1. What is study tour?
The study tour is the most traditional way of learning and education in d civilizations of different nationalities in the world. The story recorded in the Bible that five Bachelors of Oriental congratulated the birth of Jesus Christ, as well as the Italian traveler Marco Polo's experiences in China, has revealed a wealth of information in the ancient east-to-west and west-to-east study tours. Since ancient times, the Chinese attaches great importance to the important role of tour in the formation of personality and knowledge. Confucius led disciples to travel around the world, broadening their horizons and cultivating their characters. Moreover, there is a tradition to have study tours in terms of the ancient Chinese medicine.
The study tour, in the sense of modern education, is an international cross-cultural experiential education model, which originates in the 20th century with the trend of world peace and globalization and becomes mature gradually. Colleges, middle schools, social institutions, museums and other historical and cultural co-operation institutions cooperate, and open study tour courses for domestic and foreign youths by actively encouraging and correctly guide the young students to immerse themselves into different cultural environments of civilizations. In this way, they can learn and understand non-native or non-local cultural and historical traditions by personal experiences and understanding, while they can improve the foreign language proficiency.

2. Why do you need to be part of the study tour program?
Chinese people have the tradition of the "study tour". There is an old Chinese saying that reading ten thousand books and walk ten thousand li. However, owing to the limitations of economic conditions and traffic conditions, it is difficult for them to travel overseas. So their "study tour" is quite different from ours now. by Study Tour students can improve their foreign language proficiency, experience exotic customs, broaden their horizons, understand the overseas education, and prepare for the study abroad in the future. Moreover, based on our experience, for high school students who have the experience of overseas study tours, they deal with visas for study abroad or work much faster than those who do not have the experiences. Therefore, the opportunity of "study tour" will lay a foundation for the study abroad in the future.

3. what is the required English proficiency, especially the oral English proficiency?
Generally, internships require a moderate standard of English, especially the spoken language, but our study tour aims at, through field visits, expert lectures, exchanges, making youth teachers and students of medical schools to be able to broaden their horizons, to enhance the understanding of the medical education, scientific research, medical and health management in the developed countries and regions, so as to help them to define their goals and objectives. Our study tour is different from that of the language schools. In the whole process, there are translators, so the participants’ English standards are not necessarily very high. In other word, the language requirement is not strict.

4. What can I learn?
In other countries, you can feel and experience a lot of things, such as foreign social order, people's behaviors and attitudes, interpersonal relationships. A great many study tour projects regard language learning as a major goal, but it is not easy to improve English only within the 21days’ strengthening training. In the study tour, what is the most important thing is to experience foreigners’ cultures, survival modes and learning methods. For example, visiting Shakespeare's hometown can let children not only enjoy the scenery, but also experience a culture. Study tour can be seen as a prelude to studying abroad. Children can grasp this opportunity to choose to study abroad or not in the future, because for study abroad, difficulties are not just limited to overcome the language barrier. Children should learn how to make friends, communicate and live independently in a strange environment, as well as how to adjust themselves when they are in bad mood..

5. What are the benefits of study tour?
(1) Rapidly increase the practical application ability of a foreign language, enhance the ability to live and think independently and cultivate the sense of teamwork in a short term;
(2) Make friends of similar ages, increase their knowledge and fulfill their lives.
(3) Pay a visit to the foreign places of interest, experience the characteristics and life style of the western culture;
(4) For students who want to study abroad, they can know better of their accommodating ability and leave a good visa record in the passport, thus helping the application of the student visa.

6. What are the differences between the winter (summer) camp organized by the Southern Medical University and that by travel agencies?
The first difference: field visit
The second difference: deepening exchange
The third difference: goals
The fourth difference: participants