Results of the language group

Report on the 2015-2016 language group, The Mykolaivka school

According to the order of the District Education Department, the Mykolayivka school held classes in the summer language group. The purpose of such groups is to popularize English among young people. The camp work involved different methods of working with children than when at the lessons, namely the lion's share of time should be allocated to the game. Therefore, teaching English was also conducted mainly in the form of the game. So everything was done to ensure that as many children as possible were interested in learning, because as you know the world is known in the game.

Lessons were conducted according to the certified and compiled plan (Appendix 1). According to the school order there were created two groups of children fifteen people each. 9:45 - 10:45 first group, 10:45 - 11:45 – the second. Almost all students faithfully attended English classes, proving the desire to learn.

Children were given a chance to watch cartoons and movies in English, to play a variety of games indoors and outdoors. Interesting to be occurred a seminar on comparative typology of English and Ukrainian «Let us popularize the language», children summed up the similarity of the languages, and even concluded that English grammar is much easier than the Ukrainian one.

It was relevant to the present for children to have a tour to the ICT room where they were able to clearly learn the parts of a PC, commands, functions, and description of the keys.

Interesting and informative it was to get to know the translations of some familiar Anglicisms and Americanisms such as eg. boiler, arm-wrestling, printer, scanner, or even football.

Summing up this year's campaign, we can say that the high-level goal has been achieved: children happily attended classes that took them involved. They studied a lot, which will be useful in further learning.