FEATURED PROGRAMS · 2026 FALL
2026 Flagship Projects | Project Learning Beyond the Classroom at Jungle Lion
International Geopolitics · English Debate · Reading Taiwan · Future Scientists · ArtSpot
Jungle Lion's five flagship projects take children into the real world with English and critical thinking. This season's highlight: on November 21, 2026, children will take the all-English stage at the National Science and Technology Museum in Kaohsiung to perform Amazonia (Amazon Guardian Mission).
What are the 2026 flagship projects?
Jungle Lion has five flagship projects in 2026: International Geopolitics, English Debate, Reading Taiwan, the Future Scientists Seminar, and an all-English ArtSpot performance of "Amazonia: The Guardian Mission" on 21 November 2026 at the Kaohsiung Science and Technology Museum. Except for Reading Taiwan, which is taught in Chinese, every project is led entirely in English by an international teacher or a professional coach. Children research, discuss, and create in English, bringing the classroom into the real world.
01 International Geopolitics: B1 · Online via ZOOM · Thursdays 19:30 · International teacher Foster
02 English Debate: PET or above · Online via ZOOM · Coach Daniel Muk
03 Reading Taiwan: Grades 5 to 10 · Taught in Chinese · Wednesdays 19:30
04 Future Scientists Seminar: Grades 7 to 10 · Small in-person classes · Thursdays 18:00
05 ArtSpot "Amazonia": 2026/11/21 (Sat) 19:30 · Science Museum South Hall · NT$950 per seat
Jungle Lion classroom moments | Top left: International Geopolitics. Top right: English Debate. Bottom left: Reading Taiwan. Bottom right: Future Scientists Seminar
ARTSPOT · 05 · NOVEMBER 21
ArtSpot's Amazonia: Amazon Guardian Mission. Our Children Take the Stage at the Science Museum in an All-English Show
ArtSpot's Amazonia: Amazon Guardian Mission is an all-English theater show presented by Jungle Lion with Dunhuang Bookstore. It takes place on Saturday, November 21, 2026, 19:30–21:00, in Lecture Hall S112 of the South Hall at the National Museum of Science and Technology, with check-in starting at 18:20. Jungle Lion children are not just audience members: they take the lead roles of lobby interactive tour, aisle sing-along leaders, and post-show questioners.
2026/11/21 (Sat) 19:30 | NMST South Hall S112 | NT$950 per seat | All English | Open to both Jungle Lion families and non-member families
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A Rainforest Story Without Heroes and Villains
The story takes place in the Amazon rainforest, between a tribe and a resort developer. The tribe wants to protect its home, and the developer has reasons of their own, so the plot labels neither side. Themes include the rainforest carbon sink crisis, Indigenous herbal medicine and ecological wisdom, and the struggles of the researcher and the developer. It is designed with CLIL (learning subject content through English).
The characters are Chief Mará (tribe leader), Ayla (explorer), Kauê (tribe companion), Lukas (ecological researcher), and The Boss (resort developer). On site, international teachers and student host ambassadors host entirely in English, with no Chinese subtitles.
The Children's Three Missions on 11/21
01 Lobby Interactive Tour: Before the show, children use picture cards and English Q&A to interact with arriving audience members.
02 Aisle Sing-Along: During the show, children invite the audience to sing along softly.
03 Post-Show Questions: Children ask the international cast thought-provoking questions they have prepared in advance.
Before, During, and After the Show: A Three-Stage Learning Design
An ArtSpot show does not end when the curtain falls. Children first understand the story through a guided reading course, then immerse themselves in the show and carry out their missions on site, and finally organize their critical thinking through writing and curation.
Amazonia Guided Reading Course: 10 Weeks, Wednesdays 16:50–18:20
The Amazonia guided reading course runs for 10 weeks, from October 7 to December 9, 2026, on Wednesdays 16:50–18:20 (90 minutes). It suits children at about CEFR A1–A2 (Cambridge Movers to Flyers), and the text is Amazonia from Dunhuang Bookstore. Each lesson follows this order: sensory warm-up, close reading and discussion of the text, close reading of a song, a docent ambassador question workshop, and a wrap-up with homework assignment. You can still join. The campus for each class follows the latest schedule; please contact us on LINE about availability and how to join.
