Lifepegs 2010 English Essentials Summer Camp kicks off – Some 200 students registered for this year’s English Essentials Summer Camp, which kicked off on Aug 1, in Changchun, in northeast China. The camp is run by Lifepegs (www.lifepegs.com), which is a Goducate lifeskills activity organization in China. The students will spend 2 weeks immersed in English morning, noon, and night for 11 days at the camp, through regular classes, English corners, and meals with teachers, followed by 2-3 days on a trip out of town with the teachers.
The theme for this year’s camp is English World Cup, so there is a soccer feel to the whole camp. On arrival the students underwent an assessment test before being assigned to one of 8 teams (classes)—Voltage, Dynamite, Torpedo, Blaze (which make up the Blast United league), or Avalanche, Cyclone, Surge, Lightning (which make up Storm Alliance league). The two leagues will be competing with each other day by day for the English World Cup, through games of skills and other special activities. Five to six volunteer coaches (teachers) who come from the USA, the Philippines, Singapore, and Australia, have been assigned to teach team, and the camp is administered by a team of referees.
Special activities for the first couple of days have been the decoration of classrooms and the creation of team flags.
– Vi, a volunteer from Singapore