This project offers young Estonians, aged 8-15, the chance to improve their French in an intensive two week summer camp. The camp programme includes games and activities, performances in the open air, hikes, excursions and visits, talks and discussions in groups.
Accomodation:
In shared rooms. Sleeping bag required.
Location:
Pariisi is a small village surrounded by beautiful countryside, 20km away from Rakvere, the regional capital.
Terminal:
Tallinn
Special requirements:
Volunteers must be strongly motivated to work with children and dedicated to the project. Good knowledge of French is a must. Motivation letter also required.
The project is based in a language school which offers summer language camps with drama, games and excursions for children aged 10-12. Volunteers will help create and run a programme of activities designed to improve the English and cultural awareness of the kids, who come predominantly from Tallinn's minority Russian community.
Min age:
20Accomodation: Furnished apartments.
Location:
Tallinn, Estonia's capital.
Terminal:
Tallin
Special requirements:
Volunteers must be motivated to work with kids and come prepared to present the culture and history of their own country. The work can be hard, some days involving long working hours, requiring high commitment and responsibility for the camp programme and the young participants. Motivation letter required.
The project is based in a language school which offers summer language camps with drama, games and excursions for young people aged 14-17. Volunteers will help create and run a programme of activities designed to improve the language skills and cultural awareness of the kids, who come predominantly from Tallinn's minority Russian community. Languages covered are French, Spanish and German.
Min age:
20Accomodation: Furnished apartments.
Location:
Tallinn, Estonia's capital.
Terminal:
Tallin
Special requirements:
Volunteers must be motivated to work with kids and come prepared to present the culture and history of their own country. The work can be hard, some days involving long working hours, requiring high commitment and responsibility for the camp programme and the young participants. Motivation letter required. Good knowledge of either French, Spanish or German essential.
An international language camp is organized by the language school “In Down Town”, non-profit association “Alternative Language programs Satellite” and youth exchange association EstYES. The camp is aimed to introduce the diversity of world cultures to the teenagers aged 14-17 through language studies and direct contact with young people from abroad in the hope to help young Estonians to integrate into the modern world. At the same time this camp gives foreign participants a good chance to meet youngsters of Estonia and experience the local life staying in the local host families. This camp is organized particularly for those youngsters, who does not speak English but other languages, therefore the languages of this camp are French, German and Spanish.
Program:
Camp program includes visits to museums and sightseeing of the Estonian capital, meetings with organizations, social games and performances in the open air, actions to protect peace and environment, talks and discussions at the round table. Each day of the camp has its own theme and a special activity. To activate teenagers there will be 8 international volunteers + members of the school staff. The camp activities will be run partly separately in the language groups (French, German and Spanish) and partly together.
Accommodation:
In the apartments of host families in Tallinn. Participants will have breakfasts and dinners in the host families, lunches – all together in the city.
Location:
Camp takes place in Tallinn, the capital of Estonia. More information on www.tallinn.ee
Terminal:
Airport, bus & train station, harbor in Tallinn. Pick up by host families at the point of arrival is possible upon request.
Special requirements:
We will welcome all interesting ideas for the program and your active participation in it. Relatively good knowledge of spoken French or German or Spanish is required in this camp.
Age:
The age of participants is 14-17.
Hosting fee:
Unlike the traditional camp there will be no work but linguistic studies and informal educational activities. Besides regular costs for board, lodging, domestic transport, materials, etc. the program involves extra expenses for excursions, visits, cultural activities and general administration. Since neither EstYES nor its camp partner ALPS does not receive any financial support for this camp from municipality or any private sources to make camp happened we have to charge the participation fee of 180 Euro, which has to be paid by participants upon arrival to the camp.
The project is based in a language school which offers summer language camps with drama, games and excursions for young people aged 14-17. Volunteers will help create and run a programme of activities designed to improve the English speaking skills and cultural awareness of the kids, who come predominantly from Tallinn's minority Russian community.
Min age:
20Accomodation: Furnished apartments.
Location:
Tallinn, Estonia's capital.
Terminal:
Tallin
Special requirements:
Volunteers must be motivated to work with kids and come prepared to present theculture and history of their own country. The work can be hard, somedays involving long working hours, requiring high commitment andresponsibility for the camp programme and the young participants.Motivation letter required. Good knowledge of either French, Spanish orGerman essential.
International language camp is organized by the language school “In Down Town”, non-profit association “Alternative Language Programs Satellite” (ALPS) and youth exchange association EstYES. The camp is aimed to introduce the diversity of world cultures to the teenagers aged 14 -17 through language studies and direct contact with young people from abroad in the hope to help young Estonians to integrate into modern world. At the same time this camp gives foreign participants a great chance to meet youngsters of Estonia and experience local life staying in the local host families.
Program:
Camp program includes visits to museums, sightseeing in the Estonian capital, meetings with organizations, social games and performances in the open air, actions for peace and nature protection, talks and discussions at the round table. Each day of the camp has its own theme and a special activity. To activate teenagers and run the program there will be 8 international volunteers and members of local school staff.
Accommodation:
In the apartments of the host families in Tallinn. Participants will have breakfasts and dinners in their host families, lunches – all together in the city.
Location:
Camp will take place in Tallinn - the capital of Estonia. More information on www.tallinn.ee
Terminal:
Airport, bus & train station, harbor in Tallinn. Pick up by families at the point of arrival is possible upon request.
Special requirements:
We will welcome all interesting ideas for the program and your active participation in it. English is a camp language.
Age:
The age of participants is 14-17.
Hosting fee:
Unlike the traditional camp there will be no work but linguistic studies and informal educational activities. Besides regular costs for board, lodging, domestic transport, materials, etc. the program involves extra expenses for excursions, visits, cultural activities and general administration. Since neither EstYES nor its camp partner ALPS does not receive any financial support for this camp from municipality or any private sources to make camp happened we have to charge the participation fee of 180 Euro, which has to be paid by the participants upon arrival at the camp.
The project is based in a language school which offers summer language camps with drama, games and excursions for children aged 10-12. Volunteers will help create and run a programme of activities designed to improve the English and cultural awareness of the kids, who come predominantly from Tallinn's minority Russian community.
Min age:
20Accomodation: Furnished apartments.
Location:
Tallinn, Estonia's capital.
Terminal:
Tallin
Special requirements:
Volunteers must be motivated to work with kids and come prepared to present the culture and history of their own country. The work can be hard, some days involving long working hours, requiring high commitment and responsibility for the camp programme and the young participants. Motivation letter required.
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