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Language, Life and Culture in the UK Today
Explore the relationship between language and culture, update your English and improve your cultural understanding, in the context of society in the UK today.
These intensive 1-week courses have regular fixed start dates during the year and if you are working in education, they are eligible for EU funding.
Sessions include youth culture, internet and social networking media, education and training for the next generation, working patterns and changing roles, stereotypes and class structure, regionalism and multiculturalism, language and codes of behaviour.
| Hours per course |
21 + weekly cultural and social activities |
|---|---|
| Class Size | 12 maximum |
| Language Level | Intermediate (CEFR Level B1) or above |
| Course Length | 1 week |
Course content includes:
- communicative and dynamic language and culture input sessions
- a guided historical tour of Oxford
- a guided tour of an Oxford University college or Punting on the River Thames
- one social evening with tutors
- wireless LAN Internet access
- refreshments: tea, coffee and mineral water
- end of course certificate outlining sessions attended
All participants are required to fill in a Pre-Course questionnaire. The Course Co-ordinator plans the course to meet the special requirements of the group. The course content is outlined and discussed on the first morning, and is then adapted as appropriate.
Where requested and where possible, visits in the local community are arranged. Some groups on summer courses also choose to attend an outdoor Shakespeare production in Oxford Castle or an Oxford University College garden. Course participants at other times of year often enjoy attending plays or concerts in theatres and music venues across the city.
All teachers on our Professional Development Courses are invited to join us on Twitter @EnglishinOxford where you can share teaching ideas, classroom questions and thoughts on English with colleagues and friends.
Course tutors and guest trainers
Participants experience a dynamic, interactive style of teaching and receive personal attention from friendly, approachable tutors and guest trainers who have substantial experience of teaching English as a foreign language and teacher training. Trainers integrate a wide range of online and off-line resources to create a stimulating, professional and supportive learning environment and will adapt the content of the course to suit the needs and interests of the group, so that it is useful, relevant and enjoyable.
Comenius-Grundtvig Funding, Lifelong Learning Programme (LLP)
These courses are eligible for EU LLP funding with Comenius Grants and Grundtvig Grants
Under the Comenius-Grundtvig programme, grants are provided to people who work in education. Grants are provided to participants from: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and Turkey.
If you work in School Education, you can apply for Comenius funding.
If you work in Adult Education, you can apply for Grundtvig funding, and you can find the course on the LLP Grundtvig Database: UK-2011-1324-002 .
In both cases, you should:
- contact your National Agency for a Comenius OR Grundtvig application form
- ask Lake School to send you a Comenius OR Grundtvig pre-registration document/course information for the dates you choose
Then you should send your completed application form, pre-registration and course information back to your National Agency, who will assess your application.
The deadline is April 30th, 2012 for courses between September and December 2012.
Everything was just perfect: the teachers, trainers, the other colleagues, the place, the course, the materials and the inspiring ideas as well as the homestay! I would recommend it to everyone!
Eva Lokotar Vojnovic - Croatia - Professional Development Course - 2011
The Lake School of English, 14 Park End Street, Oxford OX1 1JQ
