{"id":4520,"date":"2024-12-20T14:52:52","date_gmt":"2024-12-20T05:52:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.english-adventure.org\/about-us\/"},"modified":"2025-04-24T19:31:32","modified_gmt":"2025-04-24T10:31:32","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.english-adventure.org\/staging\/en\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"4520\" class=\"elementor elementor-4520 elementor-4096\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-85da62e e-flex e-con-boxed wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"85da62e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-584f5b8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"584f5b8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">About Us<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eea201a e-flex e-con-boxed wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"eea201a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1ec9e3a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1ec9e3a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">2003 - The Beginning of an Adventure<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-135a14b e-flex e-con-boxed wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"135a14b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0ec6286 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget-tablet__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0ec6286\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In 2003, we held our first &#8220;English Adventure Summer Camp&#8221;. 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Eighty Japanese children, so-called returnee children, participated. (It seemed like a very large group at the time!) Our goal with this camp was not only to get city kids out into nature. It was also about providing a place where children with English ability, diversity, and different backgrounds could be accepted and be themselves. At the time, such an environment was much rarer than it is today. Later, as word of English Adventure spread, we began to receive many requests to accept children who were not yet fluent in English. So we began to offer &#8220;English Immersion&#8221; (native or near-native level; the current &#8220;English Challenge&#8221; program for returnees and native English speakers) and &#8220;English Challenge&#8221; (a program for children who are not yet fluent in English). 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