calendar), color, animals, family members, weather, seasons, food, time and places).
Advance Level:
Students at this level have been exposed to Chinese consistently for more than two years and recognize more than 150 Chinese characters. Students can participate in conversations in most informal and some formal settings on topics of personal experience. They are usually able to converse in non-formulaic and longer stretched sentences. Students are able to narrate and provide descriptions in logical time frames. They can generally read and write paragraphs. Students at this level have knowledge in content areas and in addition to the previous level, dining, and shopping.
Promotion Policy:
A test will be held at end of each session. A student with a passing grade may be promoted to the next level. There are two sessions scheduled in summer 2011. To continue learning through 2011-2012 school year (from September 2011 through June 2012), the student may sign up for the Chinese program begin in September.
