“Gandalf’s Woods” – Scotney Castle
It’s been a busy week for me, so please forgive me for posting this post late in the week. This week, Andre, my Swiss client and I decided to take our English classes to the ‘great outdoors‘ to break up the setting of our lessons. I introduced Andre to the treasures of the British countryside and some stately homes, including Winston Churchill’s former home, Chartwell House and Rudyard Kipling’s home, Batemans.
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Having classes outdoors is an excellent way for my clients to experience the English Language all around them. It’s also a valuable way of relating the language to the British culture.
During the visits, I videoed Andre and me in brief conversations. I’d like to share these videos here with you so you get an idea of what happens during my full immersion courses.
The first video is at Chartwell House where I ask Andre why on earth he’s wearing a T-shirt when it’s 10 degrees!!
The next video was taken at Scotney Castle where I had serious doubts about the man in the green sunglasses… Notice the temperature hasn’t improved.
And finally, our last video set in Polesden Lacey, a stunning home set in 1400 acres of gorgeous countryside.
Andre can’t decide if he wants to eat croquettes or play croquet!
I want to thank Andre for being a great sport and allowing his teacher to video him and put him on the spot. I think he did exceptionally well.
It has been fun and I look forward to another fun-filled week next week. I hope you enjoyed these videos and this post. If you did and you think your friends would too, please share this post with them. And don’t forget to subscribe to my FREE GUIDE and future posts (see below).
Ciao for now.
Shanthi
I remember one day , I was in Switzerland and I was hiking, when suddenly I come across a Swiss teenager girl who was lost in the middle of the forest.
The remarkable thing about that is she asked me if I knew how to get to certain point four times !!! the first one in French, the second one in German, the third one in Italian and the four one in English !!! my respond was.. I’m sorry I don’t know that place.
But I was astounded the way she mastered the four languages.
I’m sure your student will progress by leaps and bounds . They are good at learning languages !! Ahhh Don’t worry about the girl , as 100 meters away was the rest of the family….
That’s a great anecdote, Jaime. Mmm, I’ll believe you about the family being behind you. Thousands wouldn’t :-))