St. Clare's, Oxford

This is the most popular course for teenagers at St. Clare’s each summer. It combines Integrated Language Skills lessons with Active Language Projects and a wide range of activities and excursions.

• Classes are available at all levels from Elementary to Advanced
• The Director of Studies tests your knowledge of English and places you in an international group of students at the same level
• Morning lessons focus on the language learning skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing
• They also increase your accurate use of the language by practising grammar points and extending your range of vocabulary
• In the afternoon sessions, the focus is on improving your fluency in English through Active Language Projects in a range of interesting subject areas
• Our qualified and experienced teachers will encourage you to communicate with increasing confidence and accuracy
• Your progress is monitored at regular intervals and your Certificate and Report are presented at a special ceremony on your last afternoon

Every week you take part in a different Active Language Project to develop your language skills. Each programme has a clear language outcome which the learner moves towards during the week. There are three basic stages:

1. Preparation - input from the teacher or research by the learner;
2. Development - organising and sharing ideas with other members of the class;
3. Production - a presentation or a performance which concludes the activity.

Here are some examples of our Active Language Project