Leadership and Activity Programme (Homestay)

وصف الدرس

The CES Global Leadership Programme provides students with authentic case studies and real-world materials to enable them to develop the skills and knowledge needed to thrive in the fast-paced and challenging modern world. This course is intented for young adults who are interested in the exciting areas of globalisation and leadership in 21st Century business and academic contexts.

Students will develop their ability to communicate effectively in English, to work together with others, to lead teams and to develop critical thinking skills. Moreover, we will work on socio-cultural and persona skills through a schedule of engaging tasks and authentic projects.

This course is now available in all Junior Summer Centres.

Who is it for?

The course is designed for young learners of a CEFR B2 (and up) level who wish to take their existing English language skills and develop them alongside useful life skills through projects, activities and exchanges with likeminded young learners.

What are Global Skills?

Global Skills look beyond developing skills for communication in English to developing the skills young learners need to be better able to cope and succeed in the world beyond the classroom and the school environment. The Global Skills course equips the learners with techniques and strategies to effectively manage the world they live in and challenges they may need to overcome in their everyday life and the workplace.

What does the course involve?

The skills selected as the focus of the course reflect those identified by accrediting bodies and leading publishers and education experts to help young learners.

CES Global Skills Course:

Cross-cultural understanding
Emotional development and life skills
Digital literacy
Creativity and critical thinking
Communication and collaboration
Skill Elements:

CROSS-CULTURAL UNDERSTANDING

Developing awareness and respect for cultural diversity.
Understanding how to interact with sensitivity and appropriacy with different cultures.
Fostering curiosity of other people’s cultures.
Understanding the responsibilities of living in a global community.

EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT & LIFE SKILLS

Learning to understand and recognise your emotions and developing copingstrategies.
Using reflection tasks to create awareness to help manage emotions better.
Developing skills for interacting with different people in different situations.

DIGITAL LITERACY

Learning to evaluate sources of information and how to make good choices .
Reviewing different forms of media and critically analysing the content in terms of appropriacy.
Using different media in the classroom to produce language.

CREATIVITY & CRITICAL THINKING

Learning to think outside the box.
Developing the confidence to present a counter argument on a topic.
Using different media to express yourself creatively.

COMMUNICATION & COLLABORATION

Working collaboratively on projects.
Learning to listen to others and respond appropriately.
Developing skills to manage people effectively.
Understanding the roles of a team.