10/07 | Chapter 1: The Definition of "Home"
10/14 | Chapter 2: Technology and the "Soul" of Nature
10/21 | Non-Fiction: How Science and Tradition Can Coexist Fairly
10/28 | Chapter 3: The Line Between Development and Protection
11/04 | Chapter 4: The Courage to Put Down Weapons
11/11 | Docent Ambassador Training
11/18 | Full Dress Rehearsal
11/25 | Post-Show Debrief
12/02 | Project Studio
12/09 | The Untold Chapter: An Immersive Sequel Exhibition
The course uses three songs from the play: Our Home, Our Tribe, Discovering the Jungle, and To Be Just One. 11/21 is the on-site mission for the whole course.
12/9 Final Showcase: The Untold Chapter
The final showcase on December 9, The Untold Chapter, is an immersive sequel exhibition in which children extend the story into three pavilions, and parents become the questioners in each pavilion. Assessment is weighted as follows: translation for younger audiences and interactive questioning 30%, critical thinking 25%, song comprehension and expression 25%, and collaboration and performance 20%.
01 Pavilion I | Lukas's Blueprint for Redemption: a sustainable technology proposal, with parents playing the boss and asking questions.
02 Pavilion II | Mará's Tribal Court: an ethical decision, with parents playing elders and voting.
03 Pavilion III | Ayla's Rainforest Sensory Trail: sensory experiences and handmade instruments.
The closing includes character declarations and a group chorus, and Youth Guardian Ambassador certificates are presented.
How to Choose Between the Two Shows?
Time and place: The Science Museum special show is on 11/21 (Sat) at 19:30, South Hall S112 of the National Museum of Science and Technology. The Dunhuang NKNU public show is on 11/07 (Sat) at 15:20, in the Performing Arts Hall at the Heping Campus of National Kaohsiung Normal University.
Ticket price: The Science Museum special show is NT$950 per seat; the Dunhuang NKNU public show is NT$1,200 per seat.
Hosting: The Science Museum special show is entirely in English, hosted by international teachers and student host ambassadors; the Dunhuang NKNU public show is bilingual in Chinese and English, hosted by an officially assigned host.
Supporting program: The Science Museum special show comes with a three-stage program of guided reading course and critical writing; the Dunhuang NKNU public show is for viewing only, with no supporting course.
Tickets: The Science Museum special show is booked through the Science Museum registration form and LINE@; the Dunhuang NKNU public show is booked through the Dunhuang Bookstore website.
Registration, Transportation, and Theater Guidelines
Three steps to sign up: fill out the dedicated Science Museum registration form, add LINE @junglelion to confirm your seats, and check in and take your seats on the day. Tickets are NT$950 per seat, one ticket per person, with unassigned seating on a first-come, first-seated basis by check-in order. A guided reading booklet can be added for NT$180. Tickets can be refunded up to 10 days before the performance date (inclusive); for the Science Museum show, the deadline is 11/11, with a 30% handling fee, and a full refund is given if the show is canceled due to force majeure. Food and drink, photography, video recording, and audio recording are not allowed in the venue.
Transportation: If driving, you can park in the South Hall paid parking lot (enter from the south side of Pingdeng Road); scooters can park in the South Hall scooter parking lot (enter from Tiedao 1st Street), and holiday rates apply on 11/21. You can also take the Taiwan Railways train to Science Museum Station, or take the MRT Red Line to Kaohsiung Main Station (R11) and transfer to a bus (such as 60 or 73 via Jiuru 1st Road). You can check real-time buses with the Kaohsiung iBus app.
Jungle Lion held a private performance by the ArtSpot troupe on April 27, 2025, with Lao Gui Dang Jia. The November 21, 2026 show is a separate, new event.
ArtSpot is also a stage where children turn their projects into finished work: the World Kitchen food expo in February 2026 (children wore "Little Director" name tags, conducted press-day interviews, and led Latin American food tours), the Chimei Museum "Pharaoh Inc." project in April 2026 (a brand audit of ancient Egypt using a "CEO Handbook"), and a charity English theater performance at a long-term care center in August 2026.
GEOPOLITICS
International Geopolitics: Understanding the World Through Geography and History
International Geopolitics is a Zoom-based, all-English class Jungle Lion offers for B1 children, with 4–6 children per class. It explores relationships between countries through four lenses: geography, history, politics and culture. The 2026 course has 20 lessons and moves through Korea, Afghanistan, China and Vietnam, with five lessons per country covering a cultural introduction, geography, history, politics and a final project presentation.
B1 | Zoom online | Thursdays 19:30 | 20 lessons | International teacher Foster
01 International relations through geography: we look first at mountains, seas, borders and resources, then ask why countries make the choices they do.
