English Camp February 21, 2015

English Camp

On Sunday February 22nd, the Mukdahan campus hosted an English camp for her students. The university rented space at a local resort -- a large hall -- to accommodate about 100 students. The goal of the camp was to create a round-table style event that featured five stops each with different activities, all conducted in English. Arjan Geek found four English speakers to moderate the events. The foreigners included Steve, an Englishman from Birmingham, a gent from Siwtzerland, Mathew a Scot and myself an American. The students rotated to a different activity every 45 minutes.

The tables featured a history discussion that discussed different ASEAN leaders; riddles in English, a cooking class, storytelling and a word smith contest. The students had great great fun. The hall was filled with laughter and excited screams from winning teams throughout the day. The resort had a buffet-style lunch about noon, after which the activities resumed. The event closed at 4PM with an awards ceremony for the best teams (those who collected the most "points" by winning points in the different activities.

I later learned that the feedback was quite good and that there were already plans underway for the campus to host the same event next year.