ENGLISH FOR TRAVELLERS
This online course proves a perfect combination of immersive learning and contextual teaching . Along with essential, yet rich travelling vocabulary included in the On the course, the students will experience cutting-edge online techniques for language studies. Each of them will be a part of the friendly and passionate think-alike community, they will have a chance to share their ideas and experiences with their tutors and fellow-students. It provides an overview of five centuries of development, from Baroque formalism through naturalistic passion of Romantism, right up to contemporary landscape style.
If you'd like to learn how old the best English lawns are, or maybe, you'd like to be fully equipped for next year's Chelsea Flower Show, or else you are just looking for best landscape ideas for your backyard, then hurry to book today, the number of the places is limited, the sale ends on 7th September!
The course embraces a significant amount of English vocabulary related to horticulture, landscape and history in general (around 1,500 lexical items). The course will also help you boost some sturdy practical conversing skills without overloading your mind with unnecessary grammatical references.
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STRUCTURE AND DESCRIPTION
- 12 weeks;
- online;
- up to 10 people in a group;
- bilingual (English with full Russian backup);
- commencing from 12.09.2022 onwards;
- daytime, evening and weekend groups available;
- exact times to be confirmed;
- full price £ 99.00 per month (please see the discount options below)
- Russell Fellows' certificate upon completion.
As with all Russell Fellows' courses, our History of English Garden Online Course is fully interactive. It comprises 12 weeks of standard learning. The duration of the asynchronous section of the course can be extended by up to 8 weeks, should you need to slow down your pace. Each week's package will contain a number of various assignments to help you activate the new knowledge. The completion of each assignment will be fully supported by our tutors.
During your course, you will be offered 100% time flexibility and the opportunity to review your graded assignments multiple times - all this to respect your pace and help your knowledge grow steadily. Your study materials will be fully accessible on the go - on your tablet or smartphone. It will take you just one journey per day to stay tuned with your course.
In its synchronous section, the course consists of 12 weekly webinars followed by online colloquia to practise some speaking and clear any unanswered questions with regard to the course curriculum.
THE 12 UNITS OF THE COURSE
- Formal gardens of Roman Britain
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Medieval monastic gardens
- Tudors' knot gardens
- Hampton Court Palace and its gardens
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Stuarts' Italianate and French garden styles
- The rise of horticulture in England
- Kensington Gardens from William and Mary until modern days
- Georgian informal landscaped gardens, open parkland
- The culture of public gardens
- Victorian abundant colourful gardening
- 20th Century+ eclectics
- Most famous gardens in English literature
ENJOY DISCOUNTS FOR ALL YOUR MATES
As always, Russell Fellows like to reward the most loyal students and partners. Thus, if you bring someone with you to any course, we'll offer a 15% discount for yourself and all your friends attending the course with you.
JOIN TOGETHER WITH YOUR BELOVED ONES
Meaningful interaction is the core of any learning. Russell Fellows always encourage our applicants to take courses together with a member of their family whenever possible. Remember, joint participation is half-price for both participants!
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Russell Fellows offer special partnership packages to schools, companies and organisations. Please contact us if you are interested, so that we could develop a partnership plan involving fixed rates for flexible groups of students attending our various courses and/or using our other services.