My experience at Summer school

Last summer I went to a summer school in Oxford to study English. We studied at a college where adults normally study. The classrooms were very modern. In my classroom at school, the teacher writes on a blackboard. — choose for gap 1 —1. I was much more confident than before2. I shared a room with one of my classmates, George3. None of them spoke any French4. It’s often difficult for us to get the teacher’s attention5. Usually all my lessons are the same6. But at the college there was huge electronic board7. This helps me to improve my communication skills8. This allowed each student to get more individual attention The teacher could display photos or video clips on it. It was really cool. The summer school was different from my normal school in France. The classes were a lot smaller. We only had sixteen pupils in the class in Oxford, but at my school in France there are over thirty five. — choose for gap 2 —1. I was much more confident than before2. I shared a room with one of my classmates, George3. None of them spoke any French4. It’s often difficult for us to get the teacher’s attention5. Usually all my lessons are the same6. But at the college there was huge electronic board7. This helps me to improve my communication skills8. This allowed each student to get more individual attention It was also easier for the teacher to control the class, which meant that we wasted less time. The lessons were a lot different to the kind of lessons I’m used to. In my normal school, we have a course book and we spend our lessons doing exercises from it. — choose for gap 3 —1. I was much more confident than before2. I shared a room with one of my classmates, George3. None of them spoke any French4. It’s often difficult for us to get the teacher’s attention5. Usually all my lessons are the same6. But at the college there was huge electronic board7. This helps me to improve my communication skills8. This allowed each student to get more individual attention At summer school, though, we did lots of different activities, such as games, songs and role plays. Because of the variety, I rarely got bored. Overnight, we all stayed with different families in the city. I stayed with a couple and their teenage daughter. — choose for gap 4 —1. I was much more confident than before2. I shared a room with one of my classmates, George3. None of them spoke any French4. It’s often difficult for us to get the teacher’s attention5. Usually all my lessons are the same6. But at the college there was huge electronic board7. This helps me to improve my communication skills8. This allowed each student to get more individual attention I was forced to speak English! I had to learn the words for things, or to go without them! At the time, I didn’t think I learned very much in England. But when I returned to my normal school, I noticed the improvement. — choose for gap 5 —1. I was much more confident than before2. I shared a room with one of my classmates, George3. None of them spoke any French4. It’s often difficult for us to get the teacher’s attention5. Usually all my lessons are the same6. But at the college there was huge electronic board7. This helps me to improve my communication skills8. This allowed each student to get more individual attention I had got better by having fun and communicating with English people. All in all, summer school was a useful experience and I recommend it to all teenagers!