2013 Summer School: English Language and Culture
PROGRAMME (2-week and 4-week)
Saturday
Arrival at Manchester Airport
Met by Student Ambassador
Coach to campus – Gateway Building
Meet host families and taken home
2013 Summer School: English Language and Culture
PROGRAMME
WEEK 1 - Local and regional landscapes
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Campus tour,
Library and IT
registration
English language:
greetings,
questions/answers,
polite requests
Topic
work/vocabulary
development:
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
9:30 – 11:00
Report back from Lake
District
Cultural Visit
Social Outing
Break
11:30– 1:00
LAKE DISTRICT
Course overview,
setting aims, noticing
charts
Vocabulary/
Topic work (language
for host family
context / etiquette)
English language
skills
-Beatrix Potter
-Ferry to Ambleside
-Keswick
Preparation for Lancaster
Castle visit
accompanied by
Student
Ambassador
Lunch
2:00– 4:00
Preparation for
Lancaster game
3:00 Lancaster
game/orientation
accompanied by
Student
Ambassador
Aspects of British
Culture / Introduction
to project work
Preparation for Lake
District
Afternoon excursion
LANCASTER
CASTLE
accompanied by
Student Ambassador
accompanied by
Student Ambassador
2013 Summer School: English Language and Culture
PROGRAMME
WEEK 2 – Leisure and tourism industries
9:30 – 11:00
Monday
Tuesday
Feedback from
Lancaster Castle /
Language and
culture: noticing
charts feedback
English language
skills
Vocabulary/Topic
work
Lunch
2:00– 4:00
Project/Communit
y work +
Individual
Tutorials
Cultural visit
Thursday
Feedback from
Manchester
MANCHESTER
Break
11:30 – 1:00
Vocabulary/Topic
work
Wednesday
Preparation for
Manchester and Old
Trafford
Including city and
Old Trafford tour
accompanied by
student
ambassador
Friday
Saturday
Saturday or
Sunday
Project preparation –
2-week students
English language
skills – 4-week
students
Vocabulary/topic
work – Leisure and
Tourism in the UK
Project presentations
(2-week students)
Speaker from
Lancaster City
Council – Tourism in
Lancaster
Project presentations
(2-week students)
and feedback
Farewell
breakfast or
lunch for 2-week
students with
host families
2-week students
leave on coach
from campus to
airport
accompanied by
student
ambassador
2013 Summer School: English Language and Culture
PROGRAMME
WEEK 3 – Local, regional and national economies
9:30 – 11:00
Break
11:30 – 1:00
Monday
Tuesday
English language
skills
English
Language Skills
Vocabulary/
Topic work
Vocabulary/
Topic work
Wednesday
Educational Visit
(e.g. local business,
city council,
chamber of
commerce)
Thursday
Friday
Feedback from Educational
Visit
Vocabulary/Topic
work – Business
Preparation for
speaker’s talk
Vocabulary/
Topic work
Guest speaker:
Changes in the
UK/global economy
(Business School
Lecturer)
Social Outing
Lunch
2:00 – 4:00
Project/Community
work + Individual
Tutorials
Preparation for
Educational visit
Sunday
Project/Community work
Afternoon Excursion
‘Business Landscapes’
A walk around
Lancaster with Business
School lecturer
accompanied by
Student Ambassador
2013 Summer School: English Language and Culture
PROGRAMME
WEEK 4: Entertainment + project presentations
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Feedback from Duke’s
workshop
Project presentations
Saturday
9:30 – 11:00
Feedback from
Business lecturer’s
talk + noticing charts
Break
11:30 – 1:00
Lunch
2:00 – 4:00
6:30 – 8:30
Feedback from
Liverpool
Cultural Visit
LIVERPOOL
Vocabulary/
Topic work
Preparation for
Liverpool
Including
Albert Dock, Beatles
Museum and City
Centre
accompanied by
Student
Ambassador
Preparation for Play in
the Park: (plot,
characters, setting etc)
Afternoon excursion
DUKE’S THEATRE –
Script to Stage
Workshop
Evening outing:
Play in the park
Preparation for project
presentations
Preparation for project
presentations
Project presentations
and feedback
4-week students
leave on coach
from campus to
airport
Accompanied by
student
ambassador
Course evaluation and
round-up
Farewell party with
host families