02 Small online classes taught entirely in English: children ask questions and state their positions in English, and practice understanding different viewpoints.
03 Bringing the classroom into the field: in July 2026, our on-the-water geopolitics tour of Kaohsiung Harbor read about 300 years of the harbor's development through four lenses, military history, Cold War economics, the semiconductor "silicon shield" and concert economy, led by Foster.
Extended projects also include the July 2021 Spain geography study and Mini EU Summit, where children represented Northern, Southern, Western and Eastern European countries and negotiated entirely in English.
Learn more about International Geopolitics →
ENGLISH DEBATE · 02
English Debate: Speaking with Structure, Listening Before Responding
Jungle Lion's English Debate is a Zoom-based, all-English class for children from Grade 5 to Grade 12 who have ideally passed at least Cambridge PET. Classes have 4–6 children and are taught by debate coach Daniel Muk, with levels at B1, B2 and C1. Children progress from PEEL argumentation and DR MO rebuttal to British Parliamentary (BP) strategy.
Grade 5 to Grade 12 | At least PET | Zoom online | 4–6 children | Short in-person summer courses also offered
01 Course path: PEEL argumentation, DR MO rebuttal, trade-offs and framing, and POI questioning; advanced classes move on to BP strategy and pre-competition training for the TSDC national tournament.
02 Track record: top 8 nationwide for 7 consecutive years from 2019 to 2025: 2021 TSDC Junior Division runner-up, 2022 Junior Division top 4, 2023 Junior Division top 8, 2024 Open Division top 8 and Junior Division top 4, and 2025 Junior Division top 8.
03 Coach: Daniel Muk is a 3-time Malaysian national debate champion and received Malaysia's Outstanding Adjudicator of the Year award in 2018. Between 2018 and 2024, he coached 6 students onto Malaysia's WSDC national team and 1 student onto China's WSDC national team.
Learn more about English Debate →
READING TAIWAN
Reading Taiwan: Understanding Society and Place Through Literature, Film and Music
Reading Taiwan (geography literacy class) is a Zoom-based class taught in Chinese by Mr. Lai Yen-Fu for children in Grades 5 to 10. Through literature, film and music, it explores colonialism, local identity, urbanization, gender, Indigenous peoples and environmental issues. The Fall 2026 class meets on Wednesdays 19:30–21:00 for 12 lessons, with a maximum of 8 children online.
Grades 5 to 10 | Zoom online | Taught in Chinese | 12 lessons | Maximum 8 children
01 Read stories, don't memorize timelines: through works by Wu Zhuo-liu, Wu Sheng, Huang Chun-ming, Pai Hsien-yung, Li Ang, Syaman Rapongan, Lin Yi-han, Wu Ming-yi and others, children see how people lived through social change.
02 One analysis method built in a single term: every lesson uses the same text-analysis method, and at the end of the term children read the documentary Beyond Beauty: Taiwan from Above and complete a report.
03 Beyond the screen: the course itself is fully online, and Mr. Lai also leads children on field walks: Daling Pu in August 2026, historic sites in Kaohsiung in June 2026, Shoushan in February 2026, Matou Mountain in August 2025, the Erren River in December 2024 (the children's reporting was published in The Reporter for Kids), and the Tainan coast in June 2024.
Children's achievement: in 2026, the Atmora project, which children developed from air-quality data in Daling Pu, won 3rd place worldwide at the UPenn EcoVenture.
Learn more about Reading Taiwan →
FUTURE SCIENTIST SEMINAR · 04
Future Scientists Seminar: All-English Biochemistry Experiments and Academic Writing
The Future Scientists Seminar is an all-English biochemistry project course Jungle Lion offers for children in Grade 7 to Grade 10, recommended for English levels of roughly PET to FCE. It is an in-person small class of 6–10 children led by Ms. Rana. After 20 lessons, children write a 4-page Bilingual Science White Paper in IMRaD format and defend it in front of an audience.
Grade 7 to Grade 10 | PET to FCE | In-person small class | Thursdays 18:00 | 20 lessons
01 The Chemistry of Scent: observe molecular diffusion with paper chromatography and compare AI scent predictions with human smell.
02 The Insect Science of Crime Scenes: measure how fast mealworms crawl, and discuss the errors and ethics of using AI to estimate time of death from insects.
03 The Science of Washing Pesticides off Produce: simulate washing and evaluate it quantitatively, testing home remedies for washing fruit and vegetables found online.
