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Summer Schools UK/English Summer Schools - Programme 1 (in or pupils aged 11-16 years) (Click here for Programme 2 - students aged 16-18 years)

From the moment they arrive at one of our Summer Schools overseas students experience 'full English immersion' into the English Language and English culture at the English schools and boarding houses where they will live for 3 weeks.

Programme 1 is open to all overseas pupils aged 11-16 years who wish to come to England for the final 3 weeks of the English summer term. Overseas pupils are quickly intergrated into the boarding house and school and will quickly learn to participate in the rules and regulations of the boarding house and take a full and active role in all its evening leisure activities, study periods and weekend socialising. They will follow a full national curriculum timetable at the school and make friends with full time pupils. All this will help them achieve a significant and lasting improvement in their English Language development. Their English speaking skills along with their listening skills make noticeable improvement within 3-4 days of their arrival.

On their first day at the school they are given a short induction where they are shown around the school and allocated an English 'buddy' who will be a full time UK pupil at the school. The daily routine of the school will be explained to them to enable them to settle quickly into school life. They will be placed in a class with English pupils of a similar age to their own and will be given a notebook to use for the duration of their stay.

Student Comments - Photo Gallery from summer schools 2009

Summer Programme 1 - Aims of the Programme

1. To introduce overseas pupils aged between 11-16 years to an English Boarding school for the final 3 weeks of the summer term.

2. To immerse these pupils fully into the English way of life in boarding schools.

3. To give overseas pupils the opportunity to use and improve their English speaking skills in a number of different environments.

4. To ensure the programme is of mutual benefit to the boarding school and overseas pupils.

Summer Programme 1 - Objectives of the Programme

1. To encourage overseas pupils to significantly use and improve their English Speaking skills.

2. To encourage active interaction between overseas pupils and English/UK based students.

3. To encourage overseas and English/UK based pupils to share cultural information and views.

4. To offer overseas pupils the opportunity to take part in activities that may not be available to them in their own country.

5. To foster and nurture an on-going love of UK countryside and culture.

6. To ensure all the above take place in a secure and safe environment.

Summer Schools UK/English Summer Schools - Programme 2 (for pupils aged 16 -18 years) (Click here for Programme 1 - pupils aged 11-16 years)

Our English Summer Schools - Programme 2 is open to overseas students aged 16-18 years who would like to enjoy a more mature summer experience at an English Summer School. The programme offers overseas students the opportunity to study an 'AS Taster Course' at a UK boarding school. The course encourages full immersion into the English Language and English culture via an English 6th form curriculum and life within the boarding house. It gives UK and overseas students the opportunity to take part in and reflect upon the cultural differences of different countries. It is a unique summer experience for older students. Older students are given a degree of freedom not given to younger pupils to reflect their more mature outlook and interests.

AS Taster Course Details

A number of UK schools offer a 3 week course at the end of the summer term to pupils leaving Secondary School and moving into 6th Form. Students who take part in the AS Taster Course choose 3 or 4 subjects to study for 3 weeks. These can be traditional subjects such as Science, Maths, English or they can be subjects the student has never studied before such as Psychology, Sociology or Philosophy.

The course is 'student lead' which means the student takes on full responsibility for his or her own learning and is designed as an introduction to a completely different way of studying at learning that takes place in 6th forms thorughout the country.

Boarding School Details

The boarding schools offer more flexibility for overseas students aged 16-18 years of age than younger overseas pupils on Programme 1. More mature students can organise some of their own leisure time and develop their English Language skills through different learning experiences. They still learn English at UK Schools by followinging a full AS level curriculum but they have the opportunity to interact socially on a more informal level.

Evening leisure time and bed times are significantly more flexible. There will be some weekend trips organised but students on this programme will be free to choose how they spend some of their leisure time, ie kicking a ball around in the grounds of the boarding house, going bowling, swimming, walking or taking part in the boarding house activities.

Summer Programme 1 - Objectives of the Programme

1. To encourage integration with English and other nationality students.

2. To observe a significant improvement in English Language skills of overseas students during their time here.

3. To give overseas pupils the opportunity to follow an AS/A2 timetable in an English boarding school.

4. To encourage all students to exchange cultural information and views.

5. To encourage overseas students to become more confident in the boarding environment as the 3 weeks progress.

6. To ensure the programme is of mutual benefit to all students at the Boarding House and 6th Form.

If you are a boarding school and interested in one of our English Summer Schools programmes please contact us.

A short overview of the programmes we offer overseas students when they learn English at UK Schools