Have you ever thought of attending a summer language course in Britain?

What do you think are the advantages… or the disadvantages?

Tick the following:

Advantages Learning English in a real context Making new friends Visiting new places Disadvantages Being away from home Not understanding what they tell me Fear of getting lost

Now read the advertisement below about a language school in Britain and see what activities they propose to you.

The Chance For an action-packed summer For fun, creative and educational activities To learn a new skill, or try a new hobby To be cared for by qualified and experienced staff To make new friends from around the world

30 years' experience With over 30 years' experience of organising Young Learner courses, Bell guarantees a safe, supervised environment.

The Care We take care of everything from arrival to departure - leaving you free to learn English have a great time make friends from around the world

Check your comprehension

Grammar box Analyse these expressions: The chance for an action-packed summer The chance to learn a new skill, or try a new hobby In both sentences "chance" is followed by a preposition but in the first, after the preposition, there is a noun while in the second there is a verb. Can you find other expressions in the text with a noun + preposition + noun or verb? Notice that one of the expressions is followed by a verb in the gerund. Look up in the dictionary for other prepositions which follow "chance" and "experience" then do the exercise

Step 2 LEARN ENGLISH AT A SUMMER SCHOOL

In the ad they say :

We take care of everything from arrival to departure - leaving you free to

• learn English
• have a great time
• make friends from around the world

Let’s start from "learn English".

Here is a weekly time-table for a summer course

	9-13	13-14	14-17.30	18-19	19.30
Monday	English lessons	lunch	Orientation walk	dinner	Welcome disco
Tuesday	English lessons	lunch	Swimming tennis football	dinner	Video film
Wednesday	English lessons	lunch	Half day excursion	dinner	Barbecue
Thursday	English lessons	lunch	Treasure hunt	dinner	Quiz games
Friday	English lessons	lunch	Table-tennis tennis swimming	dinner	Evening extravaganza
Saturday	Full day trip with packed lunch dinner disco party
Sunday	Church and laundry	lunch	Optional excursion	dinner	Film or Pub

How many hours of English are there in a week?

Is it more or less than the hours you normally do at school?

What activities are planned in the afternoon?

What activities are planned in the evening?

Which activities do you prefer? Why?

♣Answer the questions and send your answers to the conference

♣(optional) Find out which is the favourite activity of the group by looking at the other students’ answers.