“Polite and friendly” students from Japan for the summer 2022!

M.Y. from St. Ursula Gakuin Eichi Senior High School, Sendai-city, Miyagi-prefecture, Japan

K.M. from HOSEI University Kokusai High School, Yokohama-city, Kanagawa-prefecture, Japan

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Young Ambassadors from KINDAI UNIVERSITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, Japan　

http://www.fes-kinder.kindai.ac.jp/fes/

To improve your speaking

・Don’t be afraid of making mistakes. If you don’t make mistakes you don’t need a teacher!

・Be adventurous and don’t use ‘safe’ language (language you already know) all the time. Instead, try language you’re unsure about.

To improve your writing

・Keep a diary in English.

・Collect model texts e.g., letters, articles and essays.

・Buy a good learner dictionary.

・Buy a good thesaurus.

To improve your reading

・Read a short article in an English newspaper or journal every day.

・Try to increase your reading speed. Time yourself daily over texts of similar lengths and difficulty. Aim for 70% comprehension.

・Try to work out new words from the context. Use a dictionary only when essential.

・Look at a headline and try to guess vocabulary, tenses etc. Read and see if you are correct.

To improve your listening

・Find something interesting to watch on TV

・Find a radio station you like, preferably one that has a good mix of music, news and discussions and debate.

・Try being an actor. Find a DVD that you like. Choose a scene that you like with a short dialogue.

To improve your grammar

Think of some grammar that you want to work on. What do you already know? See how much you can remember then check any notes that you have made in class.

・the form (how it is made)

・the meaning

・when it is used

・pronunciation

To improve your vocabulary

・Keep a notebook for new words, verbs, expressions etc.

・Have a special section for phrasal verbs, grammar, irregular verbs, idioms/proverbs, collocations and synonyms/antonyms.

・Don’t record everything in the same notebook or use file separators if you are using a folder

・Structure how you record new items.

・Try to make a sentence using the word, or even write a paragraph using 5 new words.

・Make sure you know how to pronounce the word.

・Look again at the new words that you learn at the end of each day and again at the end of the week.

Venues to run courses
①　Royal Holloway College, London
②　Greenwich University, London
③　Bradfield College, Reading
④　Sparsholt College, Winchester
⑤　Oxford Brookes University
⑥　Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh

Age group：10 years old ～17 years old

Accommodation: College residence

Full board

Free wifi

Number of applicants: 1 to 20 students

Dates A : 17 July 2023 (Arrival) – 24 July 2023 (Departure)

Dates B : 31 July 2023 (Arrival) – 7 August 2023 (Departure)

Dates C : 31 July 2023 (Arrival) – 13 August 2023 (Departure)

The fee：1,750 GBP per person

Applications will be accepted until 1 month prior to the course start date on a first-come, first-served basis.

Fees include application fee, tuition, accommodation, meals and airport transfer services.

The fee: 1,750 GBP per student

The followings are included in the fee.

The followings are not included in the fee.

1. Round trip airfare

2. Overseas travel accident insurance

3. School expenses (The students can travel to and from the university and their homestay, on foot, by bus, or by bicycle.)

4. Pocket money

5. VISA application fee, if needed.

6. Options

《Security》

Video surveillance system is on 24 hours every day on campus.

①　Royal Holloway College, London   

Sample Programme, Royal Holloway College, London

Participants’ Sample Nationalities

②　Greenwich University, London

Sample Programme, Greenwich University, London

Participants’ Sample Nationalities

③　Bradfield College, Reading　

Sample Programme, Bradfield College Reading

Participants’ Sample Nationalities

④　Brighton University　

Sample Programme, Brighton University

Participants’ Sample Nationalities

⑤　Greenwich University

⑥　Sparsholt College, Winchester

Sample Programme, Sparsholt College, Winchester

Participants’ Sample Nationalities

⑦    Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh

Sample Programme, Heriot Watt University, Edinburgh

Participants’ Sample Nationalities