About Summer Schools Abroad

If you want your child to increase her/his self confidence, gain a personality at peace with himself/herself and his/her environment, to have new friends getting to know new cultures, gain communication skills, have unforgettable memories and learn entertainingly English, French or Deutsch in the countries they are spoken, you are exactly in the correct address.

The aim of the summer school language courses abroad that continue from 2 weeks minimum and up to 12 weeks and in which generally the ones below the age 18 can participate, is to improve the foreign languages of the students, make them gain practice, get to know new faces and spend their summer holidays joining in different activities.

In the summer schools, students coming from different countries attend courses of intensive English, French or Deutsch for 15-20 periods in a week from morning till afternoon, and then they join social activities that will consolidate what they have learned in the school. These activities are different than each other according to the schools, cities and positions. In the summer schools, sport activities (swimming, horse-riding, rowing, tennis, golf, football, basketball e.t.c.), knowledge contests, movie and theatre days are organized and trips to historical and touristic places are arranged.

COURSE CONTENT:

In the summer schools, generally 20 periods in a week are given. Each student takes the placement tests and placed accordingly to a class suitable for his/her level and age group. Education is given by professional, certificated and experienced teachers in the classes of 10 – 15 persons. Certificate is given at the end of the course through the results of the quizzes showing the student’s development.

SPORT ACTIVITIES:

Daily schedules are prepared meticulously by the social activity and trip coordinators to enable the students spend their time entertainingly and efficiently. The students are provided with many sport activities such as badminton, swimming, archery, horse-riding, tennis, canoe, bowling, mountain bike, football, basketball, volleyball, gymnastic, handball etc under the control of the specialist tutors.

EXCURSIONS:

Having visited the historical and touristic places, museums, entertaining parks, shopping centers etc. and students return their homelands full of enjoyable and unforgettable memories. The aim of these excursions is to make students learn about the geographical, architectural and cultural structure of the country and explore its historical structure, natural beauty and the entertaining centers. All excursions are made under the control of teachers and the ones responsible for the activities/trips.

EVENING ENTERTAINTMENTS:

It is probably the best way of getting rid of the all day’s exhaustion and getting closer with the different cultures. Students have the chance of practicing the language they are learning while having new friends in a joyful and entertaining environment with music. Each evening, there is prepared a different entertainment fort he students.
Among the evening entertainments there can be listed movie night, international nights, live music- concert, karaoke, dance etc.

ABILITY ACTIVITIES:

Many students sharing an enjoyable environment with the ones in their age group participate in activities through which they can show their abilities. They prepare these activities sometimes individually and sometimes as a team and finally present these to their friends. Thus, their self-esteems develop and they learn to overcome the anxiety feeling in front of other people. Theatre- drama, song contests, parody shows are some of these ability activities.

GROUP ORGANIZATIONS:

One can participate in these summer schools alone or in groups organized within the body of the schools in Turkey. The students within the body of group organizations travel with an adult and reliable group guide. The group guide works for observing the needs of the students and providing them with a secure holiday and education. The group organization is %5 - 15 cheaper than the individual ones since schools may make discounts for the groups.

The students that go within the body of group organizations attend international classes according to their English, Deutsch and French level and age groups.

SENDING YOUR CHILD INDIVIDUALLY:

It is more advantageous a self confident, extrovert and older aged students to go individually than travelling with a Turkish student group. Remember, if the student goes in a group, s/he will continue using his/her native language which will be an obstacle for her/him in developing the foreign language.

ITS COST:

Summer school programmes are more expensive than the other English courses in terms of their cost since many activities and trips are included in the summer school programmes besides the English education. In other schools there are also trips and activities organized but they have to be paid for.

ACCOMMODATION:

The accommodation is provided near the families that are carefully chosen by the schools and inspected by the government or in the dormitory of the school. The students are guarded for 24 hours no matter which one they choose.

STAYING WITH A FAMILY:

The students choosing this alternate are welcomed by a distinguished family that the school always cooperates. Staying with a family provides the student with practicing the language s/he is learning and getting know the life style of the country closer. All families are chosen carefully and inspected regularly. Families do anything to make your visit more enjoyable. You can prefer a single or a shared room. By choosing a shared room, you can have a new friend and practice the language with her/him.

ACCOMMODATION IN THE CAMPUS DORMITORY:

In the summer schools, there are rooms of 2-3-4 persons or single rooms in the dormitories. The biggest advantage of staying in a dormitory is to have new friends from different countries. Food prepared meticulously is served in the cafeteria or dining hall 3 times a day. All rooms are cleaned regularly. There are facilities like TV halls, sport centers, swimming pool and playgrounds in some dormitories.
Students are guarded for 24 hours by the experts and authorities. When they face any problem, teachers or the authorities solve it immediately after.

POCKET MONEY:

Normally, pocket money of 40-50 sterling for England, 60 USD for America and Canada and 60 euro for the European countries are enough. The extra expenses of the student are the ones that s/he will make within the day.

FAMILY PROGRAMMES:

Many parents show great interest in attending to foreign language programmes with their children thinking that one is never too old to learn. While their children attend courses with their own age group, the parents attend to adult programmes. Parents and their children can stay at the same room near a family if they would like to or the student can stay in a dormitory and his/her parents in a hotel nearabouts. Thus, the student uses his/her native language less and sees his/her family comfortably.