Chinese Summer Camps

2023 Chinese Language and Culture Summer Camp

“Ni Hao, Chinese!” is a summer camp focused on Chinese language and culture, offered to 3rd -8th grade students in Lubbock and the surrounding area by the Chinese language program, Department of Classical and Modern Languages and Literatures at Texas Tech University. The camp offers a range of engaging activities designed to immerse students in the Chinese language and culture. At the end of the camps, students will be able to say Chinese words, phrases, and sentences according to the themes, write frequently used Chinese characters, understand Chinese culture, and gain the confident in learning Chinese language and culture. The camp offers a theme-based curriculum with different themes and topics each week. This allows parents to register their children for any week that fits their schedule or interests.

Notable features of the camp:

• Small Class sizes
• An immerse environment
• Weekly theme-based content
• Game-based foreign language instruction
• Native Chinese speakers as instructors

Benefits of Learning Chinese for Young Children: 

• Learning Chinese activates parts of brain not used by English
• Learning Chinese affects math ability
• Writing Chinese characters aids the cognitive development
• Learning Chinese tones makes the children musical

Reference: The Benefits of Learning Chinese for Children

Who can apply? Students in 3^rd to 12^th grade. 

Program Date: 

• Session 1: 9:00 am – 3:00 pm, 5/29/2023 – 6/2/2023 
• Session 2: 9:00 am – 3:00 pm, 6/5/2023 – 6/9/2023
• Session 3: 9:00 am – 3:00 pm, 6/12/2023 – 6/16/2023
• Session 4: 9:00 am – 3:00 pm, 6/19/2023 – 6/23/2023
• Session 5: 9:00 am – 3:00 pm, 6/26/2023 – 6/30/2023

Program Fee: $300 per session

Location: Department of Classical and Modern Languages and Literatures, Texas Tech University

Please register online. 

• Pay online

Please ensure that your children attending the morning camp have a prepared lunch box or snacks for each day.

Contact:

• Dr. Yanlin Wang, Director of Chinese Language Program, yanlin.wang@ttu.edu, 806-283-0109
• Ms. Jing Wun Wong, Chinese Instructor, jinwong@ttu.edu  , 806-224-9511