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Dates: Jun 16, Jun 30, Jul 14, Jul 28, Aug 11
Duration: 2-6 weeks
Location: Shanghai, Hangzhou, Suzhou, Nanjing
Cost in US$: 2 weeks: $1710, 4 weeks: $3280, 6 weeks: $4140
Day Camp and Family Camp customized upon request

China Summer Camp 2008 Opens in Shanghai (tour+cultural exploration) for worldwide participants aged from 7 to 25!

For years, MandarinRocks has successfully hosted summer programs for primary school, middle school and college students. Our program offers a strong emphasis for you to build a solid foundation to understand the Chinese culture and language and at the same time enjoy activities and sports.

Our program is not only an academic in-class learning experience but also a multi-city travel course and entertain program. The program is a perfect balance between study, leisure and travel. While it is necessary to learn Chinese in a classroom setting, our program helps you apply it to the everyday environment in China. With our great management, your schedule will be well organized with a perfect balance of courses, sports, activities and cultural visits. Every weekend you will have the opportunity to get an excursion to a different city of China.

Age Group
7-11
12-17
18-25

Major program components
*Language course
Intensive Chinese course: 20 lessons every week in the morning from Monday to Friday. As the leading Chinese language school in Shanghai, Mandarinrocks is able to provide premium courses by utilizing unique teaching methodology and a carefully selected faculty with rich experience in teens and adults teaching. Listening, speaking, reading and writing abilities are all integrated in the class to develop and improve students overall language skills. Rich Chinese historical and cultural knowledge are incorporated into the course. The teaching contents are customized to different age groups.

*Activities
A minimum of five afternoon or evening activities are taken from Monday to Friday each week. They include team building activities like crossing country, dragon boat racing, sports activities like rock climbing, ice skating, martial arts, ping pong, cultural workshops like calligraphy, ink-water painting, paper cut and other relaxing activities like watching acrobatics show, city tour, barbeque night, etc. Special activities are designed to different age groups.

*Culture excursions
Excursions to neighboring towns or cities are organized every weekend to enrich students experience. For a complete 6 week program, students will visit Hangzhou, Suzhou, Zhouzhuang, Qingpu, Nanjing, five of the most famous resorts in East China region.

*Accommodation
Students will be lodged in hotels on campus. It's safeguarded by 24/7 onsite security with 24/7 medical doctors and emergency support. Laundry service is provided once every week. 3 meals, snack, drinking water is provided daily. Our camp counselor stays with the students during evenings and weekends throughout the whole program to take care of everything.

Highlights:
-Shanghai, the most safe, upbeat and vigorous city in Asia
-Program available for total beginner to advanced students aged from 7 to 25
-5 start dates from June to August, 2-6 weeks flexible schedule
-Language course with leading Mandarin school in Shanghai, immersed learning environment
-Full program of cultural activities and trips to discover China in its real sense.
-24/7 bilingual counselors and on-site program director

Cost Include Description:
-Advice and information provided pre departure and throughout the program by our program counselor
-Registration
-Airport pick-up
-Welcome pack on arrival including guidebook, international phone cards, MandarinRocks T-shirt, note book, pens, maps, dictionary, etc )
-24/7 bilingual counselors and on-site program director
-Tuition for 20 group Chinese language lessons every week
-Textbooks, study materials, certificates
-Accommodation on campus
-Laundry service once every week
-Daily breakfast, lunch, dinner, drinking water, snacks, fruit
-Team building, sports, cultural activities and workshops every afternoon or evening on weekdays
-Social gatherings, entertainment, performance, parties on weekday evenings
-Culture excursions every weekend (including transportation, accommodation, admission fee, meals)

What NOT Included
-Airfare
-Visa application
-Travel and medical insurance
-Phone calls that exceed the value of issued international phone cards on arrival.
-Personal spending money