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Day 4 Wednesday 11th July

Another busy day on campus.

What going on in class?

Academic skills: writing

In Lesson 3, which focuses on  Writing, Jai delivers an ambitious lesson on academic essay writing with his B2 students including:

  • Paragraph building
  • Topic sentences
  • Thesis led approach vs Discursive approach to academic essay planning
Teacher Jai – expert Academic English teacher

 

Academic skills

B1 teacher Lucy explains how she combines teaching writing and speaking:

Speaking plus Writing together.

Learning aims

Yes, we are learning English, but not just English.

For example: B1 teacher Louise is teaching Creative Thinking.

Food glorious food

Master Chef Paul is giving us another day of wonderful food:

Italian Breakfast

Lunch
  • Pulled pork followed by chocolate pudding and ice cream
Pulled pork – simply delicious
Master Chef Paul visits the dining room to serve his best chocolate pudding personally
Chocolate pudding and ice cream
Dinner
  • Lasagne and salad

Freedom

Best of both worlds

Ludlow is in the countryside. however, Birmingham, the UK’s second city is only 1 hour a 15 minutes away. We’re ‘getting the best of both worlds’.

International friends go shopping: Michael from Poland, Alfonso from Spain, Shusei from Japan.
Shopping in Birmingham – the UK’s second city
4 Film stars visit Birmingham

Evening time

Let’s try something new!

Archery
Archery – equipment ready and safety checks done
Christian from Denmark takes in the target
Margo from France takes aim

Finally… The World Cup

England lose to Croatia so it’s France and Croatia in the final.

Congratulations to all our students from Croatia and France!

The question is: who is going to win?