Study tour in the sense of modern education is an international cross-cultural experiential learning model, which came into being with the development trend of world peace and globalization in the 20th century. Universities, social institutions, museums and other historical and cultural units cooperate with each other to provide opportunities for young people at home and abroad to study abroad. At the same time, we recognize the credits of our students' study abroad and off-campus, actively encourage and correctly guide young students to visit and immerse themselves in different cultural environments, learn and understand non-native or non-native cultural and historical traditions through personal experience, and at the same time strengthen the improvement of foreign language level.
Practice has proved that the study tour course provides young students with an experiential project to go abroad, and puts them on a touching educational journey of cultural exploration and discovery, which is conducive to cultivating young students' civilized accomplishment and cultural tolerance spirit, enhancing their understanding and respect for different cultures, and enabling them to better understand and inherit. National and local cultural and historical traditions play a particularly important role and have a good effect in language intensive training, ideological and moral education, personality cultivation education, cultural knowledge education and world peace education, and are highly valued by governments, educational circles and relevant international organizations and institutions all over the world. Combining education with culture and tourism has become a global trend of the times and is widely welcomed by young students all over the world.
What is "study tour"?
"Study tour" is neither a pure tour nor a pure study abroad. Its content runs through language learning and sightseeing, between travel and study, and at the same time it combines the contents of study and travel.
The countries studying abroad are mainly English-speaking countries, such as New Zealand, Australia, Britain and Canada. The age of students participating in the study is generally between 13- 19. According to different study tours, the age requirements have also changed. Because studying abroad is different from studying abroad, there is no rigid requirement for language.
Students will receive different length of foreign language courses or some introduction of local cultural background in local quality schools. This is the most direct embodiment of the word "learning" in "study tour". The typical study tour is arranged as follows: intensive English study is arranged in the morning, usually from Monday to Friday, with small classes taught by experienced English teachers, with an average of 6- 15 students per class; Compared with domestic classroom teaching, foreign teachers pay more attention to encouraging students to actively participate in classroom discussions, and the teaching content also revolves around topics that students are interested in; Teachers often use various tricks to enliven the classroom atmosphere and attract students' attention.
Schools usually arrange interactive learning and simple social activities for Chinese and foreign students in the afternoon, and encourage students to communicate with local students and students from all over the world in the morning using the English they have learned in class. This instant learning method has been proved to be one of the most effective and fast ways to learn English, and it is also the reason why study tour is welcomed by students and parents.
At the same time, the school also reasonably arranges tourism and entertainment activities, including visiting local universities, famous historical and cultural sites and tourist attractions, so that students can improve their spoken English in real daily life, experience the teaching atmosphere of famous foreign universities and learn about foreign customs. In foreign countries, China students are usually arranged to live in local residents' homes and have direct contact with host families. On the one hand, it can train students' confidence in language and overcome shyness; On the other hand, it is the most convenient way to understand foreign customs.
The main idea of holding study tour activities
Broaden children's international horizons, enrich their life experiences, enhance their initiative, and cultivate their personality, international and diversified cultural concepts and thinking habits; Cultivate relatively independent survival ability and independent financial management ability, so that they can learn and think about how to cooperate with others; Influenced by advanced western educational systems and concepts, we can feel the unique English teaching style and pure English learning atmosphere in the West, and enhance students' perceptual knowledge and discrimination on foreign schools, educational models and quality; Appreciate and appreciate the beautiful natural scenery of New Zealand, Australia, Britain, Canada and other countries ... and lay a solid foundation for further development of studying abroad in the future.
Benefits of participating in study tours
1. Learn English in a pure English environment and improve your English quickly;
2. Stay with local families and learn about foreign lifestyles;
3. Interact with foreign students in the classroom and experience the unique learning style of foreign countries;
4. Establish international friendship and make foreign friends;
5. Improve independence and cultivate team spirit;
6. Visit internationally renowned universities and establish lofty life ideals;
7. Visit scenic spots around the world and enjoy beautiful scenery;
8. Establish a good visa record to lay the foundation for successfully obtaining a visa for studying abroad in the future;
Study tour is by no means enjoyment, but a feeling, a life experience; Approaching the process of internationalization and participating in international activities, I believe that the summer camp for studying abroad for about half a month, experiencing local customs and accepting the influence of foreign cultural atmosphere will definitely add a little life training to you and improve your independence; Add an intangible wealth to your life journey, increase your experience and knowledge, and cultivate your thinking habits from the perspective of globalization; Leave you unforgettable memories and fully feel the endless fun of harmonious coexistence between man and nature.