Tuesday, May 15, 2007

Looking for Volunteer Summer ESL teachers in China!

SJA SUMMER CAMP

Looking for Volunteer Summer ESL Teachers in China!!!

1. TIME:

2007 summer, 2 week program, 4 week program, 6 week program.

2. PLACE:

Hangzhou City, or suburb town.

3. CLASS

Each class 25 students, with one foreign teacher and one Chinese teaching assistant, possibly some student volunteers.

Class will be divided by students’ age, and lessons and events will be arranged correspondingly

4. CONTENT

1. Day-Camp: gathering for young children (below 9) fun games and English instruction.

Safety is the most important.

Lunch supplied.

2. English language and culture learning in lessons and games and events. (to Chinese students)

Improving skills as speaking, reading, listening and creativity.

l Use original English storybooks as lesson materials to learn new vocabulary words, understand stories and act through short plays. Especially geared for younger children (possible to collect enough English books donation)

l Program lessons teaching.

l Translate English stories excellent American students writing collection

l English songs and stages. performance

l Topic discussion. Chinese culture priority.

l Students prepare Chinese culture topics to present to foreigners.

l Guide provided to show foreigners around Hangzhou. Each group as a unit, well prepared and organized.

Program will adjust per student levels.

Below 9 Day-Camp, English games and cultural crafts.

Age 10-15, homework instruction, raising interest to English and creative learning

Above 15, speaking, communication, group work translation, and creative learning

More brain storm to be expected.

5. BENEFITS AND DUTIES OF FOREIGN TEACHERS IN HANGZHOU:

l Free home stay, including food and family treatment. Experience real China and Chinese life.

l 8 hours a day (3-4 hours teaching and other hours with students. including 2 professional Chinese lessons,)

l Chinese culture lessons, organized in topic events such as, Chinese knot tying, hand-made flower, Chinese paper cuttings, Chinese boxing, China opera, etc. Lessons in games learning together with Chinese students.

l Weekend city trip and exhibition and out of city trip two day trip every two weeks or four day trip every four weeks.

Teachers must pay for roundtrip air ticket (see www.flychina.com) from America to Hangzhou, daily needs (apart from that supplied by the home stay), shopping and extra food cost and other unexpected cost. Free home stay food and accommodations.

Two night free hotel ( first day after arrive and last day before leave Hangzhou)

6. PROFIT DISTRIBUTION

· We plan to start a new NGO field in Young Adult Development Service, aimed at inner-city teenager virtue, morality, healthy development, anti-social behavior correction and mentality guide.

· SJA summer camp will be an important event to incubate fund.

· Over 50% of the program profit will be as fund to support teenager growing service

7. NEEDED

l Foreign teacher volunteers with teaching experience preferred.

l Original English materials, new or second hand English books for children. Plans to collect enough to set up an English reading room in local community library.

l Sharing with us in English Summer camp program designs and experiences will be greatly appreciated.

Please contact Sissy at: sissyzheng@gmail.com for further information.

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