Secondary Schools' Summer Holiday Programme

For students 14 to 18 years old who wish to study English, make new friends, and experience the exciting activities New Zealand has to offer

Overview

At a glance

This course is suitable for students from 14 to 18 years.
The focus is on having fun, making new friends and learning lifelong skills.
Students study English in the mornings, and join fun out-of-class activities or supervised study options in the afternoons.
For students in Year 13, we recommend joining UC’s Summer Programme for International High School Leavers. 6 January to 10 February 2021.
https://www.canterbury.ac.nz/international/summer-bridging-2021/

Start dates

December 14th 2020 - January 22nd 2021

Course length

2-5 weeks

Hours per week

20 hours + activities

Levels available

Elementary to Advanced

Course fees

An additional enrolment and materials fee applies.

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Skills Focus

Communication skills, Team work, Leadership skills, Project collaboration

Suitable For

Secondary school students

What you will learn

Speaking, listening, reading and writing lessons
New Zealand culture and customs
Skills for lifelong learning

Placement

Via placement test

Assessment

Regular level tests

                                hold conversations on familiar topics.  You should be able to follow clear speech and in everyday conversation.
                            

                                listen to and understand factual information about every day topics and understand the main points of clear speech on familiar matters regularly encountered at school, in leisure etc.
                            

                                read and understand a description of events, feelings and wishes in personal emails well enough to correspond regularly with someone.  You should be able to scan longer texts in order to locate key information, and gather information from different parts of a text, or from different texts.
                            

                                write personal emails giving news and expressing thoughts about abstract or cultural topics such as music, film as well as describe experiences, feelings and events in some detail.
                            

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Secondary School' Summer Programme Flyer

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