English in Practice at LAL Torbay
This course has been designed to allow the students the opportunity to spend the first half of their lesson time learning functional, communicative language in the classroom and then going out to local places with the teacher to put the new language to use.
The syllabus consists of a series of tasks ranging from questionnaires and surveys to information gathering activities which the students complete with guidance from the teacher.
In the mornings the students will join the school activities where they will have the chance to further practise their English by mixing with the other nationalities attending the school, and then in the afternoon they will attend their own English in Action class.
Key facts:
Lessons per week: | 20 lessons = 15 hours |
Activities per week | 5 half days, 1 full day and 5 evenings |
Lesson length: | 45 minutes |
Lesson schedule: | Afternoons |
Class size max: | 15 students |
Course length: | 2 - 4 weeks |
Starting dates: | Summer Programme 2012 Every Sunday from 27 May - 02 Sep ------------------------ Closed groups at other times by special arrangement.
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Levels: | Pre-intermediate and above |
Programme Example
(Subject to change)
| Day | Morning | Afternoon | Evening |
| Sunday | Arrivals, departures, or day with Host Family | ||
| Monday | Functional language of asking for information | Visit to bus station / train station/ museum to practise language | Quiz night, Meet the Leaders and games tournaments |
| Tuesday | Functional language of asking for opinions | Carrying out a survey on local people in town centre. | Disco at the Gallery Nightclub |
| Wednesday | Functional language / vocabulary of shops | Information gathering session in local shops. Finding prices, asking about information on products | Fun night - bouncy sumo wrestling and contests |
| Thursday | Functional phrases / vocabulary of lifestyle, hobbies and pastimes | Carrying out a survey with local people in town centre | Music and fun on a boat cruise around Torbay |
| Friday | Functional language / vocabulary of British culture and history | Visit to local museum on fact-finding mission. Asking for and gathering information. | Games, film and pool competition |
| Saturday | Full-day excursion to Plymouth and south-east Cornwall | Evening with Host Family | |
