Summer English courses in Balliol College Summer School

Summer English Courses

• 15 lessons weekly (6 seminars)
• Groups of up to 12 people
• Minimum requirements: English at Intermediate level
• Minimum duration: 2 weeks.

The summer course of English is an opportunity not only to improve your language level, but also to learn a lot about the history, traditions and culture of Great Britain.

Classes are held in a dynamic interactive format: discussions are constantly organized, interesting seminars and lectures, dialogues and role plays all help to quickly develop all the key skills (listening, reading, writing and speaking). In the classroom, studying does not end - all the points of entertainment, leisure and sightseeing programs allow you to consolidate and refine your knowledge and skills, to expand your vocabulary, to improve your communication and speech abilities. Each week there are 21 classes: in the morning - traditional classes, in the afternoons - interesting thematic seminars. Among the themes and areas of the seminars are the following:

• Dreams and Ambitions - open discussion
• History of Oxford
• My hometown - the lesson takes place in a presentation format
• Idioms in English
• Global issues - debates and discussions
• Topical issues.

In addition, students of summer courses will be pleased with the rich and exciting program of active leisure. For them, the best museums of Oxford and London will open, sports and creative sections will be opened, speakers and creative personalities will be invited with lectures and seminars, and in the evenings cheerful parties, quizzes, competitions, discos, debates and talent shows are organized. For every 2 weeks of stay (minimum duration of the program) a minimum of 3 excursions to the most distinctive British cities, including the English capital of London, is provided.

Dates:

• Two-week courses: July 2-15, July 16-29, July 30 - August 12
• Four-week courses: July 2-29, July 16-August 12.