This course will only proceed with a minimum of 10 students. The Language Centre offers short vacation study tours to university and high school students who wish to combine three hours of English language classes each morning with afternoon and weekend tourist and cultural activities. Home-stay accommodation is arranged as required for those students who wish to experience Australian culture and family lifestyle, and to develop their English language skills in a typically Australian environment. A unique aspect of the program is that home-stay families are required to deliver students to and from the Language Centre each day. Each tour is individually designed to cater for the specific requirements of the group.
Tours are normally of one to six weeks duration.
On successful completion of the course students receive a certificate of completion. Afternoon and weekend cultural and tourist activities include visits to local museums, Newcastle's famous surf beaches, dolphin watching at Port Stephens, and a trip to the famous wineries of the Hunter Valley. Due to Newcastle's close proximity to Sydney, day trips can be organised to visit its world famous landmarks. This course is designed for EFL Teachers and aims to develop English language proficiency and communicative language teaching methods. This course is designed for undergraduates in Chemical, Civil, Electrical, Mechanical Engineering or Computer Science to take part in research workshops while developing their English skills.