Summer School English programme
Residential course: For students aged 11 – 17 years
(24 hour supervision)
LAL UK Summer Schools' aim is two fold: enable students to use language communicatively in realistic contexts and provide a wide variety of enjoyable activities, encouraging integration with students from different countries and cultures.
Students at Taunton School have 20 lessons of Summer School English with a comprehensive activity programme, with special excursions bookable on-site.
Located in this picturesque town in Somerset, students stay in a typical student house and enjoy the experience of living and studying in a traditional English boarding school setting.
Syllabus
LAL Summer Schools has adopted a task-based syllabus, which has been designed in order to present new language in addition to consolidating learners’ existing knowledge. The topics chosen for each project have been meticulously selected to ensure that learners are actively stimulated throughout the course, whilst having ample opportunities to utilise the language in both controlled and freer practice sessions. Each lesson will focus on a communicative approach developing learners’ productive and receptive skills. All course materials are provided, including an LAL coursebook.
Key facts:
Ages: | 11 - 17 |
Lessons per week: | 20 lessons = 15 hours |
Activities per 2-week period: | Daily daytime and evening activities, including 4 excursions
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Lesson length: | 45 minutes |
Lesson schedule: | Mornings |
Class size max: | 15 students |
Course length: | 2 - 4 weeks |
Starting dates 2012: | 1 week: 18, 25 Jul & 01,08 Aug 2 weeks: 04, 18, 25 Jul & 01 Aug 3 weeks: 04, 18, 25 Jul 4 weeks: 04, 18 Jul
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Levels: | Elementary to advanced |
Programme Example
(Subject to change)
| Day | Morning | Afternoon | Evening |
| Wednesday | Departures and arrivals | Treasure Hunt | |
| Thursday | Induction, level check | Tour of school and Taunton | Disco |
| Friday | Lessons | Volleyball, glass painting | Barbecue, video games |
| Saturday | World Heritage Site of Stonehenge and cathedral city of Salisbury | ||
| Sunday | Drama, football course or optional trip to Leisure Park | Table tennis, games | |
| Monday | Lessons | Lessons | Indoor hockey, radio-controlled cars |
| Tuesday | Lessons | Half-day excursion to Exeter | Dodgeball, cinema night |
| Wednesday | Lessons | Treasure hunt or Intensive English | Blind Date Disco |
| Thursday | Lessons | Half-day excursion to Glastonbury | Boules, quiz or Intensive English |
| Friday | Lessons | Swimming, T-shirt painting | Barbecue, casino and auction night |
| Saturday | Full-day excursion to Britain’s capital city of London | ||
| Sunday | Cricket, drama, football course or optional trip | Karaoke | |
| Monday | Lessons | Activities or Intensive English | Talent Show |
| Tuesday | Lessons | Preparation to leave and activities | Certificate presentation and disco |
| Wednesday | Departures and arrivals or cinema and bowling | Activities | |
There are optional excursions (extra) on Sundays.
