| I went thru the info and thought it was an interesting program. I would take my son if I was a native speaker, which I am not. I am interpreting the info differently than others:
kathiep - high school student seemed to be working more as a teacher's aid and not as the teacher. They are helping the local students to learn English by helping the teacher and interacting with the students. Some high school student are already doing that at weekend Chinese schools programs here in the US. They voulunteer thier time as teacher's aid to help student learn Chinese.
nngmm - I don't see a $4000 price tag? I only see $1700. Did I miss something? Airfare alone from the US will cost ~$1,300, plus you get 4 day of guided tour in Beijing, ~$100/day. Hardly leave $ for anything else. This appears to be similar to many similar voluteern program where most of the cost is to cover transportation and living expenses, and very different from the programs like People -to-People Student Embassador Program... |