Throughout this mini-immersion in English the students learned colloquial language, phrases, sayings, swearwords… Which is not usually addressed very often in the formal teaching of languages, but it is an important part of the real language. “We have made”, says Lindy, “a number of activities such as games, improvisation theater, contests, and so on”.

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You can listen to a couple of examples in wich students explained a embarrassing scene from Mr. Bean, or about the variety of words you can use to call someone “smart”.

Download example 1.

Download example 2.

Students have said:

“Finally I learnt some useful English. Now I must practise it!” (Cool Guy, 5th Level)

“A different course where we learnt common everyday language. Great atmosphere!” (Leire, 5th Level)

“Very, very funny! (Cheni, 4th Level)