Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro

Facultad de Lenguas y Letras

Licenciatura en Lenguas Modernas en Inglés

7mo Semestre.

Examen voluntario: Desarrollo de proyectos

educativos.

06 de Diciembre del 2019

 English Summer School
At Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro

Introduction.

Summer schools are a big part of most children’s lives because it is very
common that parents take their kids to this kind of program to be able to work
during the summer vacations without leaving their sons and daughters alone at
home.
In summer schools, children can learn a variety of different skills that will help
not only to entertain them but also to help them develop in different aspects of
their lives. Sometimes, this kind of school is planned just to keep the children
busy for four or six hours instead of teaching and entertaining them at the
same time, which is better.

As language teachers, we think that summer schools are an excellent way of

introducing kids to a new language (in this case English) and to awaken their
interest in learning new things.

We choose to plan an English summer school on our campus because first, we

are the Lenguas y Letras Faculty and it seems pretty obvious to have a
language course in the summer; second, to promote our faculty and to position
us in the minds of the people, because so far we are a little bit unknown as a
language center; and third, because we want to reach more people in the
sense of helping them develop new linguistic and communicative skills from a
very young age.
Stage 1.- SWOT analysis.

Our SWOT analysis shows us that even though we don’t have years and years
of experience in teaching, we are ready to begin with a project like this. We
both have had contact with children and, most importantly, we have worked
with them in a “scholar” environment which can provide us with the necessary
tools for launching this project. Also, since our degree includes specializing in
teaching, we can have help and support from our teachers and classmates to
carry on with this proposal.

We think that our most important weakness will be the location of the venue
because it is a little “far away” from the city and the access to it is a little
complicated, but we think parents will be understanding and will participate in
the program.
Our opportunity area gives us a very enthusiastic outlook for the project
because we have the necessary material in CELYC that can help us carry out
the activities and we also have students in the degree who can be a part of it.
Finally, our threats are the little amount of spaces for outdoor activities. Is not
that there is no space, is just that the spaces we have are nos adapted for
covering from the sun or the outside weather conditions, so we will need to
either adapt our activities to the inside spaces or do them in the outside but
being very careful with the development of the activities.

Stage 2.- Objectives

1. Participants will be able to maintain a very basic conversation in English.

(past, present and future)
2. Participants will start developing the necessary skills for learning a new
language (listening, writing, reading and speaking skills).
3. Participants will practice their already internalized knowledge of the
language.

Stakeholders: Young kids and teenagers from between 5 to 15 years old. With
no or little knowledge of the language.

Place: Campus Aeropuerto.

Time period: from June 15th to july 24th 2020. From 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. (4 hours
a day)

Stage 3.-Planning

Primary purpose: The stakeholders will learn English by guidance through

dynamic activities (listening, speaking, reading, and writing)
The students will be learning the language through fun activities. They will be
able to interact and practice with more students.

The course will be 6 weeks long, so it’s going to be divided in 3 stages, one for
each of the tenses that is going to be taught.
Since we will try to give our students the most basic forms of present, past and
future tenses, our whole program will be treated as if it were a time machine in
which we will be travelling through to discover interesting things about our
planet and about the society we now live in.
 Activity focus Stage Content

Present simple for daily

activities and habits
Present simple for likes
and dislikes.
Reality today From June 15th to June Present simple tense
(present) 26th. with verb to be.
Present progressive
(current activities)
Modal verbs (can, would
like)

Simple past for

completed events in the
past.
Simple past with “when”.
Travelling to the From June 29th to July Past progressive.
past. 10th Past progressive with
simple past.

Will
May, might.
Modal verbs (can, could,
Back to the future. From July 13th to July will, would)
24th Going to.
Present progressive as
future.
Stage 4.-Schemata for the plan.

We will need a English teachers Assistants / Stakeholders:

teacher as or trainers will Supporters are
coordinator of also be needed to going to help the Children from 5 to
the program to carry out the teachers or 15 years
supervise us and activities with trainers to separated in
to give formality each of the maintain the group ages.
and seriousness groups. They can order and to
to the project. be students of achieve a better
We thought the “Lenguas rapport. They can
Teacher Ma. de Modernas” also be students
Lourdes will be degree that want and social service
and excellent to acquire some volunteers and
coordinator for experience for they don’t need
our program their resume or to be from the
because, at the social service English degree
end, this project volunteers. We but they will need
was made for her think it will be to have a certain
class and for us, essential that this level of English to
she is the positions are fulfill the position.
representative of given to LLMI
the teaching line students because Lizbeidy will be in
of the degree. of the nature of charge of the
the “job”. recruitment,
assignment and
Myriam will be in supervision of the
charge of the assistants.
teacher - group
assignment and
supervision.

