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Middle College Learning
Academic Program

Middle College

Ages 8–11

Expansion of Fluency — structured academic reasoning and conceptual understanding.

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Expansion of Fluency

Middle College develops structured academic reasoning and conceptual understanding.

Students deepen their engagement with core subjects while building fluency in Mandarin Chinese through sustained immersion. Experiential learning becomes increasingly applied and independent.

Focus Areas

  • Reading comprehension and writing
  • Mathematical reasoning
  • Scientific thinking
  • Mandarin Chinese immersion
  • Applied experiential learning
Middle College — A Day in the Life | Josun International College
A Day in the Life

Life at Middle College

At Home
Morning

Middle College students begin with independent Josun coursework before any instruction. They arrive at the session with questions, not just completed work. Mathematics moves into algebra and applied problem solving. Literacy shifts toward argument — reading critically, writing with a position.

Afternoon

Science becomes structured: hypothesis, method, result, analysis. Students develop research skills — finding sources, evaluating them, using them. A second language session runs three times a week.

Evening

Students manage their own study schedule within set parameters. Self-direction is treated as an academic requirement, not a preference.

During French Placement
Morning

The student is enrolled in a French collège. The day runs on the French timetable — Mathematics, French language and literature, history-geography, all in French. The student participates on the same terms as every other student in the room.

Afternoon

Sciences, physical education, arts, or a language class depending on the day. The Josun core program continues in a focused session after the local school day — shorter than home periods, but uninterrupted.

Evening

The student writes a brief reflection — in English — on one academic concept encountered in French that day. The exercise builds bilingual academic vocabulary deliberately.

Applied Experiential Learning

Applied Experiential Learning

Field-Based Academic Engagement

Progress to Upper College

Upon completion of Middle College, students advance to Upper College, where they achieve full academic fluency and engage in international placements.

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