Welcome

to the unique and effective program

of language immersion "Discovering Scotland"

from 15 to 17 of April 2011

Have you ever dreamed about going to Scotland in spring?

Benefit from this unique opportunity to spend an unforgettable weekend and immerse yourself in the amazing nation of Scotland and the English language with "Discovering Scotland" program from 21 to 23 of October 2011.

Our program offers exciting English language immersion under professional coaching from tutors from Russia and Scotland in various forms:

• Celebration of a major Scottish holiday – Robert Burns Night
• Theatrical performance of Scottish clans
• Stimulating interactive Scottish interest clubs
• Learning, practice and presentation of Scottish dances
• Scottish Treasure Hunt
• An unforgettable video trip over the most beautiful places of Scotland
• Communicative lessons providing the most effective methods of teaching of the English language based on the modern video and audio courses
• Exciting meeting with Loch Ness monster!
• Visit to Scotland’s best pub
• Overview of traditional Scottish cuisine
• Popular Scottish songs and films
• Various individual and creative projects
• Sports games and exciting team competitions in the fresh air

The recreation centre is located in the picturesque countryside of the campus “Skazka”, near Volzsky. The centre provides a complete package ensuring you have all you need for an enjoyable weekend: high quality meals with traditional Scottish dishes, excellent facilities for sports events, cultural and creative activities, and entertainment.

A fantastic linguistic program and activities in the fresh air will remove stress, make you feel better and fill you with positive energy.

"Discovering Scotland" will enable you to not only enhance your English skills and break the language barrier, but also to have a great fun.

A short summary of Scottish clubs:

1. Scottish Art

An overview of the world of Scottish art, visiting the world famous Glasgow School of Art, development of creative skills and applied art technologies, activation of vocabulary, connected with drawing, modeling, various types of materials, etc. Master class in landscape drawing.

2. Scottish Cuisine Club

An overview of the peculiarities of the national Scottish cuisine, cooking and tasting exquisite traditional dishes. Activation of vocabulary: food and cooking methods, table appointments, Scottish manners and etiquette, etc.

3. Scottish Culture Club

Culture studies, an overview of tourist attractions and traditions of Scotland, discussion of national stereotypes, way of life and identity, history of development of the country, national costumes, introduction to the national Scottish music and the most unbelievable ways of entertainment.

4. Movie-club

Films about Scotland, film-based communicative tasks provided by the most effective English language teaching methods.

Exciting communication only in English during the program in a creative atmosphere of interest, humour and unexpected discoveries won’t leave you disappointed.

The program of immersion into the world of Scotland enables to:

• develop all kinds of communicative skills in real-life and training situations
• enhance your vocabulary to help you communicate on different topics
• review the main grammatical structures
• improve pronunciation
• enhance your knowledge in country studies
• increase motivation to study the English language further