Let`s TalkENGLISH

EasterCamp 2012

WESTERNTalk & Ride

Day one! The teenagers arrived

at the farm Le-ckebusch in the „Bergische Land“ NRW, Germany.

Most of the teens brought

their own horses.

In the team the-re were 3 classic riders, and 11

western youths.

All teens loved the challenge

of speaking a fo-reign language and having as much riding experience as possible. In the afternoons they met for hall games and grooming sessions.

Day 1

Day two!

All teens received a plan with

their daily duties.

The groups were de-vided into

stable, farm and kitchen duties.

While the 1st team was

mucking out and feeding the horses, the 2nd swept the grounds and the 3rd prepared the breakfast and set the tables.

English was spoken most of the time. Day 2

All teens had their riding lessons in the

mornings. They were divided into 2 groups. Eva took the teens to the outdoor arena whi-le Rosita cared for the others in the indoor arena.

In the afternoon, after lunch, we started the work-

shop.

A picture dic-tionary was handed out.

We all went through the words and talked about horses and the problems at school.

A diary was made. The dirary

Teens of all levels of En-glish got to-

gether to help each other speak and create a wonderful week of excitement.

English is not one of their favourite lan-

guages but all teens joined in.

The daily diary was quite dif-ficult to write,

so Isabel explained the links between the German and English language and how to practise the tenses so that no grammar rules had to be learned. Camp

Lessons in the afternoon were quiet and

peaceful. The teens had to write about their day as best they could.

In the pony dictionary they found new words

and which they put into sentences.

Rosita and Eva supported the crew by

speaking English most of the day.

In the camp it became very obvious how

little the teens speak English at school.

But they ma-naged it!Study- Time

After their fantastic riding

lessons, where they were taught how to balance sand-filled balloons and play games, they had lunch. After the break they were ready to interview staff at the farm and create wonder-ful posters.

In the evening they designed t-shirts and

jewellery.

The day was very in-teresting.

Interviews

Leisure time was very important to us.

Riding without saddle in the afternoon or

meeting for a photo ses-sion in the round pen was great fun.

In the evening we sat around a fire and told spooky stories.

Maja‘s story was very black and she enjoyed telling it thoroughly.

Some could not sleep afterwards.

Great stuff!!

Fun time

There was a lot of laughter at the farm.

Rosita was very eager to talk English and

was very consequent talking English.

Eva‘s English is great and therefore she

was able to help the weaker ones. The trick is, not to take everything too seriously, don‘t you think?

In English please !!!

Friday after-noon we had to say „Good

Bye“.

Lots of tears were shed, lots of money

spent in the western shop. Many parents took the time to talk to Rosita, Eva and me.

We think the first ever

WesternCamp was a huge success and we do want to meet again.

More farms and events will fol-

low. Just stay tuned at www.letstalk-english.eu Bye Bye

Danke auch von uns !

Das war eins der besten Camps die

wir je hatten.

Eine tolle An-lage, tolle Menschen und

eine tolle Truppen, haben dieses Camp zu etwas ganz beson-derem gemacht. Ich hoffe, wir sehen uns bald wieder

Eure Isabel & Phil Hughes

www.letstalk-english.eu

Leckebusch 2012

Arjang, danke für deine Unterstütung und deine Geduld

bei der Erstürmung deines Ladens :))

Petra, danke für die super Unterbringung und die tolle Anlage.

Es war einfach toll.