Gwangju International Center

Camp Fulbright and its Expanding Mission for Cross-Cultural Education

Date : 12.08.11

Speaker : Noelle Easterday(USA)

Review Writer: Su-jin Yu

Today's speaker came from USA. She is in progress of MA in anthropology - University of New Mexico, and has BA in anthropology - University of Notre Dame(2006). Also, she is an instructor at Camp Fulbright for six years. She has outstanding academic ability.

She introduced Camp Fulbright. It is a two-week long English immersion program for Korean students (grades 5-10). Developed as part of the Fulbright Korea English Teaching Assistantship (ETA) program, Camp Fulbright features a unique opportunity for Korean students to improve their English skills interacting with nearly one hundred American teachers. Even more exciting, American high school students travel from the U.S. to participate in a cultural exchange in which they learn about Korean culture, language, and history while practicing English with the campers. She discussed the unique benefits of this particular program for both Korean and American students and the contributions it is making to cross-cultural education by bridging the gap across the Pacific. All the classes are depending on student's English proficiency. Students have to speak in English for 24 hours, and they enjoy to do club programs, team project, play, role playing and so forth. There are Korean junior helpers to care students so parents won't be worried.

If I can, I want to join as Korean junior helper, because of my age I can't join this program as a participant or in this winter vacation I will recommend this program to my brother. I think that this program is really good program to learn not only English but also culture, sociality

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