Types of camps

Types of camps

 

Recreational Camps: includes 20 hours of language study per week (English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Dutch, Russian, Chinese, etc.) + general recreational activities.


Mixed Camps: (+ foreign language classes include specialized activities). These camps, unlike the recreational camps, these are made of 20 hours of study + 20 hours of sports (football, basketball, golf, riding, tennis), music or dance. Unlike the activities included in the recreational camps, in these mixed camps trainings are made with professional coaches.

Examples:

  • English and football
  • English and riding
  • English and tennis
  • English and music
  • English and dances
  • English and photography
  • English and journalism
  • English and theater


Academic camps

  • Intensive camps, which focuses on improving linguistic level.
  • Camps are for those wishing to obtain a language certification (IELTS. TOEFL, PET, FCE, CAE).
  • Camps involving academic study certain subjects (training programs GCSE, A-Levels, IB. These programs are detailed in the section dedicated to studies and secondary).
  • Training camps for university (academic skill development, language, interview simulations, preparing the letter of motivation, individual counseling in order to professional guidance, thematic seminars).

Examples:

  • Intensive (24, 28, 30, 40 hours of foreign languages / week, etc.)
  • preparation for language certification (IELTS. TOEFL, PET, FCE, CAE)
  • secondary school training / high school (studying certain subjects) - eg training programs GCSEs, A-Levels, IB
  • university preparation (academic skill development, language, interview simulations, preparing the letter of motivation, individual counseling for professional guidance, thematic seminars)

 


Thematic and / or vocational camps, requiring an intermediate level of mastery of English courses focusing on improving certain skills and competencies (being oratory and debate, journalism, theater arts, art cinema, photography, design, fashion, dancing , ballet, music, etc.). There is also the possibility to choose a camp that focuses strictly on training sessions without proper hours of English. Taking into account that all instructions are in English, and students improve their language level.

Examples:

  • course leadership / oratory and debate
  • journalism
  • theater arts
  • motion picture
  • photo
  • art and design
  • ballet
  • Music
  • medicine
  • justice
  • business
  • exclusive sports

Day camp (family vacation): It is a chance for parents who consider it to be too early to leave their children alone - or with their grandmother / grandfather, the child can begin to explore language since the age of 3. Family holiday provides an excellent opportunity to learn languages ​​together or simply relax, while little attending classes.

 

 

Individual vs. Group camps


In group camps, students travel with other Romanian children in the group and with a group attendant from Romania (usually a teacher). At the destination, the Romanian group joins a large international group of children from around the world. On the destination airport they will be picked by the camp representatives to transfer them to the campus where they are accommodated.

In the camps the individual minor learner travels with an airline crew member, who will take him over at the airport in Bucharest from his parents, under signature, and will accompany and supervise then all the time (those who travel by this service are seated in a special part of the plane) to the destination airport, which will take luggage with your child then they will surrender them to camp representatives under signature. This service offered by certain airlines, called unaccompanied minor service and buy with airfare.

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