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TRAINING PROGRAMME

30 HOURS GUIDED STUDY PER WEEK:

ENGLISH LANGUAGE TRAINING (15 hours), focusing on lexis (vocabulary), idioms, phrasal verbs and grammar points as requested.

METHODOLOGY AND CULTURAL STUDIES (15 hours related training).
Five three hour sessions including:
  • Educational visits to schools and training institutions
  • Communicative methodology for language teaching
  • Cultural studies. Example topics - British Education System, Multicultural Britian, Local Government, The Media, Women's Issues

Study visits related to cultural studies. e.g. Liverpool Museums of Slavery and Emigration, Immigration and the New World, The Manchester Jewish Museum, Quarry Bank Cotton Factory (1784)

RESIDENTIAL / RECREATIONAL PROGRAMME
Course participants live with local families and have the opportunity to practise speaking and listening in a variety of social settings.

Also included are visits to theatres and concert halls, excursions (English Lake District, York, Wales etc.), sporting activities and relaxing evenings in local pubs and restaurants.