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Camp Locations

At this time Language Link is recruiting teachers for summer camps in five different locations. The camps as well as brief description are listed below. Teachers interested in applying for camps should take a number of issues into consideration when applying. Camp Location: Language Link tries to offer its client children a number of locations from which to choose. Understandably, not all camps are located near seaside resorts. Some are located in areas which, though beautiful, are remote. As you will note, most camps only require one teacher. Therefore, camp teachers should look on this experience as full cultural immersion. You will be surrounded by and in the company of Russian adults and children. They will be looking for their camp teachers to integrate into the camp and activity programme. This should be looked on as an opportunity for both personal growth and horizon broadening. Camp Children: If you have no experience being around children, being a camp teacher is probably not for you. Though Russian children may, in some ways, be different from other children that you may have come into contact with, they are children. Therefore they shouldn't be expected to act differently from other children. Some will be outgoing and enthusiastic while others will be quiet and shy. Some may be spoiled while others may misbehave. Camp teachers should understand and accept this. The best way to win over a child is to try to both understand and accept him or her. Teaching Programme: It is difficult to prescribe an exact English language programme for camp children as their levels may, by necessity, be roughly graded. The secret to teaching in a camp is enthusiastic discovery. If you relate to the children that you are teaching, and try to make learning and discovery fun, they will seek you out, and lesson planning will become easier. Likewise, children like to be outdoors. Do not be surprised if a lesson is schedule for lakeside. Camp Expectations: Anyone who is familiar with Russia understands that this is a country that lived through seventy years of infrastructure neglect. Do not expect to find five star, western-style facilities in the camps. Likewise, do not expect meals to be gourmet. Language Link hasn't yet lost a camp teacher, but several have happily sought out restaurants in cities that they have visited during or following their camp programmes. Camp Programmes for Summer 2008 Intellect International Camp in Moscow Region Number of teachers 1 - 2 Teacher Information: Location: This international camp is organized on the school campus of the Dubravushka boarding school in the town of Obninsk (100 km south of Moscow). The school with its training and accommodation buildings, dining room, gym and a swimming pool is nestle in a cozy and beautiful old park. Teaching: Camp teachers will give English lessons to 3 - 6 different groups per week. Depending upon the number of groups, each lesson will last from 1 to 2 academic hours per day (i.e. 45 to 90 minutes). Teachers will also assist in oral entrance testing to assure that the children are placed in a group of similarly leveled children. Extra-Curricular Activities: Teachers should be prepared to participate in, or assist with, open-air activities, summer camp events e.g. competititons and excursions. Resources: Teachers will have access to classrooms with white boards, photocopiers, classroom cassette players and prescribed Bobby J coursebooks and materials. Camp Dates 01.06.08 - 14.06.08; 15.06.08 - 28.06.08; 29.06.08 - 12.07.08; 13.07.08 - 26.07.08. 27.07.08 - 09.08.08. Age group For children aged 6-16 For details see www.dubravushka.ru Mastergorod (Kaluga Region) Number of teachers 1 Teacher Information: Location: The 'City of Masters' summer camp is organized in Kaluga region in a green area approximately 85 kilometers south of Moscow near the town of Balabanovo. Teaching: Camp teachers will give English lessons to 3 - 6 different groups per week. Depending upon the number of groups, each lesson will last from 1 to 2 academic hours per day (i.e. 45 to 90 minutes). Teachers will also assist in oral entrance testing to assure that the children are placed in a group of similarly leveled children. Extra-Curricular Activities: Teachers should be prepared to participate in, or assist with, open-air activities, summer camp events e.g. competititons and excursions. Resources: Teachers will have access to classrooms with white boards, photocopiers, classroom cassette players and prescribed Bobby J coursebooks and materials. Camp Dates 01.06.08 - 14.06.08; 15.06.08 - 28.06.08; 29.06.08 - 12.07.08; 13.07.08 - 26.07.08; 27.07.08 - 09.08.08; 10.08.08 - 23.08.08. Age group   For children aged 6-16 Long Beach, Turkey Number of teachers 1 Teacher Information: Location: The Long Beach, Turkey Summer Camp is located on the western coast of Turkey, right on the shore of the Aegean Sea close to the Kusadasi resort. Located in the camp is a water-park with 18 helter-skelters and a number of swimming pools. The resort has its own stretch of sandy beach with deck-chairs, parasols, a volleyball playground, a water amusement centre and a beach-bar. Facilities: Water-park (available free-of-charge during the day), a swimming pool, a volleyball playground, water polo, table tennis, disco as well as a youth discos street in Kusadasi. Teaching: Camp teachers will give English lessons to 4 different groups of up to 12 children per week. Each lesson will last 1 clock hour per day. Teachers will also assist in oral entrance testing to assure that the children are placed in a group of similarly leveled children. Extra-Curricular Activities: Teachers should be prepared to participate in, or assist with, open-air activities, summer camp events e.g. competititons and excursions. Resources: Teachers will have access to classrooms with white boards, photocopiers, classroom cassette players and prescribed Bobby J coursebooks and materials. Camp Dates 09.06.08 - 22.06.08; 22.06.08 - 06.07.08; 06.07.08 - 20.07.08; 20.07.08 - 03.08.08; 03.08.08 - 17.08.08; 17.08.08 - 31.08.08. Services that are at a charge: The ancient city of Ephesus. Visit to Virgin Mary House, $35 Bowling centre, $11 Pamukkale, hot springs, $35 Visit to discos street called BAR STREET, $3 Yacht outing, $20 Horse-riding safari, $35 Diving (for children above 14), $35 Visit to the LEE factory, $5 Age group For children aged 10-18 "Zeleny Gorod" (Green City) near St. Petersburg Number of teachers 1  Teacher Information: Location: The Zeleny Gorod summer camp is located in Kanneliarvi near Lake Krasaviza in Vyborgsky Region (90-minutes drive from St. Petersburg). Teaching: Camp teachers will give English lessons to 4 different groups of up to 12 children per week. Each lesson will last 1 clock hour per day. Teachers will also assist in oral entrance testing to assure that the children are placed in a group of similarly leveled children. Extra-Curricular Activities: Teachers should be prepared to participate in, or assist with, open-air activities, summer camp events e.g. competititons and excursions. Resources: Teachers will have access to classrooms with white boards, classroom cassette players and prescribed Bobby J coursebooks and materials. Camp Dates 03.06.08 - 23.06.08; 25.06.08 - 15.07.08; 17.07.08 - 06.08.08; Camp Albatross, Bulgaria Number of teachers 1 Teacher Information: Location: The International Youth Camp, Albatross' is located near Kranevo, Bulgaria which is approximately 20 kilometres from Varna and the Black Sea. Teaching: Camp teachers will give English lessons to approximately 4 different groups of up to 12 children per week. Each lesson will last 1 clock hour per day. Teachers will also assist in oral entrance testing to assure that the children are placed in a group of similarly leveled children. Extra-Curricular Activities: Teachers should be prepared to participate in, or assist with, open-air activities, summer camp events e.g. competititons and excursions. Resources: Teachers will have access to classrooms with white boards, photocopiers, classroom cassette players and prescribed Bobby J coursebooks and materials. Camp Dates 09.06.08 - 23.06.08; 16.06.08 - 30.06.08; 23.06.08 - 07.07.08; 30.06.08 - 14.07.08. 07.07.08 - 21.07.08. 14.07.08 - 28.07.08. 21.07.08 - 04.08.08. 28.07.08 - 11.08.08. 04.08.08 - 18.08.08. 11.08.08 - 25.08.08. Age group   For children aged 10-18