04 Hearing Underground: using temperature- and light-controlled control groups, explore whether sound waves speed up seed germination.
Assessment has four parts, each worth 25%: experimental rigor and data integrity, critical thinking and AI dialectics, scientific English writing, and English oral defense.
Learn more about the Future Scientists Seminar →
Which flagship project is right for my child?
Choose based on your child's interests and English level: International Geopolitics for understanding world affairs, English Debate for practicing argument and expression, Reading Taiwan for exploring social issues in depth in Chinese, Future Scientists Seminar for hands-on science, and ArtSpot for stepping onto the stage to guide and ask questions in English. If you're not sure, book a free placement test first and we'll help you decide.
English around B1, and wants to understand the reasons behind international news → International Geopolitics
Has passed at least PET, enjoys stating a position and isn't afraid of being challenged → English Debate
Grades 5 to 10, and wants to discuss Taiwan's social issues in depth in Chinese → Reading Taiwan
Grade 7 to Grade 10, enjoys hands-on experiments and wants to practice writing English research papers → Future Scientists Seminar
Wants to turn the stories they read into a stage performance, and to guide, sing along and ask questions in English at a real venue → ArtSpot: Amazonia
For the full learning sequence, see the learning path map; for each class's schedule, see the latest timetable; for children's competition results, see the top competition honor roll.
Book a free 15-minute placement test →
Flagship Projects FAQ
What English level do the flagship projects require?
The level depends on the project: International Geopolitics is B1 (equivalent to Cambridge PET), English Debate is recommended for children who have passed at least PET, Future Scientists Seminar is recommended for roughly PET to FCE, and Reading Taiwan is taught in Chinese and is based on grade level and reading literacy. If you're not sure, you can first book a free 15-minute one-on-one placement test, and our academic director will recommend a suitable project.
Are all flagship projects online?
Not all of them. The core classes of International Geopolitics, English Debate and Reading Taiwan are held on Zoom, the Future Scientists Seminar is an in-person small class, and ArtSpot events take place at the announced venues. The campus for each class (Baozhong, Yichang or Zoom online) follows the latest timetable, so please check the timetable page.
Which flagship project is taught in Chinese?
Only Reading Taiwan is taught in Chinese; all other flagship projects are taught entirely in English by international teachers. Reading Taiwan is led by Mr. Lai Yen-Fu for children in Grades 5 to 10, using literature, film and music to understand Taiwan's social issues.
Can we try a class first? How much does it cost?
Yes. New children can arrange a single paid trial class: for a 1.5-hour class, the fee is NT$550 for A2 and below and NT$600 for B1 and above, and a free placement test can be taken before the trial. For the regular fees of each flagship project, please contact us on LINE @junglelion; the fees for English Debate and Reading Taiwan are not published on the website.
What if my child needs to miss a flagship project class?
Regular classes do not refund missed lessons, but within 2 months of the absence you can book an in-person make-up in another class of the same level, or request the recording of that day's lesson. Phonics does not arrange make-ups in other classes: for every 10 lessons, the first absence is refunded and later absences are not, but we provide the recording of that lesson free of charge.
What are the ticket prices and registration steps for the ArtSpot: Amazonia special show on 11/21?
Tickets are NT$950 per seat, one ticket per person, with unreserved seating in order of check-in. A reading guide booklet can be added for NT$180, and both Jungle Lion and non-Jungle Lion families can buy tickets. Registration takes three steps: fill out the Science and Technology Museum special show registration form, join LINE @junglelion to confirm your seats, and check in from 18:20 on the day.
Can ArtSpot special show tickets be refunded?
Yes, but refunds must be completed at least 10 days before the performance date. For the Science and Technology Museum special show, the deadline is November 11, and a 30% handling fee applies. If the show is canceled due to force majeure, tickets are fully refunded. Eating, drinking, photography, video recording and audio recording are not allowed in the venue, so please remind parents and children.
How do we register for a flagship project?
Join LINE @junglelion and tell us your child's grade and English level, and we'll recommend suitable projects and time slots based on their level. You can show Cambridge English results, provide a Lexile reading level, or book a free 15-minute one-on-one test. Once your place is confirmed and payment is complete, classes can begin.
Chat with us about which project suits your child best
Join LINE @junglelion and tell us your child's grade and English level, and we'll recommend suitable projects and time slots. If you'd like to attend the 11/21 Science and Technology Museum special show, you can also confirm your seats directly on LINE.
Book a free placement test on LINE
Last updated: October 2026