Summer Camps Germany
PLEASE CHOOSE A PROGRAM :
DESCRIPTION :
ELIGIBILITY : 12 to 17 years old.
LENGTH : 2 weeks summer camps.
ACTIVITIES : Summer multi-sports or uni-sports camps. A large range of outdoor activities is offered. In some summer camps, participants may choose to practise only one sport intensively.
LOCATION : Summer camp in France, Summer camp in Germany, Summer camp in Spain, Summer camp in England.
OBJECTIVES : The goal of the summer camp is to develop participant's knowledge of the local language in an international context. During the summer camp, participants share various sports with young people of many countries.
SUMMER CAMP: More than a summer camp, an ethic: We aim at developing a team spirit, empathy and a fair play attitude among the campers.
LANGUAGE LESSONS : The summer camp offers language courses in small classes of 12 to 15 , 2 or 3 levels. Average of 15 hours language tuition per week. Lessons are delivered by qualified teachers, native speakers of the language taught. Languages are French, English, Spanish and German. During the summer camp, emphasis is set on oral language practice though students will also have a full exposure to grammar and written language.
All our summer camps are based on a non smoking policy.
EVENINGS : Social evenings are organized every night during the summer camp: social games, karaoke, discos, etc.
EXCURSIONS : There is usually a weekly excursion to discover the area.
ACCOMMODATION : During the summer camp, students will be accommodated in multibedded bedrooms. The three meals are provided on site : both lunches and evening meals are hot meals.
ARRIVALS : Students must arrive on the fixed arrival date at the closest airport indicated for each program.
PROGRAM DATES : These summer camps are organized during the summer school vacations of the hosting country (July and August).
GERMANY :
As Europe's largest economy and second most populous nation, Germany remains a key member of the continent's economic, political, and defense organizations. As a foreign language, German is the third most taught worldwide and the second most used language on the Internet after English.
Germany is in Central Europe, bordering the North Sea and the Baltic Sea between the Netherlands and Poland, and to the south of Denmark. It has land boundaries with Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Poland and Switzerland. Germany has a coastline of 2,389 km. The terrain is generally lowland in the north, with uplands in the centre and the Bavarian Alps in the south. The climate is temperate with cool, cloudy, wet winters and occasional warm summers. Over 30% of the country is forest and woodland.
AREA: 357,021 sq km
CLIMATE: Temperate and marine; cool, cloudy, wet winters and summers; occasional warm mountain (foehn) wind
POPULATION: 82,422,299 (July 2006 est.)
RELIGIONS: Protestant 34%, Roman Catholic 34%, Muslim 3.7%, unaffiliated or other 28.3%
LANGUAGES: German
GOVERNMENT TYPE: Federal republic
CAPITAL: Berlin
CURRENCY: Euro
NATIONAL HOLIDAY: Unity Day, 3 October (1990)
GDP PER CAPITA (purchasing power parity): $30,100 (2005 est.)
France = $29,600 (2005 est.)
USA = $41,600 (2005 est.)
China = $6,800 (2005 est.)
Bresil = $8,300 (2005 est.)
