Summer School English programmes at LAL Taunton
Residential course: For students aged 11 – 17 years
(24 hour supervision)
Students at Taunton School have a choice of either 20 or 30 lessons General 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.
LAL Taunton key facts:
Ages: | 11 - 17 |
Lessons per week: | 20 lessons = 15 hours or 30 lessons = 22.5 hours |
Activities per 2-week period: | Activities on-site throughout the week 2 full-day and 2 half-day excursions |
Lesson length: | 45 minutes |
Lesson schedule: | Mornings |
Class size max: | 15 students |
Course length: | 2 - 4 weeks |
Starting dates 2010: | One week: 04 Aug, 11 Aug.
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Levels: | Elementary to advanced |
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.
Programme Example
(Subject to change)
| Day | Morning | Afternoon | Evening |
| Wednesday | Departures and arrivals | Pool, quiz | |
| Thursday | Induction, level check | Tour and football or internet café | Disco |
| Friday | Lessons | Volleyball, glass painting or Intensive English | Barbecue, video night |
| Saturday | Full-day excursion to World Heritage Site of Stonehenge and cathedral city of Salisbury | ||
| Sunday | Tennis, Drama, football course or optional excursion to Brean Leisure Park | Table tennis, board games | |
| Monday | Lessons | Lessons | Indoor hockey, radio-controlled car racing |
| Tuesday | Lessons | Half-day excursion to Exeter | Dodgeball, cinema night or Intensive English |
| Wednesday | Lessons | Treasure hunt or Intensive English | Blind Date Disco |
| Thursday | Lessons | Half-day excursion to Bath | Boules, quiz or Intensive English |
| Friday | Lessons | Swimming, T-shirt painting or Intensive English | Barbecue, casino and auction night |
| Saturday | Full-day excursion to Britain’s capital city of London | ||
| Sunday | Cricket, drama, football course or optional excursion to Brean Leisure Park | 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 excursion to Glastonbury | Activities | |
There are optional excursions (extra) on Sundays.
