Don't finish at four; there's so much more

Weekly timetable of FREE practice activities

Day               Activity                             Where            When

Monday         Speaking Club                  Rm 16            16.15-17.15
Tuesday        Extra Writing                     Rm 11            16.15-17.15
Wednesday   IELTS Skills                      MMC              16.15-17.15
Thursday       Guided e-learning drop-in          Rm 11            16.15-17.15

Why not come to some extra practice sessions? All of the classes 
will help your English and won't cost you anything but time.

Practice for free at the ELC, York

Repainting of the multi media centre

The school is having some rooms repainted this week. Therefore, the MMC will be closed on Tuesday 31st August due to wet paint.

It will be open again as usual on Wednesday.

Social programme details w/c 5th July 2010

Tuesday: An evening river cruise with Liliya, meet outside the school at 18.45 - cost about £7-£8

Wednesday: Spain vs Germany pizza and World Cup football from 19.00 - 22.00 with Chris in the new common room - watch the European showdown match on the ELC's big screen.

   




Thursday: A chance to play some football of your own. Chris will host a session on St John University's all-weather pitches. Meet outside the school at 16.20.

Friday: Nigel has organised a barbecue at the Black Swan - always a popular venue, meet 17.30 outside the school. Home made beefburgers, tasty chicken, all halal!

Saturday: Leeds armouries and shopping in Leeds with Ian - see the previous post.

Remember to sign up for all social activities on the old common room notice board.

Summer programme in full swing

The school is very busy at the moment. There are many different accents to be heard in the school. The world cup has been popular viewing and we have held several pizza and world cup matches on the big screen nights.
The social programme is expanded for the summer and there are excursions every Saturday in addition to something happening most weekday evenings too. This weekend we are going to Leeds Armouries. This trip was a success last year as the weather was good. So far the weather has been glorious this year too, fingers crossed for the weekend.
Here is a photo of the outdoor exhibition area at the Leeds Armouries:

Social events week beginning 24th May

To celebrate 7 points of excellence in our recent British Council inspection we are holding an international food evening on Wednesday night from 17.00-20.00. This will take place in the new common room.

Later on the same night we are having a party with a DJ at Varsity. This begins at 19.30 until 23.00.

Read what the British Council had to say about your school here:-  
http://www.elcyork.com/en/english-language-centre/

On Thursday our usual football session takes place at York St John University. Chris is on holiday but Nigel will take over for one week. Meet outside the school at 16.20. Remember to sign up for this on the list in the old common room, we need at least 6 people for it to run.

A short cruise on the river Ouse

This morning the Thai group learned about different forms of transport and the verbs and prepositions that go with each of them.

In the afternoon they went for a short cruise on the river Ouse. The Ouse is the largest of the two rivers that run through York. The weather was a little chilly so they sat inside the boat and saw York from a very different angle.

Visit to Jorvik Viking Centre

This afternoon, Monday May 10th, the group of Thai students are going to visit Jorvik Viking Centre. We have been looking at the history of Vikings in York. This morning we wrote messages using the Viking rune system. Maybe we'll see more runes in the centre.
Take a look at the website yourself:
http://www.jorvik-viking-centre.co.uk/index2.htm

ELC Mock Election Results

The results of the ELC Mock Election held on the 6th May 2010 are as follows:

Chandini's 48
St Michael's Utopia 28
Green Bean 23
Spoiled paper 1

As returning officer I hereby announce the Chandini's party as winners of the aforesaid election.

Ian Paul (Returning officer, ELC, York)

Mock elections at the ELC

On Thursday this week (May 5th) two communication classes will be running a mock election. There will be presentations of their manifestos by 4 parties with a secret ballot (or vote) afterwards.
The election results will ONLY be available online at any of the ELC sites.
Log on, have a look and see if your party won.

There are four places you can see the results: our website, Twitter, Facebook and our blog.

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Twitter: http://twitter.com/elcyork

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=27109171858

Website: http://www.elcyork.com/

Blog: http://elcyork.blogspot.com/

Judy elected Vice Chair of EAQUALS

We are very proud to announce that our joint-founder and Academic Director, Judy MacDermot, has been elected a Vice Chair of EAQUALS. Judy is very pleased to have this opportunity to work more closely with EAQUALS in promoting quality language teaching in Europe.
To learn more about EAQUALS and what it does have a look at their website.

http://www.eaquals.org/

The New EAQUALS Executive Committee at their first meeting in London on 17th May - from left to right: Dr Brian North, Eurocentres (Vice Chair), Judy MacDermot, ELC York (Vice Chair), Richard Rossner (EAQUALS Chief Executive), Ludka Kotarska, Bell Warsaw (Chair), Axel Freudenfeld, freelance (Treasurer).

Four corners of the digisphere

The ELC is now present in four main areas on the web.

Twitter: http://twitter.com/ELCYork

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=27109171858

Website: http://www.elcyork.com/

Blog: http://elcyork.blogspot.com

Have a look and leave a comment or two.

Thai young learners group

The ELC is running a special course for a small group of Thai young learners. They were due to arrive before the Icelandic volcano started misbehaving but were delayed.
They eventually arrived on Sunday and almost immediately went on a day trip to Edinburgh the next day.
Some photos will be posted here when they have been on a few more trips.