With summer being around the corner and summer schools being a huge business in the ELT industry, I decided to share some ideas which may be useful to both experienced and new summer school teachers. The following was used in a webinar I presented earlier this month as part of Moodle MOOC 6.
4. ‘Regular’ vs. Summer Schools
‘Regular’ School Summer School
Duration
Learners
Materials
Facilities
Preparation
Learners’ Aims
Learning Aims
5. ‘Regular’ vs. Summer Schools
‘Regular’ School Summer School
Duration Academic Year 2/3 weeks
Learners Not many nationalities,
similar levels and ages
Mixed
Nationalities/Levels,
similar ages
Materials Coursebooks, Readers School-prepared
materials, if any
Facilities Not standard but T is
familiar
Not standard but T is not
familiar
Preparation Enough time for
preparation
No time for preparation
Learners’ Aims Certificates, Exams,
Communication,
Language Acquisition
Holidays! Swimming!
Shopping! Meeting new
people!
Learning Aims Improve all skills and
systems
Focus on speaking and
social language.
6. What to do first?
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