Bucksmore Summer

Suitable for all levels from beginner through to proficient. The syllabus combines language study and language in use to offer a variety of lesson types with the main focus on developing communication skills.

The general English course aims to:
• Build language skills and confidence gradually through our multi-level syllabus.
• Help students achieve individual goals in language learning.
• Gain a better understanding of English books, films, songs, the internet & media.

Students have two full-day excursions and one half-day trip every week. To provide students with an even greater holistic language learning experience, we offer lessons specifically linked to destinations around England.

These include:
• London - Politics & Royalty
• The history of Oxford
• British Castles
• Windsor - The Royal Family
• Thrilling Thorpe Park

Learning about a destination through English provides additional motivation for language use and brings English culture and life into the classroom. Students really do benefit from these lessons, inside and outside the classroom.

Project sessions promote group work and cooperation, to allow participation across all levels of English. Popular courses include ‘Bucksmore President’, ‘Gaming Expo’ and ‘Battle of the Bands’.

Project work aims to encourage collaboration and communication through the completion of real-world tasks that use English with an authentic purpose.

Students receive vocabulary and grammar input in the first part of the project session and are then placed into groups. Groups are provided with a project guideline which they should follow and aim to complete in the preparation session.

The weekly project culminates in a presentation evening in which groups display and present their work.

The academic skills sessions give students an introduction to exam techniques and are intended to help students improve the skills of academic reading, writing, listening and speaking.

These sessions take place over three hours each week and culminate with students taking the Bucksmore Assessment.

The variety of lessons and teaching material provide students with a stimulating and comprehensive learning experience throughout their stay.

Assessing a learner’s skills in reading, writing, speaking and listening, the Bucksmore Assessment helps to improve opportunities for study and travel. Taken at the end of the course, it provides a more rounded evaluation of a student’s English ability.

The Bucksmore Assessment provides more relevant and appropriate language, so learners are motivated to perform better than other, more adult-focused, exams.

The assessment complements the CEFR (Common European Framework of Reference) and aims to provide learners with a realistic determination of their English ability. It can be applied against other international English exams such as Cambridge ESOL & IELTS.

Students will leave the course with a certificate of recommended English level measured against the CEFR scale.

Every Bucksmore location has a residential management team, and a minimum staff-student ratio of 1:7. There is always a trained first aider on-site, and students are supervised 24 hours a day.

Bucksmore offers a complimentary airport transfer service on transfer days for flights arriving/departing between 10:00 and 20:00. We can also provide an Unaccompanied Minor service for pick-up and drop-off. Students are looked after from when they land to when their flight departs.

Each location has a Centre Manager, Activity Manager and Director of Studies available for all students to approach with any problems. Bucksmore Counsellors are more than just teachers; they provide a high level of care and guidance for all students. All staff are background checked.

High staff to student ratios ensure all students are looked after. Bucksmore summer schools strive to create a warm and welcoming “family atmosphere” where all students and Counsellors know each other well.