SUMMER ENGLISH PROGRAMME 2012
If the idea of spending a month in China, helping teachers to improve their English, excites you - then consider applying for the Amity Foundation's Summer English Programme (SEP)! Teams from the UK are coordinated by FCC and there are two briefing meeting in advance of the summer. This year's timetable is:
Dates in China:
Monday, July 9th to Monday August 6th 2012. This includes a 4-day orientation programme in Nanjing and three weeks teaching English to Chinese teachers of English in a more remote location. Each person has a class of 25 teachers and teaches for 5 hours a day - there is some team teaching and lots of help given during the Orientation. Amity also provides excellent core materials in advance.
Briefing Meeting 1:
Saturday February 25th 11.00 at St. Mary the Boltons in central London. This is a meeting for anyone who is interested in doing the SEP. Participants will be briefed on the SEP, learn something about FCC and the Amity Foundation, plus have a chance to ask all their questions and to talk to several people who have already participated in the programme.
Application deadline:
April 1st 2012. Amity appreciates receiving applications earlier if possible.
Briefing Meeting 2:
To be held on a Saturday in May; date to be agreed by participants. This meeting provides a chance for the teams to meet together and make preliminary plans, to make final travelling arrangements and to answer questions.
Volunteers need to be native or near native speakers of English and in good health. They can be university students and need to be below 70 years of age.
The UK and Ireland volunteers are grouped into teams of between 4 and 6 and work in China together as a team.
Costs:
Each volunteer must pay for their flight to and from China and a Block Grant to Amity Foundation of US$1200 (today about £765) is paid towards room and board - usually collected and paid via FCC.
For more information, see below for the SEP Coordinator's Comments and look at the Amity website at www.amityfoundation.org. To contact us about this year's SEP, go to our contact page and choose 'China Opportunities.'

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