Summer Academic Enrichment Eligible Programs

Goals

A. PROJECT GOAL – Developing a BICULTURAL IDENTITY, knowing how to witch codes between Chinese and Mainstream cultures.

B. PROJECT OBJECTIVES:

• Learn Mandarin Chinese language skills and Chinese culture;

• Interact with peers in a diverse setting using Mandarin;

• Expand students’ understanding about the bicultural perspectives, and appreciate both Chinese and mainstream cultures, and can interchange cultures in different settings; and

• Enhance academic knowledge, as well as civic engagement skills about racial equity and social justice to mitigate the Anti-Asian Hate impacts on our bicultural leaners.

Additionally, our campers will examine how global issues impact local communities, exploring topics such as: China-USA relationship, inequality, and identity formation, etc. Course themes are brought to life through engaging out-of-class learning that connects students to experts and local Mandarin speaking networks.

In addition, campers will share the experience through a story-book project, to use their language and culture skills to express their daily life experience, along with COVID-19 impacts.

Activities

We will offer language lesson plans, as well as cover communal storytelling and project-based learning ideas. Our Camp inspires campers to think critically about the world around them, teaches them to navigate situations with empathy and respect, and helps them develop the skills and knowledge base to not just learn, but to do.

Course themes are brought to life through out-of-class learning with engaging activities, for example, while students learning about Mandarin language, we will build language and tool box for them to start to do think about social justice work. We will introduce some ideas including how to be a bystander, stereotypes, festival life, food and self-care and self-identity work.

At the mid of the Camp, we will invite guest lectures and meetings with local organizations and community groups from the local Mandarin Speaking Network. Campers also share their learning and make connections in discussion with peers. We may also arrange field trips to Chinese grocery stores to practice the daily usage of the language.

We will make sure that we support our campers with:

• Total immersion learning program

• Unique, child-friendly curriculum

• Dedicated Chinese teachers and activity coordinators

• At least 10 language lessons a week

• Language lessons complemented by workshops, discussions, cultural and art activities

• Average 10 students per group

• A safe and supportive environment

Program Dates

Monday, August 1 to Friday August 5, 2022, one week of camp experience with a full-day activity from 9:30a.m. to 3:00p.m.

Can students reside on campus? No

Can students commute to campus? Yes

Can students take online classes? No