Academic Classes
Academic classes approach
The Rugby School Short Course is unlike most other summer school programmes in that it doesn’t just offer English Language learning and practice..
Our courses are built on a unique collaboration between our Subject Teachers and EAL (English as an Additional Language) teachers, to offer our students additional taster sessions in traditional subject classes like History, Economics and Physics, which are taught “in” English alongside those classes for the learning “of” English.
Students will be pre-tested for their English Language level and streamed to tailor class content to learner abilities. In addition, we have taken measures to design lesson delivery following CLIL methodology to support comprehension of the subject specific content.
These measures include:
- Streamed classes with fewer students (max 12) for closer teacher:student guidance
- Translated “Milestone” summary notes integrated in the lesson to support flow and comprehension
- Mini L1 breakout sessions and comprehension-check quizzes
- Post-lesson tutorials as integrated into the Private Study blocks to assist with questions and close the “learning loop”