Spring Explorer

Embrace that springtime feeling and freshen up your English.
Every year, our successful Spring Explorer programmes develops students’ English language skills through project-based learning activities, interactive learning and lots of fun and adventure.
We encourage students to become more confident, independent learners while they develop 21st century life skills that will benefit their future learning, life and work.

Course overview
On this course, students will:
- Gain confidence and become more independent learners and users of the English language
- Develop their English language skills (reading writing, listening, and speaking)
- Improve your vocabulary, pronunciation, and understanding of grammar
- Essential 21st century life skills (communication, critical thinking, collaboration, creativity, and cultural awareness)
- Produce a portfolio of work to demonstrate progress and achievements
- Meet new friends from across the world
LESSONS
Project-based learning
Project themes have been intentionally designed for students and teachers to take their project in a direction that best meets the group’s needs and motivations.
This means that every group of students will learn something different and each student receives a personalised learning experience. Each theme will have a central guiding question that focuses the project and students work collaboratively towards the production of a tangible project outcome.
This approach helps students learning faster and more successfully. It also guarantees that students will learn something new every time.


ACTIVITIES
Learn by doing
The activity programme is an integral part of the course and allows students to practise what they have learnt and develop a natural, fluent use of the language. Our afternoon electives are designed to improve communication and confidence while developing academic, creative and active skills.
All Spring Explorer students will also enjoy a wide variety of whole-school activities, such as games, competitions, discos and shows.
STUDY TOURS
Gain new life experiences
There is no better way to learn about British life and culture than to experience it for yourself. Study tours also play an important role in our learning approach. Students prepare for their study tour in class and have educational tasks to complete during their trip, this is then discussed in lessons afterwards.
They will have three-full day study tours to UK destinations, every two weeks.

Themes at Spring Explorer
Project-based learning is a signature part of our fully-integrated approach to language learning. It provides students with lots of cross-curricular opportunities for learning everywhere, both inside and outside the classroom.
Here are some sample project themes:
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- WEEK 1
London Life
Celebrate British culture in the world's most iconic city and learn how life has changed across its history. Students will gain key vocabulary for describing characteristics and will put this into practice by taking part in a group photo challenge in London and writing a survey related to life in London.
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- WEEK 2
Protecting the planet
What can we do today to reduce our impact on the environment tomorrow? Students will gain more insight into the importance of developing global solutions and addressing environmental issues while improving presentation and critical thinking skills.
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- WEEK 3
Fantastic festivals
Explore and share different traditions from around the world and work together to plan your own unique festival. This project will develop students’ collaboration and cross-cultural understanding by learning about different festivals and traditions from the UK as well as their home countries and around the world.
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- WEEK 4
Fame and fortune
Explore how the world of celebrities has impacted issues such as equality, fairness and representation in our global culture. Try your hand at designing and presenting a new product with your team with a marketing strategy and advertisement.
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- WEEK 5
Future fantastic
Let's explore how advancements in technology have shaped the world around us, and predict what impact further developments will have on the future. Work in groups to design an invention or innovation and develop a business proposal.