The Programme
Programmes
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A variety of programmes is available to overseas children and adults who are seeking to improve their English language skills. Each residential course comprises:
- Academic, creative and performing arts classes.
- Stimulating visits to places of cultural interest throughout Barbados.
- Additional optional recreational activities such as tennis, golf, horse back riding, water skiing, swimming, surfing, sailing etc. are available for an extra fee depending on the selected activity.
Students attend class from Monday to Friday. Several additional hours each week are devoted to class preparation, library study and extracurricular activities. After school and during the weekends, students are encouraged to participate in organized activities, social and cultural outings and sporting events. These extra curricular activities provide quality leisure time, a balance to the academic work, and a chance to meet new friends and learn new skills.
Age Groups
Children 9-12 years
Teens
Young adults and pre university
Adults
Course Levels
All three courses offered are 12 weeks long. Participants may take all three courses over a one year, three term period. Alternatively, the courses may be taken in two-week, three-week, four-week or six-week sessions.
Each student is assessed through a short appraisal in English to determine his/her level of proficiency.
The three courses are offered to students of all ages.
| 1. Basic course | |
| 2. Intermediate course | |
| 3. Advanced course | Diploma |
Daily Timetable
Session 1
8:30 – 12:30 Unit topics in classroom
10:30 – 11:00 Morning break
12:30 - 1:30 Lunch
Session 2
1.30 – 3.30 On/off campus extra curricula reinforcement activities
Evenings and Weekends
Social/leisure oriented reinforcement activities and a choice of workshops (optional)
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Unit Topics
Through its twelve unit topics per course level, The Codrington Language Centre programme is designed to expose students to the vocabulary and grammar structures associated with a cross section of life experiences.
Examples of unit topics:
Basic
“Hello!”
- About Me
- Gully Adventures
Intermediate
“What’s New?”
- The Age of Electronics
- Survival of the Fittest
Advanced
“Watch Out!”
- Money Matters
- To be the best
Language Skills
The following four skills are taught at all levels with gradually increasing depth and intensity:
(a) Listening - with mime for basic course, comprehension (oral, aural and reading) and dictation for intermediate and advanced courses
(b) Speaking (with emphasis on pronunciation)
(c) Reading (with emphasis on pronunciation)
(d) Writing (with emphasis on creativity)
Language Structure
The teaching of language structure takes place in the classroom and is integrated into motivating activities within the framework of the thirty-six unit topics:
- Vocabulary (spelling and pronunciation)
- Phraseology
- Full sentence
- Statements positive, negative, interrogative (question) and imperative (directive)
- All tenses and parts of speech
Activities
All classroom reinforcement activities incorporate the skills listed above, and are integrated into the unit topics.
- Repetition (basic level only)
- Modelling and copying (basic level only)
- Puppetry (basic and intermediate level only)
- Drama
- Narrative
- Poetry
- Singing
- Video
- Quiz
- Dictation (intermediate and advanced level only)
Additional optional recreational activities available include: sailing, hiking, horseback riding, golf, tennis, swimming, surfing, water skiing, scuba diving, water sports, tropical floor shows and more! Please note that these activities are not included in the Programme Fee and carry a separate cost depending on the selected activity.
Optional workshops offered include: drama, puppetry, music, dance/movement, art, pottery, photography, glass blowing, stilt walking, and cooking!
Field TripsField trips are scheduled to add an interesting dimension to the programme and the knowledge acquired as a result is integrated into the structured classroom activities the following day.
- Ocean Adventure
- Gully Adventure
- Safari Tour
- Harrison’s Cave
- Cinema
- Airport Control Tower & Concorde
- Bridgetown
- Museum & Monuments
- Barbados Wildlife Reserve
- Graeme Hall Nature Centre
- Bathsheba
- Andromeda Botanical Gardens
- Social
Certificates
Students are assessed throughout and at the end of a course. At the end of the course, students have the opportunity to demonstrate their language acquisition through mediums of their choice, including: power point presentations, puppetry, drama, and other means.
A Certificate of Participation stating the number of course work hours completed is awarded to all attending students. Upon completion of a course, this certificate will indicate that the student is ready to move to the next level.
A Certificate of Merit is awarded to those students who have excelled beyond expectations in any particular course or part thereof.
A Diploma is awarded to students of the advanced course.
World TOEFL certificates are also presented to qualifying advanced course students.
Course Materials
The Codrington Language Centre provides all materials required.
Books "Departures" and "Connections" Oxford University Press
Worksheets The Codrington School IB Department
Visual Aids National Geographic and Discovery Channel
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