The stakeholders will be divided in different ages: kids with kids, adolescents
with adolescents. Each group will have an English Teacher to help them and
guide them through each class and an assistant to help the teacher at all times.
With the help of the English Teachers and their assistants, the stakeholders will
be have a lot of support if they get stuck with the vocabulary or the structures
or whatever problems they can encounter.
Stage 4.1 -Draft a plan

Each class will be divided into four steps. (one per each hour).

Step 1. Grammar presentation (from 9 to 10 a.m)

In this step, the tense and any peace of vocabulary needed for the lesson are
going to be presented to the students for them to know how to construct
sentences in that particular tense. The lesson plan of the topic will be provided
to each teacher and each lesson plan will be adapted to each age group.
Examples are going to be given and elicited from the students for them to start
practicing.

Step 2. Conversation circle (from 10 to 10:30 a.m)

In this step, students will be participating in speaking activities which are going
to involve the entire group. These activities will help them practice their
speaking and their social interaction skills. Again, all the activities will be
planned previously to ensure that the level is adequate to the age group.

Recess (from 10:30 to 11 a.m)

Step 3. Telling tales

During this step, stories and tales are going to be read to the students or are
going to be read by them (depending on the age group) to practice reading /
listening skills. And to ensure the knowledge, little quizzes (questions, draw
what you hear, complete the timeline, order the images) will be applied to check
comprehension and understanding of the tales.

Step 4. Constructing knowledge (from 11 a.m to 12 p.m)

In this stage, we will have several activities for the students to practice their
writing skills and the grammar point of the session. Activities like writing a
letter, writing a story, a poem, etc. can help the students apply the knowledge
they have acquired and practice it in different situations. All the activities will
be supervised and supported by the teacher and the assistants. Their function
will be to help the students and solve any doubts they can have.
Stage 5 - Evaluation

5.1.-Piloting:
Campus Aeropuerto.
6 weeks
Monday to Friday.
9am - 1:00pm

5.2.-Evaluation

Objectives. Participant Activities. Academic benefit

satisfaction.

The students will After the Summer “Telling tales” and After Summer
have a good Camp, the “Grammar School, the
development in students will be presentation” stakeholders will
the language. able to have a higher
communicate with English
other English proficiency.
speakers.

The stakeholders They will be able “Conversation They will practice

will form good to understand circle” and their social skills,
relationships some vocabulary. “Constructing making them
between them, this knowledge” more able to
will help them to
communicate with
give them
others in the
confidence and
make the improve language learned.
speaking skills.

The students will Students will be “Telling tales” They will be able
be able to more interested to communicate
understand in the language their likes and
grammar, after the Summer dislikes with
vocabulary and School.
pronunciation. others. Also, they
will be able to
introduce
themselves.
Their Thanks to the Conversation This Summer
pronunciation will diverse activities, circle. School will help
improve along the the students will them to make
Summer School. be more them more
interested to interested in the
come every day language in a
to learn more. long-term

Stage 6.-Schedule/timeline /priorities

● 6 weeks (from June 15th to july 24th)

● Monday to Friday.

● 9am - 1:00pm
Stage 7.- Conclusion.

This draft program will be an excellent way for children of all ages to start
dabbling in the English language by discovering and practicing the basics of it.
It will also be an opportunity for the society in Queretaro to know a little bit
more about what we do at the university and, particularly, in the Modern
Languages degree. It will give us a higher position and a place in the minds of
the people and that would be very good for the school.

A summer school is an excellent way for children to start learning a new

language because they don’t associate it with a “boring” subject in school, but
with a positive entertaining and challenging experience that is fun and that has
nothing to do with the academic environment of a school.

It would also be an excellent opportunity for us to develop our teaching and

planning skills that, as future teachers, are essential for our career
development. This project will also help us practice for future deals that we
may want to design and carry out.

-Problems

Some problems that we may have to deal with would be getting people to help
us in the execution of the entire program, because even though that we are
asking for volunteers, sometimes it is difficult to have people that really
commits with the plans. Another problem would be that the campus is a little bit
desertic and empty, and it is not children-adapted. That would be a problem
because, since it is adult-oriented, children may feel uncomfortable in the
classrooms or on the chairs, etc. Our job would be to try as hard as we can to
create an environment that is kid-friendly for them to feel free and relaxing
and not feel that they are at a school in the purest sense of the word.

-Limitations

Due to the absence of green areas, the team and stakeholders had to adapt
some activities to the location. This could be a bit complicated because might
be boring for the kids. But considering the different and dynamic activities
planned, the kids and adolescents will be very interested in them making this a
distraction for the kids.

Another limitation would be that we may need professional help from teachers
or the authorities of the school. First, for obtaining the necessary permissions
to execute this program. Then, to check our plans to see if this is a suitable
project in every sense. Also, to agree the prices and the locations that we can
use for all the activities. And finally, we would also need the help of the janitors
and staff for keeping the installations in the best conditions.