English x Minecraft – Spark your child’s creativity and imagination with a fun and memorable holiday programme!
In this year’s summer course at the British Council, your child will have the chance to learn English and develop their 21st Century Skills with our tailored English programmes for young learners, Primary Plus along with creative and challenging activities using the open-world game Minecraft.
What is Minecraft: Education Edition?
A game-based learning platform that promotes skills that develop STEM knowledge (e.g. interacting with the physics of the environment they create), creativity, collaboration, and problem solving in an immersive digital environment. Educators in more than 115 countries are using Minecraft: Education Edition across the curriculum.
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The course aims to develop the students’ confidence and competence in communicating in English via a game-based context. It allows students to interact with virtual environments that would otherwise be unavailable in their current learning contexts. For example, collaborating to make a town to scale rather than a map of a town, or exploring a famous landmark in an immersive manner rather than watching a video. This immersion provides learners with chances to express creativity, collaborate with each other and communicate during the process and as part of pre-task preparation and post-task reflection.
Each week, students will explore different stimulating up-to-date topics linked to current issues and real life with a range of tasks and projects to work on with classmates. For instance, in one week they will make a poster about an endangered animal and in another week, they will design a dream bedroom. Students will also have plenty of opportunities to build their English communication skills and express their ideas as they work in groups on tasks and projects.
Overview
Level
Age
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6-12 years old (Suitable for Japanese Elementary School grades 1-6)
*Please refer to the minimum entrance requirements for Primary Plus courses below. We will recommend a level/class that suits your child due to the results of placement test (writing and speaking test) and supervision by our teachers.
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Date and Time
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Week 1: Monday 25 – Friday 29 July 2022, 9.00-16.00
Week 2: Monday 1 – Friday 5 August 2022, 9.00-16.00
Week 3: Monday 8 – Friday 12 August 2022, 9.00-16.00
* 6 hours of classes a day x 5 days per week
* 1-hour lunch time and 30 minutes of break times per day
* Students can choose from 1 week, up to 3 weeks. Magazine topic differs every week.
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Venue
Class style
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Group lesson (Class capacity: 15 students)
*Onsite face-to-face lessons only
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Teachers
All British Council teachers hold professional teaching qualifications including CELTA, DELTA, PGCE, MA TESOL and TYLEC. They have extensive experience teaching children.
>>Meet some of our teachers |
Course Fee
| Duration |
Price |
Bundle discount |
| 1 week (30 hours) |
128,700 yen (incl tax) |
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| 2 weeks (60 hours) |
244,530 yen (incl tax) |
5% discount
(257,400 yen→244,530 yen) |
| 3 weeks (90 hours) |
347,490円 yen (incl tax) |
10% discount
(386,100 yen→347,490 yen) |
* All materials are included. No registration fee required.
* The 5-10% discount will be applied at the time of registration for multiple weeks.
Minimum entrance requirements
- able to write and recognise all the names and sounds of letters Aa-Zz in upper and lower-case.
- able to read and say simple, phonically-regular words.
- able to write their own names.
- able to attempt to spell phonically-regular words
- familiar with basic greetings and able to follow simple classroom instructions (sit down, stand up, listen, open your booklet etc).
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Find out more – Three steps to register
- Book a Free Consultation
Choose a suitable date and time and book a free online consultation from the booking form.
* existing students are not required to take a placement test and consultation.
* course registration closes 5 days before each course starts
- Free Placement test
Take our free placement test (online writing test) before the consultation day.
- Consultation & Speaking Check (40-50 minutes)
In order to recommend a level that suits your child, a speaking check with our teacher is required. At the consultation, please discuss your child’s learning needs with our professional consultants. * The child must be accompanied by parent or guardian for the consultation.
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This course includes using Minecraft: Education Edition, but it is not an official program organized by Microsoft or Mojang.
