Monday, April 30, 2012

Final Week of Camp Interviews


This is our last week of interviews. Don't miss the chance to come to English camp this summer! Call or come to our interviews at Dreamtown this week. We will offer interviews on Wednesday and Friday from 15.00 to 17.30 and on Saturday from 10.00 to 13.00. You can come at anytime between those hours, and the interview will take about 15 minutes.

Camps are a lot of fun and they provide a great opportunity to practice your English. We have spots available for both guys and girls, but hurry so that you don't miss out! :)

Wednesday, April 11, 2012

English Camp Recruiting for Summer 2012 Begins!

Conversational English Camps International is recruiting Ukrainian university-age students (ages 17-25) for its summer 2012 English camps in Pusha Voditsa. These camps are a great way to build friendships with North Americans, British, Australians and New Zealanders.
 
The focus is not on English teaching, but on creating opportunities for Ukrainian students to practice conversational English speech with native speakers.

There will be 10 to 15 North Americans, British, Australians or New Zealanders at each camp, and 15 to 25 Ukrainians. Each Ukrainian will live in a three-person room with at least one American or British person. This is an opportunity to speak English 24 hours a day!

We will live in Slavutich sanitorium in Pusha Voditsa, which has good living conditions (a toilet and shower in each three-person room, plus great food). There is a forest right nearby for campfires and lakes for swimming. We'll play volleyball, frisbee and American baseball--as well as other games and activities.

Camp dates:

July 17-26

August 7-16


Cost of the camp is 1,200 UAH, which includes 10 days at the sanitorium and three full meals each day. It's a great value!


Email UkraineEnglishCamps@gmail.com or call 8-097-386-7886 if you want more information or to schedule an interview. We will be holding interviews over the next three weeks at Dreamtown near Minska metro (Click on the link in the green bar on the right if you want to see a map or directions to the interview location).

Call for more details and to find out interview times, as they vary. We hope to make decisions about who will attend by May 6. Space is limited, so contact us soon. You don't want to miss this camp! It offers incredible English practice, plus it's a lot of fun!

Click on the links in the green sidebar if you want to watch video interviews with satisfied participants from past years. There also is a link to a video of one of the past camps, and a link to show the typical daily schedule at camp. Enjoy!

Western Christmas party!

We celebrated Western Christmas (Dec. 25) with fun games, presents and lots of tasty American food.

I'm trying to describe it clearly--can't you draw it?

It's a lot of work blowing up these balloons--but we have to win!

Our reindeer turned out better than your reindeer!

It's hard to unwrap these gifts with ski gloves!

Even Santa Claus came for a visit!

English club party with Banana splits!

We celebrated the end of our first eight-week English club session with fun games, tasty ice cream desserts and an awarding of Certificates of Completion to those who attended at least six of the eight sessions.
We're trying to guess the word you are describing using clay.

Can you guess what I'm doing?

I'm acting out an event for you to try and guess!

Whipped cream and ice cream go great together!

I'm almost finished. Doesn't my dessert look tasty?

Hat Party

We had a great time creating our own homemade hats for the party, then playing games and eating great food. We especially enjoyed trying to hit the pinata at the end of the party--to see who would be the one to break it open and to spill out all the candy. :)
This top hat shows the best tourist spots in the world.

I fly airplanes in my spare time. :)

I have the whole city of Kiev on my head!

I hit the pinata, but it still didn't break!

These American cupcakes are really good!

Bowling and Pizza Party

We booked a few lanes at the Dreamtown bowling club and then had a party with homemade American pizza--Yum!!!
See! Bowling isn't so hard.

This ball is a bit heavy--but I did it!

If you want to get a strike, you need to throw the ball this way.

American pizza tastes pretty good!

What a great evening of bowling, pizza and fun!

English Clubs are so interesting!

We started our English clubs in early September--playing games, drinking tea and discussing interesting topics!
The game Catch Phrase is great English practice and a lot of laughs!

This club included a chance to taste and talk about chocolate.

This has been a great discussion!

After Camp Reunion Picnics

We had a lot of fun eating Shashlik and enjoying fun games at our two Camp Reunion Picnics.
Making Shashlik is a smokey affair!
Roasting marshmellows sure is fun!
Can't you tell I'm a raccoon?
Shashlik is yummy!
Bet you didn't know I could throw a Frisbee!

July and August 2011 English Camps Were Great!

We had 16 native speakers and 26 Ukrainian students at our July camp and 19 native speakers and 28 Ukrainian students at our August camp. Students had a great time playing fun games, eating tasty food and speaking LOTS of English! :) The native speakers from the US, Canada, the UK and New Zealand also had a great time. 
International Friendships are fun to make.
Eating tasty American sweets
We learned to play baseball!
Interesting Discussion Groups let me practice my English.
Camp wouldn't be complete without playing in the water!