“Shine” – The 4th English Camp of Shiu Pong College / 紹邦書院舉辦第四次英語營 - Shiu Pong College

“Shine” – The 4th English Camp of Shiu Pong College

Shiu Pong College (SPC) organized its 4^th English Camp (EC) on Sept. 2-4. The two-and-a-half-day camp, with the theme of “SHINE” and the kind assistance of 20 English-speaking volunteer tutors, attracted more than 50 SPCers. Packed with fun games, meaningful workshops, enlightening thematic discussions, inspiring human book sharing and out-door sports activities, the “SHINE” camp ended with deep personal reflections from participating students:

“This English Camp made my heart feel warm, helped me improve my English and helped me

become a braver person,”

“I learned more about myself and my dream,”

“You guys gave me a feeling just like at home, like a family,”

“Full of Love,” “…it is meaningful as well as interesting,”

“…(it) improve my English proficiency and confidence,”

“a place makes me feel loved and cared,” “a place for you to learn English with excitement.”

Of all 52 participating students, 32 are freshmen, and over 90 percent of them said this EC had enhanced their ability to speak in English and all (100 per cent) expressed that they would invite their friends to join the next EC.

The theme of this EC is “SHINE”, echoing the SPC motto of “You are the Light of the World,” with camp tutors coming to SPC’s help as “shining models.” These 20 English speaking volunteers, with prior experience of living in either US, Canada, New Zealand or Australia, include medical doctor, lawyer, financial analyst, bankers and architect. They spent two-and-a-half months preparing for this camp because they identify with SPC’s whole person education philosophy in integrating leadership training with experiential learning opportunities.

Throughout the time of the camp, students participated in small groups of 9-10 in ice-breaking games to know one another, workshops to enhance understanding of individual identity and personality, excursion to Macau to engage in cultural exchange and appreciation, movie night to facilitate discussion on purposive life, out-door sports activities to enable team-building, human book library to share unique life stories, workshop on use of languages of love, and plenty of opportunities to encourage social chatting in English, during which times bonding and friendship were established.

Students appeared to have learned more than conversational English in the EC, as many of them wrote in the feedback survey “it is not only about English, it is about life.”

紹邦書院舉辦第四次英語營

2016年9月2日至4日，紹邦書院舉辦了建院以來的第四次英語營。是次英語營以“燃亮“ (SHINE) 為主題，有20名志願者導師熱情參與，吸引了超過50名學生。

本次英語營包含了有趣的遊戲、富有意義的工作坊、有啟發的專題討論、鼓舞人心的分享，以及室外體育運動。英語營結束后，參加的同學表達了深刻的個人反思。

“英語營讓我覺得很溫暖，幫助我改善英語并成為一個勇敢的人。”

“英語營讓我多點認識自己和自己的夢想。”

“英語營讓我有點在家的感覺。”

“英語營是一個有愛的地方，可以讓我改善英語和自信。”

“英語營是一個讓我可以輕鬆的心情學習英語的場所。”

在52名參與的學生中，32人為新生。超過90%的參加者明確表示，英語營增強了他們說英語的能力。而且所有人都表示會邀請自己的朋友來參加下一次的英語營。

本次英語營的主題 (“燃亮” SHINE) 出自于紹邦書院的院訓——你們是世上的光。20位志願者導師擁有豐富的海外生活經歷，他們曾經生活過的地方包括美國、澳大利亞、加拿大和新西蘭，其職業包括醫生、律師、財經分析員、銀行業者和建築師等。因為認同紹邦書院的全人教育理念，即把領袖訓練和體驗式教育整合在一起，熱情的導師們花了2個半月的時間來準備這次英語營的活動。

在英語營中，每9-10個學生被分為一組，參加各種各樣有趣且有意義的活動，例如破冰遊戲、關於個人身份認同和性格識別的工作坊、領會澳門文化之旅、電影欣賞之夜、戶外體育運動、人生故事分享、愛的語言工作坊，以及大量的英語對話環節。在活動中，同學們與導師互相支持與鼓勵，結下了深厚的友誼。

很多同學表示，這次英語營的意義已經超越了英語會話的練習。正像他們在反饋報告中所寫的：“英語營不只是練習英語的機會，也關乎人生的覺醒。”