The formal English name of the camp includes the phrase "Language Training and Study," meaning that the focus of activities includes studying Chinese and learning about the culture, each occupying about half of the sixweek curriculum.
美加營的英文名稱直譯是「語言訓練與學習團」，活動重點包括學習中文與認識文化，在長達六周的課程中比重各半。