CMU-LI's Cultural Exchange Program is a Win-Win Situation
CEP Options
| Cultural Exchange Program Basic |
13,000 Baht |
| Cultural Exchange Program Regular |
18,000 Baht |
| Cultural Exchange Program Extra |
22,000 Baht |
For you:
- To enrich your education.
- To expand your horizons.
- To build up your experience.
- To explore career and personal interests.
- To increase your self-confidence.
- To choose your own preferences and work on a flexible schedule.
- To build your resume.
- To earn great recommendations for future employment
- To experience living and working in an unfamiliar environment.
- To make a meaningful contribution to the Thai and ethnic communities and immerse yourself in their cultures.
- To develop specific skills and interests such as:
- Integrating, working with and gaining an understanding of different cultures, both Thai and ethnic
- Learning more about Theravada Buddhism and various meditation techniques
- Learning the secrets of Thai Massage
- Learning about and living the joy of Thai Traditional Arts, Dance and Music
- Spicing up your recipes by learning Thai cooking and fruit carving
- Taking and enjoying the challenge of learning the Thai language
- Exploring the fascinating history of Thailand and joining in cultural events
- Studying traditional Thai Herbal Medicine
- Learning traditional healing techniques
- Gaining teaching experience at all levels
- Caring for deaf, disabled or blind children and adults
- Caring for children with Downs Syndrome or Autism
- Studying organic farming techniques in use in local communities
- Caring for animals by working with dog shelters, elephant camps, etc.
For the Thai community:
- To broaden horizons, not only by learning the English language and other skills
but also by
spending time with foreign participants and learning about Western and other cultures. - To gain access to foreign skills and knowledge in order to learn how to run sustainable projects independently.
- To experience working with and, importantly, friendship with people from different cultures.
- To gain access to English language classes taught by native or near- native English speakers, giving the knowledge to understand and explain to local schools the importance of English language skills for their students and to help where native English-speaking teachers are not affordable.
- To gain sustainable English teaching skills for use in schools, to the benefit of both students and teachers, and to help teachers to use new techniques and lesson plans provided by our participants.
- To help re-train Thai English language teachers who are not fluent speakers of this difficult language and have not yet been trained to teach it.
- To develop individual interests and skills whilst passing on knowledge and experience of Thai culture to participants.